Forgotten Moments in History: Rare Pictures of the World War II

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Adolf Hitler visits a front veteran soldier in the hospital, February 1944.

(Hugo Jaeger Time & Life Pictures/Getty Images)

Rare Moments of WWII: Soldiers of Freiwilligen-Gebirgs-Division "Prinz Eugen" der Waffen-SS

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SS-Kriegsberichter Photographs from the US National Archives

Rare Moments of World War II - Eastern Front 1942

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Gustav in action at the siege of Sevastopol in July 1942.

Schwerer Gustav and Dora were the names of two German 80 cm K railway guns. The fully assembled guns weighed nearly 1,350 tonnes, and could fire shells weighing seven tonnes to a range of 47 kilometres. It was the largest-calibre rifled weapon ever used in combat.

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Russian Nationalsocialists stand with Adolf Hitler and Germany against Communism.

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Danish civilians welcome the Free Corps Danmark, a unit of the Waffen SS, upon its return from the Eastern Front in August 1942.

The Free Corps was subsequently transitioned to become 25. Motorized Regiment. About 8,000 Danish volunteers fought under the banner of the Free Corps and 25. Motorized Regiment.

Forgotten Moments in History: Rare Pictures of the WWII in Colour

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German IV Panzer odvancing in Ukraine - 1941

 Deutsches Bundesarchiv - German Federal Archive - photo by Horst Grund)

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German IV Panzer on the way to the Eastern Front, 21 June 1941

 Deutsches Bundesarchiv - German Federal Archive - photo by Horst Grund)

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Wehrmacht Soldier Feeding a Cat - 1941

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German Soldier with his German Shepherd on the Eastern Front  - 1942

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Soldiers of 20. Waffen-Grenadier-Division der SS (estnische Nr. 1)

(Deutsches Bundesarchiv/German Federal Archive)