German surrender of Denmark

Edward Tinker · 05-07-2018, 03:53 PM

This was on main gunboards and since he appropriated the pictures, i appropriated those I liked best

Quote:

"German Troops Leaving Denmark" - May 1945
From the LIFE Magazine Archvies - George Rodger Photographer

HerrKaiser · 05-07-2018, 04:43 PM

The piles of Lugers at the end of the wars just makes me sad and salivate because there are so many rare ones in there and I know that most in those piles (especially British piles) either wound up as melted scrap steel or found their way into another pile on a sea floor.

Spanner · 05-07-2018, 05:17 PM

Those soldiers are carrying something like a P-14. I guess, if it was good enough for WWI.....

sheepherder · 05-07-2018, 07:56 PM

OMG!!! Horch 'krads'!!!

I want one!

gunbugs · 05-08-2018, 12:46 AM

No4 Mk1 303 lee-enfields. Standard Brit issue in WW2.

Major Tom · 05-08-2018, 11:00 AM

Many of those lugers in piles wound up in the US via 'take home'. My deceased friend was there and witnessed those piles. GIs were snatching up lugers by the hundreds.

Eugen · 05-25-2018, 08:03 PM

Ed, thanks for sharing those drool worthy photos of abandoned weapons, etc. It makes me wonder how much the Germans left behind in Africa when they exited.

Karl · 05-26-2018, 08:18 AM

In the second to last photo, can someone clarify the pipe on the cars leading from the engine compartment to a big tank at the rear? Methane or some other alternate fuel?

KFS

hayhugh · 05-26-2018, 09:34 AM

Wood burning cars, there a few in the other photos.

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HerrKaiser User Join Date: Feb 2018 Location: South Carolina Posts: 866 Thanks: 816 Thanked 880 Times in 422 Posts	The piles of Lugers at the end of the wars just makes me sad and salivate because there are so many rare ones in there and I know that most in those piles (especially British piles) either wound up as melted scrap steel or found their way into another pile on a sea floor. __________________ -QM Looking for Mauser S/42 toggle train #22

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sheepherder Lifer Lifetime Forum Patron Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: ...on the 'ol Erie Canal... Posts: 8,195 Thanks: 1,411 Thanked 4,462 Times in 2,336 Posts	OMG!!! Horch 'krads'!!! I want one! __________________ I like my coffee the way I like my women... ...Cold and bitter...

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Major Tom User Join Date: Jan 2017 Location: S.E. Iowa Posts: 484 Thanks: 533 Thanked 228 Times in 125 Posts	Many of those lugers in piles wound up in the US via 'take home'. My deceased friend was there and witnessed those piles. GIs were snatching up lugers by the hundreds. __________________ I Build Custom Pistol Boxes

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Eugen User Join Date: Apr 2016 Location: Newburgh,IN Posts: 793 Thanks: 400 Thanked 634 Times in 336 Posts	Ed, thanks for sharing those drool worthy photos of abandoned weapons, etc. It makes me wonder how much the Germans left behind in Africa when they exited. __________________ “God created war so that Americans would learn geography.” ― Mark Twain

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Spanner User Join Date: Oct 2016 Location: Wisconsin Posts: 65 Thanks: 29 Thanked 58 Times in 21 Posts	Those soldiers are carrying something like a P-14. I guess, if it was good enough for WWI.....

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gunbugs Lifetime Forum Patron Join Date: Sep 2013 Location: Fairbanks, Alaska. Home of the best moose. Posts: 672 Thanks: 371 Thanked 1,202 Times in 407 Posts	No4 Mk1 303 lee-enfields. Standard Brit issue in WW2.

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Karl Lifer - Twice Over Lifetime Forum Patron Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: Savannah Posts: 529 Thanks: 0 Thanked 280 Times in 123 Posts	In the second to last photo, can someone clarify the pipe on the cars leading from the engine compartment to a big tank at the rear? Methane or some other alternate fuel? KFS

05-26-2018, 09:34 AM	#9
hayhugh User Join Date: Oct 2013 Location: Florida/Penna Posts: 898 Thanks: 877 Thanked 514 Times in 276 Posts	Wood burning cars, there a few in the other photos.