They were interesting pictures, nice posting...... 
I noticed that the Germans soldiers all looked very young compared to the American ones...........
probably hitler youth--young and highly trained fighters --colour really does make it more real glad first world war was not in colour-horrific
Yes indeed, as by then the Eastern front had drained the German forces of the mature, highly experienced and trained Wehrmacht soldiers, with hundreds of thousands killed or captured by the Russians. The loss of the German 6th Army at Stalingrad was a major event, as they were the elite who had stormed across Poland, Czechoslovakia, and on into Western Europe during the "good times" of 1939,1940 and 1941. From 1942 they were losing the war.
It is such a pity that the German commanders in France did not enter into separate peace negotiations with the Allies, as indeed one very senior German Field Marshal, Erwin Rommel, was tempted to do as they knew they were losing the war and Hitler was a mad man taking the Fatherland down into ruin. However, the opportunity was lost as the fear of Hitler and the SS was too great, with a military structure centred on the dictator.
Those colour images are so vivid and certainly could have been taken yesterday. A great post Rods2!
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