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| German troops on retreat in the Upper Silesia region, Germany (now Poland), 2 Feb 1945; note SdKfz. 10 half-track vehicles towing 7.5 cm PaK 40 guns | German Volkssturm troops with a MG 34 machine gun, Silesia, Germany (now Poland), Feb 1945 | German Volkssturm troops with a MG 34 machine gun in a ruined building in Silesia, Germany (now Poland), Apr 1945 | Soviet troops escorting German officers to surrender negotiations, Breslau, Germany (now Wroclaw, Poland), 6 May 1945 |
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