Where and when is it?

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#701

Yes woj, you got it! Here’s the otiginal caption of the picture:

September 1943. Tankers of the Leibstandarte SS Division in Milano.

The LAH SS Division was sent in Italy after the coup d’état and the Mussolini’s arrest of the July 26th, 1943. They left Innsbruck on August 3rd and they reached Verona on August 5th. The SS-Panzerregiment LAH entered in Milano on September 11th, 1943, three days after the armistice.

woj, you would deserve an extra prize, for your Italian… :wink: :slight_smile:
Your turn.

#702

Grazie signore, molto gentile :slight_smile:

Here is another one from me:

I want to know the name of the man with british helmet, the consideration and when this photo was taken.

#703

Hi woj,
i’m sorry to tell you that i haven’t the slightest idea about the man with British helmet (i don’t even know the German, too…). It seems quite difficult… :frowning:
I’m scared that i have to wait for flamethrowerguy or Rising Sun*…

#704

Don’t know who the man with the British helmet on is,but looking at the dusty German officer and the lack of anything in the background.Could the time frame be 41-42 in North Africa?

#705

Hi guys,
He was a famous british commando officer, born in Hong Kong.
The photo was taken in Europe and shows him after being captured by the Germans. Later he was flown to Berlin and then transfered to Sachsenhausen concentration camp. Who was he?

#706

Mad Jack Churchill. http://www.ww2awards.com/person/42161

#707

Churchill and his sword in action (well, training action, anyway).

http://sillyswordfights.tumblr.com/post/2715591726/adultcrash-seen-on-the-far-right-charging-with

#708

That´s right Mr. RS*, it´s him! :slight_smile:
This photo was taken on Brač Island in 1944 after the failed allied commando operation.

Your turn.

#709

The only British Commando Officer that was born in Hong Kong, amongs the few that i know, is John Malcom Thorpe Fleming “Jack” Churchill. He was famous for his bow and arrows…

#710

Sorry for the delay… I’ve just answered without reading all the posts, after woj gives the clue of “… the British Commando Officer born in Honk Kong” :oops:

#711

Thanks, woj. He was a mad bastard. And an ideal soldier, for war.

Apologies to skorzeny for beating him to the answer, but here’s a possibly easy, or possibly quite confusing, one.

#712

I’m not sure that may be easy… Anyway, here’s my wild first attempt. Chadian Soldiers, that fought for Free France during WWII, are parading somewhere in France, 1945.

#713

Not even close.

Wrong continent, for a start. :smiley:

#714

Hmmm… What about this trace?
The little boy holds an Australian flag, so I suppose the photo was taken in Australia
The helmets seem to be Japanese and the uniforms look as 1941 US Army dress (?)
Because of the diverse equipment and varied men I would say it could be the parade of Australian Volunteer Defence Corps in Brisbane 1942 ???

#715

Correct.

Wrong on both counts.

Nothing to do with Australian forces.

Wrong end of the country.

#716

:smiley: :smiley: :smiley:

I´ve hit the bull´s-eye :wink:

OK, They are Dutch KNIL soldiers marching in Melbourne, 1943

#717

Correctomundo!

Side note. The Australian flag the little boy is holding would have been on a red background. The current blue background was adopted for the national flag some years after the war, although it was in use before then for some purposes. But whenever a debate comes up about changing our flag (which it does from time to time because of the Union Jack in it offending republican sentiments) there is always an element which argues that it can’t be changed because it is the flag we fought under and for in both world wars. Which we didn’t.

Your turn.

#718

Thanks :slight_smile:
Here is the next (easy) one for you, guys:

I want to know when, where and who…

#719

Hi woj,
the shop sign GELATERIA (Ice-cream parlor) leaves any doubt about the Country… :wink:
The tank, even i can’t see any insignia, it seems a German MK II… I go for German tanks, somewhere in Italy (Verona, Reggio Emilia or Trento), after the armistice, late 1943.
Cheers!!!

ps - after you posted this one, you deserve an Honorary Italian Citizenship… :smiley:

#720

I thought that, too, but on the other hand there might have been gelaterias in other countries at the time as Italy’s greatest export to that time, like Ireland’s, was people.

woj might have picked something that suggests Italy, but isn’t.

Is it in Italy, woj?