Images of POWs, 1940

Discussion in '1940' started by dbf, Jan 15, 2011.

  1. idler

    idler GeneralList

    Middle one looks like he could be a warrant officer and has a medal ribbon on his BD.
     
  2. morrisc8

    morrisc8 Under the Bed

    Some more original photos that came in the post.
    Keith
    british pow inner th.jpg british pow kb.jpg british pow 1940 bef.jpg british pow bef close up photo jpg.jpg british pows 1940.jpg bef 1940 map.jpg
     
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  3. Koen

    Koen Member

    Came across this picture on Ebay. Its taken in Vermand near Saint-Quentin.

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  4. Over Here

    Over Here Junior Member

    The French used quite a few black troops in the occupation of the Ruhr and the Nazis made sure to sterilize all the children that resulted when they came to power. They of course believed that the French had used black troops for that purpose deliberately, which they may have done. A Canadian officer captured in 1915 mentioned how when he and some other prisoners were being taken back, the Germans put a couple of French Algerian or black soldiers, who had mostly been gassed, into each compartment so they could "enjoy their company" or words to that effect.
     
  5. Over Here

    Over Here Junior Member

    You saw that Michelin map too? :biggrin:
     
  6. morrisc8

    morrisc8 Under the Bed

    one more that came in today 1940.
    Keith
    british pows 1940 photo.jpg
     
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  7. Rich Payne

    Rich Payne Rivet Counter Patron 1940 Obsessive

    It looks as if they've thrown away the badges from the Field Service caps to avoid identification of units.
     
  8. morrisc8

    morrisc8 Under the Bed

    One more photo, Who are the the men in the black kit, [ Police ]. British pows in front and French pows.
    Keith
    british french pows.jpg british french pows close up.jpg
     
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  9. JERICHO

    JERICHO Junior Member

    same group of pow

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  10. RCG

    RCG Senior Member, Deceased

  11. Heimbrent

    Heimbrent Well-Known Member

    I think the text in question in post #110 reads Wellingen[,] Pellinger Berg, which would fit because it's in the Saarland.
     
  12. BrianM59

    BrianM59 Senior Member

    Which means Diane was right.....
     
  13. morrisc8

    morrisc8 Under the Bed

    Some more original pow photos that came in the post.
    Keith
    1940 pow bef.jpg british pow 1940 on road.jpg british pows 1940 bef.jpg pows british.jpg
     
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  14. BrianM59

    BrianM59 Senior Member

    Brilliant images - first two are haunting and the last one.....thanks for posting.
     
  15. morrisc8

    morrisc8 Under the Bed

    1940 british pow.jpg british close up pow 1940.jpg one more that came in today 1940.
    Keith
     
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  16. JERICHO

    JERICHO Junior Member

    hello,

    hamlet of le Vert Galant near Rouen

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  17. morrisc8

    morrisc8 Under the Bed

    Thanks Jericho , for the then and now photos of the pows.
    Keith
     
  18. morrisc8

    morrisc8 Under the Bed

    British pow`s Norway photo from my collection.
    Keith
    British pows Norway close up.jpg
     
  19. Hubbar49

    Hubbar49 Member

    We have just inaugurated a monument to one of these colonial POW's: when evacuated in the direction of Germany, in Southern Belgium, that man, a moroccan, was just shot by a german sentinel, only because he stopped to "satisfy a natural need". If you need a picture?
     
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  20. Drew5233

    Drew5233 #FuturePilot 1940 Obsessive

    Thank you for the offer - feel free to post the image(s) on this thread. I'm sure we'd be happy to see them.
     

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