BILDER TATT AV TYSKE SOLDATER I NORGE 1940 - 1945

Mostly photos and photo albums captured in Norway during WWII. But there will always be section of photos and photo albums from around the world.


Last additions - Johan Falkenbergs fotosamling
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falkenberg015.jpg2746 viewsThe brand new trucks belonging to the unit. Setermoen, note mountain Storala in the background. Jun 17, 2009
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falkenberg011.jpgTransporting the battery, officers on a ferry in Northern Norway.2329 viewsJun 17, 2009
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falkenberg004.jpgSetermoen3579 viewsSetermoen photo. A jolly-looking group of Norwegian soldiers. Jun 17, 2009
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falkenberg040.jpg2094 views"Lotter". Wherever the battery was emplaced, local women would feed the soldiers, doing their part for the war effort. Southern Norway, around April 20-25. Jun 17, 2009
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falkenberg039.jpg1699 viewsThe bridge over the lake Mjøsa has been blown. Jun 17, 2009
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falkenberg036.jpg1799 viewsThe final dinner.... This was to mark the end of the NCO training undertaken at Rjukan. This is the evening of April 8th. During this very dinner, the phone would later ring, announcing the German invasion of Norway... Jun 17, 2009
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falkenberg021.jpgOlsborg, Bardufoss2312 viewsOlsborg (Nord for Bardufoss) og at den krysser Målselva. 700 M SØR for krysset E6 og Riksvei 854 - Freddy FenderJun 17, 2009
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falkenberg017.jpgSetermoen2007 viewsOptical rangefinder. Not quite sure, but possibly of Swiss manufacture. These were very expensive pieces of equipment at the time. Jun 17, 2009
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falkenberg013.jpgM/S Foucauld2635 viewsThe ferry is being overtaken by a larger passenger vessel.

Turistbåten på bildet er franske M/S Foucauld på 11028 tonn, bygget for rederiet Compagnie des Chargeurs Reunis i 1923 som
kombinert laste- og passasjerskip D/S L'Hoedic. Skipet ble ombygget til dieseldrevet turistskip i 1929 og gitt navnet M/S Foucauld.
Skipet gikk tapt 15.juni 1940 i La Pallice etter et tysk flyangrep; EspenA
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falkenberg012.jpg1793 viewsJun 17, 2009
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falkenberg008.jpgAt the firing range, Setermoen. Rifles are Krag-Joergensen 6,5 mm2449 viewsJun 17, 2009
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falkenberg002.jpgRjukan3640 viewsThis was taken at Rjukan in Southern Norway, April 1940. The war will come to Norway in a few days...These guys are frolicking in the spring sun, rather than manning their central sight. 1 commentsJun 17, 2009
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falkenberg037.jpgPreparing the guns.1772 viewsJun 17, 2009
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falkenberg038.jpg1699 views7,5 cm FlaK guns employed, believed to be outside Oslo. These guns were of Norwegian design and production. Jun 17, 2009
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falkenberg035.jpg1975 viewsAll those who have served in the armed forces know this situation..after gun practise, the inevitable cleaning. Colt M/29 machine guns.Jun 17, 2009
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falkenberg032.jpgSki patrol, Rjukan.1781 viewsJun 17, 2009
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