Images of POWs, 1940

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

  1. Nido

    Nido Active Member

    Yep, you are right! Looks like the author of this brief leaflet gathered some epithets, that had been used in anti-German pamphlets, and attempted to return these words back, by way of an accentuated sarcastic retort.
     
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  2. Incredibledisc

    Incredibledisc Well-Known Member

    Thanks for clarifying that. I got the sense of it but verbal humour of this type clearly doesn’t travel well! :D
     
  3. Incredibledisc

    Incredibledisc Well-Known Member

    In a similar vein to the press photo above...
    “English prisoners on the way to Berlin” taken in France May-June 1940.
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  4. Nido

    Nido Active Member

    The caption looks like "Englische Gefangene auf dem Wege nach Berlin" (English POW on the way to Berlin).
     
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  5. Incredibledisc

    Incredibledisc Well-Known Member

    British POWs. Taken in Albert, France.
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  6. Nido

    Nido Active Member

    Interesting how the word "Tommy" is written - Tommi. Actually, the correct spelling in German is the same, as in English. But the caption writer put it down just in this way.
     
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  7. Incredibledisc

    Incredibledisc Well-Known Member

    Does anyone know which BEF units were fighting in the vicinity of Albert at the time? Drew5233 maybe?
     
  8. JERICHO

    JERICHO Junior Member

    12th Division: 7th Royal West Kent at Peronne and Albert, 6th Royal West Kent and 5th Buffs in Doullens, 7th Royal Sussex in south of Amiens, 2/5/6/7th Queen's Regiment at Abbeville
     
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  9. Incredibledisc

    Incredibledisc Well-Known Member

    Many thanks - I had a question about the photo on my Facebook page and can now supply an answer.
     
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  10. Mr Jinks

    Mr Jinks Bit of a Cad

    no information but relevant to the title.
    1940 pow.jpg

    Kyle
     
  11. Rich Payne

    Rich Payne Rivet Counter Patron 1940 Obsessive

    The title is "A Durham Light Infantryman with his Prisoners" :)
     
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  12. Incredibledisc

    Incredibledisc Well-Known Member

    Been busy so not uploaded for a while. Here comes the flood...

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  13. billminer

    billminer Member

    Fantastic keep them coming:cheers:
     
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  14. LondonNik

    LondonNik Senior Member

    Great Photos. The 4th from the top, - with the kilted Highlander and the destroyed bridge is taken on the Canal de L'aire a La Bassee, probably at the Cuinchy bridge, and the British POWs are from 1st Bn Queens Own Cameron Highlanders (kilt and tartan shoulder patch) and maybe another unit, possibly 7th Worcesters as they were in this sector - not so easy to identify as QOCH if the shoulder patch isn't visible. Note how the POWs are wielding shovels/spades and clearly involved in maintaining a military roadway - not quite in the spirit of the Geneva Convention.
     
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  15. morrisc8

    morrisc8 Under the Bed

    Photo from my collection. British pows made to work on road
    Keith
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  16. Incredibledisc

    Incredibledisc Well-Known Member

    British and French prisoners. Looks like a beach - Dunkirk or Da Panne maybe?

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  17. Rich Payne

    Rich Payne Rivet Counter Patron 1940 Obsessive

    I can read "Gefangen Französischen und Engländer....." but not the place name...unless its "Norwegen"...The houses and trees don't look like the coast of Northern France to me
     
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  18. Incredibledisc

    Incredibledisc Well-Known Member

    British POWs location unknown. A4A96108-16E6-4AE0-BCCD-42E3C11CE72B.jpeg
     
  19. Incredibledisc

    Incredibledisc Well-Known Member

    You know I hadn’t even considered Norway as a possibility.
     
  20. Rich Payne

    Rich Payne Rivet Counter Patron 1940 Obsessive

    This one looks more 'southern'..Greece maybe ?
     
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