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Here’s a basic outlook on the actions that likely led to his death on the first day of the Ardennes offensive:

Jakob was likely part of HQ company in 989 grenadier regiment (277 VGD) in the...

Wow, so he wasn't KIA....but had a DC released. Im goonna look into this one more. Cant determine what ZT. B.d is tho

Heres another one.....I cant figure out the StuG Brigade he was with. He was KIA in/around Ratibor, Poland....on the Czech Border on February 1, 1945. Oddly enough I found a photo of Volksturm in...

Evgeni, thank you so much! Like the site says.....the official name: "Medal of Poglavnik Ante Pavelić for Bravery". So from my understanding this is like any other foreign medal awarded to German...

Have a couple new ones to share.

Here is one to a man who I believed took part in the battles POST Warsaw Ghetto Uprising, when the Red Army was approaching and attacking the west bank of the...

damn paul....what a card and history. Just sad to read.I really wish we got to see a face,because Im greedy like that. . and here I was thinking my ss Normandy card was a cool find. Yours blows mine...

Thank you! I should start posting the VB captions for referencing on these types of posts cool militaria

don't think Ive shared this one either....of an man who died around Cherbourg, Normandy June 9, 1944.

Most likely a member of the 709 Infanterie Division, 739 Grenadier Rgt (jusding by #'s on...

As most of you know, Aachen is on the German/Belgian border. From what I understand (maybe others can add in)....Aachen's surroundings were being invaded by the US 1st Infantry Div and US 3rd...

Weird Evgeni,
looks like an odd version of the Italian 29th, butI doubt it. Interesting.


Here is one found in an old ladies attic in France, sold to a collector then to me.

Georg Heigl was...

Thanks Evgeni, certainly helped explain a bit!

Wow, that is a larger card. VB says that he was Freudentstein was killed over the Black Sea, buried in Turkey. Nice Cards!

That's a nice one...

Obergefreiter Hermann Bauer - KIA Novgorod Oblast


Bauer was killed South of Staraya-Russa, in the Southern part of the Kosanka Forest, around Lake Illmen, during a very hectic part of the war,...

Tough call because the card doesn't specify a branch Moe, but very possible! The 94. Infanterie Division was also part of the heavy fighting in/around Rynok & Spartakovka from mid October to...

Hey Moe,
I was able to find Walter groß!! I first searched the correct "Groß" with no luck, but it came up when I searched through the many "Gross' ". His full name is Walter Konrad Groß from...

Robb,
Alois Kiefl was killed in Nikolayevka, about 70 miles south of Kirowograd. He is now buried in a memorial cemetery in Kirovograd, Ukraine.


Hans Paintinger died in a field hospital in...

Well at least that is good news Leon, considering what happened with the docs. Im glad for you. We should do some more research and nail down a unit with that info on him. I know you had said he may...

Thanks Evgeni. I had actually thought the same thing from my personal research today, but I am wondering if it fits, as Volksbund says he was KIA in Licko Petrovo Selo, which is about 400 Km from...

Not very knowledgeable when it comes to Croatia/Bosnia in ww2....so any input is welcomed.

Max Baumgartner, an HJ Scharfuhrer who was later a member of a Pionier Battalion......was killed by...

A couple new ones....

A grenadier (possibly from 97th Jager Division) named Leopold who was killed in the Battle for Dukla Pass in 1944 on the border of Poland and Slovakia in the Carpathians....

Nice ones Leon. Hope the FJ one is okay especially, as its a very nice card.


Here is an interesting one of Willi Rockl, who it seems was a kraftfahrer in Panzer-Division Hermann Goring (Pz...

Nice one Evgeni! I have one from a GD pzman only a couple months before, killed in Krivoy Rog (Neuweg area). I also think youre right that he is from 24. Pz Div. Seems to Make sense. I thought of...

Thanks a lot guys! Your time is very Much appreciated.

And Good find Evgeni!!!!
With this new information, I would likely assume that this Jager was part of the 16th Armee as a member of the...

a couple new Luftwaffe Felddivision Sterbebilder. Both men were killed in the winter fighting of 1944 on the Eastern Front

Does anyone know where Krimamizy is? I cannot find it on any maps.

Hi guys, Another interesting one from a short-lived unit, but one "full of heart".

Obergrefrieter Anton Besendorfer was a member of 15. Luftwaffen-Felddivision. This Division was literally raised...

Thanks Evgeni, the grouping he has is outstanding. He got the original photo from the card as well as solduch/etc. The Oberfeldwebel was part of the 7 Infanterie Division. That unit had many high...