A series of pictures of a crashed armoured train which I downloaded some time ago.
If any copyright holders recognise their pictures FOTR will be happy to remove them or to credit the owner.
WWII Armoured Train Crash
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John Ashworth
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WWII Armoured Train Crash
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Kevin Wilson-Smith
Re: WWII Armoured Train Crash
Interesting pictures! Presumably not German, and I think not Russian - unless a very early model.
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Ian Roberts
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Re: WWII Armoured Train Crash
There seems to be a certain jumped up WW1 corporal strutting around in some of the pictures
Ian
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Kevin Wilson-Smith
Re: WWII Armoured Train Crash
True - thats why I assumed it belonged to the opposition - otherwise I assume there would not have been that much interest!
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John Ashworth
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Re: WWII Armoured Train Crash
There was an explanation attached to it online but it's so long ago that I can't remember. However I've just done a Google search for the file titles and found them on a Polish website here. It's in Polish, unfortunately.
Wait a minute - just found the "English" button on that website!
Wait a minute - just found the "English" button on that website!
The page contains German photos of the Polish World War II armoured train Nr.13 (former "GeneraÅ‚ Sosnkowski"), damaged by the German Stuka bombers on 10 September 1939 near Åochów station. It was apparently a popular "tourist attraction" for the German soldiers, and one of most often photographed armoured trains ever...
On 22 September 1939 the train was examined by A. Hitler
Last edited by John Ashworth on 10 Mar 2010, 15:43, edited 2 times in total.
Reason: edited to add English information
Reason: edited to add English information
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Steve Appleton
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Re: WWII Armoured Train Crash
Looks German enough for me. Is that not Hitler standing on the right in picture pp13wr9 ? Looks very much like him.
"To train or not to train, that is the question"
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John Ashworth
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Re: WWII Armoured Train Crash
Yes, Steve. German photos of a Polish armoured train being visited by Hitler. See the quote from the Polish website.