1 Mar 1942

Germany
  • While at Faßberg, Germany, III./KG 4 wa transferred to the German Luftwaffe XI. Fliegerkorps in preparation for a new assignment. ww2dbase [Faßberg, Ost-Hannover | CPC]
7 Mar 1942

Germany
  • A number of Go 242 glider transports arrived at Faßberg, Germany and joined German Luftwaffe III./KG 4. ww2dbase [Faßberg, Ost-Hannover | CPC]
28 Feb 1943

Germany
30 Apr 1943

Germany
29 Jun 1944

Germany Photo(s) dated 29 Jun 1944
Fuel tanks of the B-24H Liberator “Little Warrior” with the 861st Bomb Squadron explode over Fallersleben, Germany after anti-aircraft hit, Jun 29 1944. Photo taken by Clifford A Stocking, waist gunner on “Green Hornet.”
13 Apr 1945

Photo(s) dated 13 Apr 1945
Abandoned Go 145 and Ar 96 aircraft, Celle Airfield, Germany, 13 Apr 1945
15 Apr 1945

Germany
17 Apr 1945

Photo(s) dated 17 Apr 1945
Women and children, former inmates of Bergen-Belsen Concentration Camp, huddled together in a large room after liberation, Germany, 17-18 Apr 1945German soldiers made to load victims of Bergen-Belsen Concentration Camp onto a truck, Germany, 17 Apr 1945; note British troops in background with Sten submachine gun and Lee-Enfield rifles
18 Apr 1945

Germany
  • The column of prisoners of war that SS-Feldgendarmerie personnel forced out of Marlag und Milag Nord prisoners of war camp in Westertimke, Germany on 2 Apr 1945 crossed the River Elbe near Hamburg, Germany. ww2dbase [Marlag und Milag Nord | Ost-Hannover | HM]
Photo(s) dated 18 Apr 1945
A British soldier looked on while SS Guards were forced to load bodies of Bergen-Belsen Concentration Camp victims onto a truck, Germany, 17-18 Apr 1945
19 Apr 1945

Photo(s) dated 19 Apr 1945
A British Army bulldozer pushed bodies of Bergen-Belsen Concentration Camp victims into a mass grave, Germany, 19 Apr 1945; note driver had to cover nose and mouth with handkerchief
21 Apr 1945

Photo(s) dated 21 Apr 1945
British soldiers supervised the distribution of food to former inmates of Bergen-Belsen Concentration Camp, Germany, 21 Apr 1945
28 Apr 1945

Photo(s) dated 28 Apr 1945
Female SS guards made to bury victims of the Bergen-Belsen Concentration Camp, Germany, 28 Apr 1945
1 May 1945

Photo(s) dated 1 May 1945
Bergen-Belsen Concentration Camp
5 May 1945

Germany
23 May 1945

Photo(s) dated 23 May 1945
Heinrich Himmler dead at Lüneburg, Germany, 23 May 1945



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