28 Oct 1939

Atlantic Ocean
  • German pocket battleship Admiral Graf Spee received fuel from and transferred British prisoners to tanker Altmark near Tristan de Cunha in the South Atlantic. ww2dbase [Altmark Incident | Admiral Graf Spee | Altmark | CPC]
Hawaii Italy Photo(s) dated 28 Oct 1939
German He 111 medium bomber after crash landing near Humbie, Scotland, United Kingdom, 28 Oct 1939. This bomber was on a reconnaissance mission when it was shot down by British fighters.

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German Großdeutschland Division troops with Panzerfaust at Memel, East Prussia, Germany, late 1944; note grenades in belts

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