Axis History

Account that shares various types of media depicting the Axis Powers, their allies, and the equipment they used in WW2 and beyond. Apolitical.

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@uncle_deluge Hypothetical flag of the Sileso-Yiddish SSR (made in 5 seconds on paint)

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American soldiers with captured German weaponry;
1st pic - StG-44
2nd pic - American officers examine a "Krummlauf"
3rd pic - US soldier poses with captured P08 in Iraq of all places
4th pic - Special forces armed with MP40s which found their way in 'Nam through France

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Finnish soldiers of light detachment Kevyt Osasto 4 with their eponymous skull emblazoned stahlhelms

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Apologies for the long gap in posting!

German soldier paints the phrase "Kek" on barrel

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Russian Cossacks, they both fought for and against Germany.

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Ifni War (1957-1958). Armed conflict with Spain and France against the Moroccan Liberation Army. The conflict ended with a Franco-Spanish victory with a thousand casualties on the side of the Moroccans and only 670 in total for the French and Spanish.

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Spanish troops of the 54th Infantry Regiment of the Ejército de Tierra on maneuvers near the town of the Serrania de Ronda in southern Spain in 1980. Older model of the M42 helmet is used here and they appear to be servicing an MG3 machine gun.

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Waffen SS
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Date is unknown

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Whoops - that second photo may or may not be from the Great War! Apologies if it is, it's still neat regardless

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Latvian soldiers and volunteers

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SS Untersturmführer rocking a killer eyepatch

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Turkestan Legion. This was a volunteer formation in the Heer comprised primarily of Turkic peoples from the Soviet Union. After the war, those who were captured were extradited to the USSR and were executed as collaborators.

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French volunteers of the SS. These men typically fought for the Waffen Grenadier Brigade of the SS Charlemagne of the Waffen-SS to fight on the Eastern Front. A large majority of these men were defending Berlin during the final days of the war.

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An American in civilian clothes – most likely a CIA agent – issues MP-40s to Montagnard fighters.

Source: https://t.co/A5B7YszzBo

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Obligatory German weapons used / captured in the Vietnam war post

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Free India Legion (the third last photo from my Free Arabian Legion included a photo from the FEI, so whoops for that)

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@CobraArray US woodland and UCP makes for an underrated combination, I feel like

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The Free Arabian Legion, the name given to various units formed from Arab volunteers who fought for Germany. Despite this title there were was no unit or division given this name. Other foreign legions of this nature existed, like the Azerbaijani Legion and Free India Legion.

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Germans inspect a captured Renault FT 17 seized during the Battle of France

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Soldier from Vichy France poses here with an M41 "Jeanne d'Arc" helmet