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Here is your chance to own an extremely impressive example of a Heer photo album. Minor wear as seen in photos. This album has every page dated by the month and year which they were taken, and starts off in May of 1941 in the Yugoslavian campaign in Sarajevo. All of the photos are additionally captioned with detailed explanations and locations where the photos were taken. Photos from August of 1941 show the captured destroyed city of Smolensk. Photos which are specifically dated the 3rd of October 1941 show the aftermath destruction and carnage of the Battle of Bryansk, which was one of the last strongholds before Moscow itself. The additional 600,000 prisoners taken during this engagement are photographed and shown as well. October 1941 captures the Russian rainy season and mud which slowed down the advancing army. The album ends in the Russian winter of March 1942. A historically important photo album showing the opening stages of Operation Barbarossa that would be perfect for any collection! Click HERE to view more images of this item! The Wehrmacht was the unified armed forces of Nazi Germany from 1935 to 1945. It consisted of the Heer (army), the Kriegsmarine (navy) and the Luftwaffe (air force). The designation ” Wehrmacht ” replaced the previously used term Reichswehr , and was the manifestation of the Nazi regime’s efforts to rearm Germany to a greater extent than the Treaty of Versailles permitted. During the war about 18 million men served in the Wehrmacht . Free shipping ANYWHERE IN THE WORLD & I don’t charge PayPal fees like some of the other guys!
