Last one. Only one word on the back. Seller listed it as "France - English prisoners, German Panzer" If you look closely you can see some of the men are wearing kilts which leads me to suspect this is also from St Valery. St Valery POWs? by Bill Robertson, on Flickr St Valery POWs? by Bill Robertson, on Flickr
Some more recent arrivals... This one claims to be captured French soldiers at Dunkirk. Scan0006 by Bill Robertson, on Flickr
I've seen this one further up the thread, presumably scanned from ebay? I bought the original ...or at least a copy of it! Scan0003 by Bill Robertson, on Flickr
Couple of new arrivals today. Hard to make out much detail but I'm guessing French POWs. POWs Advance through France by Bill Robertson, on Flickr POWs Advance through France by Bill Robertson, on Flickr
From the writing on the back of some of these I think they were taken near Autun in France. Details below from the ebay seller's description after running through Google Translate. "From the estate of the veteran of the Wehrmacht Karl Bischoff. Service at the RAD Division 1/232 in Catterfeld, 1938. After his convocation, Wehrmacht served in the infantry regiment 86 (Mühlhausen). From the end of 1938 he was then active in Bohemia-Moravia (Czech Republic) and East-Prussia (Poland). In September 1939 invaded Poland as part of the 29th (mot.), In 1940 in France." Advance at Autun by Bill Robertson, on Flickr Advance at Autun reverse by Bill Robertson, on Flickr Colonial prisoners with hands up by Bill Robertson, on Flickr Colonial prisoners with hands up reverse by Bill Robertson, on Flickr Column at Autun by Bill Robertson, on Flickr Column at Autun reverse by Bill Robertson, on Flickr
This one came from another seller. Location unknown. Captured French Soldiers by Bill Robertson, on Flickr Captured French Soldiers reverse by Bill Robertson, on Flickr
Funny - Drew suggested the same thing. The uniform does look a bit Russian but the writing on the back clearly says they are French. Bit of a puzzle!
Actually it reads like it's France, that being the heading, rather than french. France Soldiers due to be imprisoned
This is what happens when you last learned German twenty five years ago - grammar was always my weak point does beg the question what would Russian POWs be doing in France? Anyway, not claiming to be an expert in uniforms etc just going by seller's description and what little writing there is. Hopefully someone who is might be able to give us a definitive answer!
Post # 172; The location would appear to be France as it looks like the trees to the left are the typical Plane trees which are found to line many French roads. The other observation is that to the right of the frame,the vehicle showing its LH side front has a look of a British Army vehicle.....perhaps those with military vehicle recognition expertise might disagree
It's entirely possible. I use 1940 as a keyword in my ebay searches and the seller listed it as May - June 1940 but without knowing more about where the photo came from there's very little to authenticate the date. I had just assumed the uniforms were French rear-echelon types as all I could see were side caps and none of the more distinctive French steel helmets. Drew wondered about the trucks as he also thought they looked British - he wondered if that was a K2 ambulance just behind the German guard. Could that other truck be a Matador or similar?
Come on Rich where are you when we need you. Are we looking at a Austin K2 and another British truck on the right? Whilst I think the tunics look very Russian (I'm no expert) I thought they also wore high leg boots like the Germans rather than puttees?