Preparations for the operations in Norway 1940.
Here are some photographs which were pictured in Germany in 1940 and are showing the preparations for the operation in Norway.
Please click to enlarge or to watch a slideshow on one of the pictures.
The soldiers of the unit of the grandfather of the author of this websites.
Sports day of the battalion.
The Barracks in Silesia (RAD Zibelle).
Cleaning the infantry rifle Karabiner 98k, with timer on the desk.
At the doctor in the barracks.
Room in the barracks.
Tatoo and swearing-in of the soldiers at Sommerfeld, Silesia.
Swearing-in
Break on the motorway to Berlin.
Apparently, it was not in a hurry.
War can wait, we have time.
Reparing after a car accident of German officers on the road from Cottbus to Berlin.
Sightseeing-tour of Berlin.
On Berlin’s main road, the Kurfürstendamm.
Boats trip for excercising in the Spreewald (forrest at Berlin).
In the foreground the grandfather of the author.
Now really one boat is sunken.
Visit of relatives and friends in Germany.
Ready for duty ?
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I would like to contact the author of this website. Like you my grandfather also served in the German 214th Infantry Division. His name was Karl-Ernst Proscher. He was originally from Gelnhausen. I am posting my contact information below, again I hope to speak with you soon. Thanks.
Eric Proscher
The German version of my grandfather in the 214th Inf Div is here:
https://www.weltkrieg2.de/geschichte/bilder/
And the contact information for German
https://www.weltkrieg2.de/ueber-mich/impressum/