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| Caption | Captured Hitler Youth children in Berlin, Germany, circa 1945 ww2dbase | ||||||||
| Date | May 1945 | ||||||||
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2. 
Bill says:
2 May 2015 08:56:26 PM
BUT THE FUHRER SAID: LEGACY OF WWII
Berlin the aftermath total defeat for the Germans it took almost six years along with millions and millions dead, injured, wounded, missing and homeless, most of Europe's great cities were destroyed, lives changed forever, Europe would never be the same.
Today in Berlin and across most of Europe tons and tons of unexploded ordnance is being found each day. In Berlin alone military disposal teams
find 500, 1,000, 4,000lb and heaver bombs along with artillery shells, hand grenades and other small arms ordnance. Remains of the fallen are still being discovered many are unidentified the last victims of Hitler's madness.
REBUILDING: DANGER ZONE
Did you know Berlin is also known as the city with seven hills built from the debris of the wartime city. Post war construction was very dangerous clearing away the damage and searching for unexploded bombs. Civilians and military personal have been killed and injured trying to defusing these weapons.
A GI REMEMBERS: BERLIN 1967
Stationed in W. Germany, I took a leave to Berlin in April 1967 it was one of the first places I wanted to see in Europe. Even 22 years after the end of WWII Berlin still had blocks and blocks of bombed out buildings.
The buildings still showed thousands of bullet holes in them damage done was repaired even the streets still showed the scars of bomb craters.
I had to carry my travel orders in English, French, German and Russian with me at all times.
I stayed at the USAF transit barracks located at Tempelhof airport during WWII it was a Luftwaffe Headquarters Center, of interest the buildings still had the German Eagle, on the walls but the claws holing the swastika had been broken off.
While in Berlin it was the only place in Western Europe where the Germans bought me beer and I was in uniform!
I THANK THE EDITOR/WW2DB FOR ALLOWING ME TO LEAVE THIS COMMENT
Bill says:2 May 2015 08:56:26 PM
BUT THE FUHRER SAID: LEGACY OF WWII
Berlin the aftermath total defeat for the Germans it took almost six years along with millions and millions dead, injured, wounded, missing and homeless, most of Europe's great cities were destroyed, lives changed forever, Europe would never be the same.
Today in Berlin and across most of Europe tons and tons of unexploded ordnance is being found each day. In Berlin alone military disposal teams
find 500, 1,000, 4,000lb and heaver bombs along with artillery shells, hand grenades and other small arms ordnance. Remains of the fallen are still being discovered many are unidentified the last victims of Hitler's madness.
REBUILDING: DANGER ZONE
Did you know Berlin is also known as the city with seven hills built from the debris of the wartime city. Post war construction was very dangerous clearing away the damage and searching for unexploded bombs. Civilians and military personal have been killed and injured trying to defusing these weapons.
A GI REMEMBERS: BERLIN 1967
Stationed in W. Germany, I took a leave to Berlin in April 1967 it was one of the first places I wanted to see in Europe. Even 22 years after the end of WWII Berlin still had blocks and blocks of bombed out buildings.
The buildings still showed thousands of bullet holes in them damage done was repaired even the streets still showed the scars of bomb craters.
I had to carry my travel orders in English, French, German and Russian with me at all times.
I stayed at the USAF transit barracks located at Tempelhof airport during WWII it was a Luftwaffe Headquarters Center, of interest the buildings still had the German Eagle, on the walls but the claws holing the swastika had been broken off.
While in Berlin it was the only place in Western Europe where the Germans bought me beer and I was in uniform!
I THANK THE EDITOR/WW2DB FOR ALLOWING ME TO LEAVE THIS COMMENT
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