More photos from Normandy

[Gunny Hartmann]

Iron Grave: KO & Wrecked Panzers in Normandy 1944 Argunners

Warning, this link contains images of dead soldiers!...

[lew07]

Haunting photos that show the grim reality of war.Thanks for putting them up for us.

[harryamb2]

saw that Gunny.

[Tank Destroyer]

Silence

[Gunny Hartmann]

The Panzerkampfwagen IV wreck the one with out wheels is interesting, it's a very early model with the dustbin type cupola!...

[avenger]

"It is well that war is so terrible — lest we should grow too fond of it."

- Robert E. Lee (the leader of the Confederate army during our civil war for my overseas friends) to General Longstreet, as they surveyed the ongoing battle at Frederiksburg, Virginia 1862.

[The Devil's Bank]

True reality of the perils faced by all Tank crews of all Nations, you only had a few moments to get out.

What horrific deaths they suffered.

May they all RIP.

[Gunny Hartmann]

True reality of the perils faced by all Tank crews of all Nations, you only had a few moments to get out.

What horrific deaths they suffered.

May they all RIP.

Well said!...

[HistoryMan]

Met up with a few tank crew veterans in Normandy for the 70th in 2014. Apparently the padre's were instructed to remove remains from brewed up tanks. In extreme cases there would be nothing but fat left in the bottom of the tank

The horror of it is incomprehensible...

[Gunny Hartmann]

Met up with a few tank crew veterans in Normandy for the 70th in 2014. Apparently the padre's were instructed to remove remains from brewed up tanks. In extreme cases there would be nothing but fat left in the bottom of the tank

The horror of it is incomprehensible...

Yes indeed, you can understand the German troops black humour, they described the Sherman as a "Tommy cooker"!...