Morris C8 Posted January 23, 2018 Share Posted January 23, 2018 (edited) Dunkirk 1940. Part 2. Inland France & Belgium. Original wartime photos taken by German troops, some photos/negatives never seen before. From my photo collection. Copyright Keith Brooker Collection 2018Part 3 to come.Keith Edited January 23, 2018 by Morris C8 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
john1950 Posted January 23, 2018 Share Posted January 23, 2018 Again Thank you for posting. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Morris C8 Posted January 23, 2018 Author Share Posted January 23, 2018 Any one spot the 1941 photo i put in by mistake Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snort Posted January 23, 2018 Share Posted January 23, 2018 Fantastic pictures, thankyou. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Morris C8 Posted September 28, 2020 Author Share Posted September 28, 2020 A few more from my collection. Keith 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rootes75 Posted September 28, 2020 Share Posted September 28, 2020 Seeing photos like that it is still hard to quite comprehend the enormity of what was left behind. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Citroman Posted September 28, 2020 Share Posted September 28, 2020 I wonder they didn't set more vehicles on fire? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
T8Hants Posted September 28, 2020 Share Posted September 28, 2020 1 hour ago, Citroman said: I wonder they didn't set more vehicles on fire? They weren't allowed to, there were orders strictly forbidding the torching of vehicles, according to my old workmate. Thoughts about that are 1, not to give away positions, 2, not to create an even greater impression of defeat, panic and disorder then was absolutely necessary. My mate was told park-up drop the sump plug, seize the engine, shot or two through the radiator, walk away. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Morris C8 Posted September 28, 2020 Author Share Posted September 28, 2020 Yes they did burn a lot of trucks Ect 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Morris C8 Posted November 14, 2020 Author Share Posted November 14, 2020 (edited) A few more photos from my collection. You can in large the photos. Keith Edited November 14, 2020 by Morris C8 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Enigma Posted November 15, 2020 Share Posted November 15, 2020 Nice photo's. Would have been cool if someone stuck those vehicles in a barn to be found 70 years later. And so I phantasise.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Morris C8 Posted November 15, 2020 Author Share Posted November 15, 2020 Captured splitscreen Humber taken from the BEF 1940 with other german cars, and our old humber we used to own. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rootes75 Posted November 15, 2020 Share Posted November 15, 2020 The Humber looks superb. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BC312 Posted November 15, 2020 Share Posted November 15, 2020 you don't realise how much was left behind, unbelievable. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pzkpfw-e Posted November 15, 2020 Share Posted November 15, 2020 The BEF basically left behind an estimated 700 tanks, 20,000 motor bikes, 45,000 cars and lorries, 880 field guns and 310 larger equipments, about 500 anti-aircraft guns, 850 anti-tank guns, 6,400 anti-tank rifles and 11,000 machine-guns. A lot wasn't useable, quite a bit was. https://forum.axishistory.com/viewtopic.php?f=132&t=187877&sid=ac07d12c408160e056a1d1bd95e9c21e 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rootes75 Posted November 15, 2020 Share Posted November 15, 2020 That forum thread is really interesting. There is a nice Commer Q4 towards the end. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BC312 Posted November 15, 2020 Share Posted November 15, 2020 Theres a nice everything in the whole video, love a A13 cruiser tank. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
billh35 Posted November 17, 2020 Share Posted November 17, 2020 The Germans were experiencing a massive vehicle shortage so many of the vehicles abandoned were repaired and pressed into service across the German forces...... former British RHD buses have been found in Norway and Russia. It seems the Germans also paid for 1,000 buses seized in Belgium and Holland and taken elsewhere. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Morris C8 Posted December 4, 2020 Author Share Posted December 4, 2020 A few more from my collection. Keith 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Morris C8 Posted December 10, 2020 Author Share Posted December 10, 2020 (edited) Veh dump, may be more British trucks in there but i found two so far. Photo from my collection. Click on photo to enlarge. Keith Edited December 10, 2020 by Morris C8 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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