Physicists Yoshio Nishina, Llewellyn Thomas, and Friedrich Hund in Copenhagen, Denmark, 1926Danish machine gun team gathered for a photo hours before engaging with German invaders, Bredevad, Denmark, 9 Apr 1940; two of the men died later that day; note Madsen light machine gunDanish soldiers on bicycles, Denmark, 9 Apr 1940Danish soldiers with a 20mm Madsen light machine gun at a crossroads in Åbenrå, Denmark, 9 Apr 1940
Physicists Yoshio Nishina, Llewellyn Thomas, and Friedrich Hund in Copenhagen, Denmark, 1926Danish machine gun team gathered for a photo hours before engaging with German invaders, Bredevad, Denmark, 9 Apr 1940; two of the men died later that day; note Madsen light machine gunDanish soldiers on bicycles, Denmark, 9 Apr 1940Danish soldiers with a 20mm Madsen light machine gun at a crossroads in Åbenrå, Denmark, 9 Apr 1940
Disarmed Danish soldiers, Bjergskov, Denmark, 9 Apr 1940German Junkers Ju 52 transport aircraft over Denmark, 9 Apr 1940German Panzer II and Panzer I light tanks in Horsens, Denmark, Apr 1940King Christian X of Denmark riding through Copenhagen on his 70th birthday, 26 Sep 1940
Disarmed Danish soldiers, Bjergskov, Denmark, 9 Apr 1940German Junkers Ju 52 transport aircraft over Denmark, 9 Apr 1940German Panzer II and Panzer I light tanks in Horsens, Denmark, Apr 1940King Christian X of Denmark riding through Copenhagen on his 70th birthday, 26 Sep 1940
Prime Minister of Denmark Erik Scavenius and German Plenipotentiary Werner Best, Denmark, 6 Feb 1943Headquarters of the Danish para-military Schalburg Corps, Copenhagen, Denmark, 1943-1945Anti-German occupation protest/general strike, Nørrebro, Denmark, Jul 1944Ruins of Odinstårnet (Odin Tower), destroyed by Danish Nazi saboteurs, Odense, Denmark, post-14 Dec 1944
Prime Minister of Denmark Erik Scavenius and German Plenipotentiary Werner Best, Denmark, 6 Feb 1943Headquarters of the Danish para-military Schalburg Corps, Copenhagen, Denmark, 1943-1945Anti-German occupation protest/general strike, Nørrebro, Denmark, Jul 1944Ruins of Odinstårnet (Odin Tower), destroyed by Danish Nazi saboteurs, Odense, Denmark, post-14 Dec 1944
Air Marshal Arthur Coningham inspecting the WAAF Central Voluntary Band at B-160 Kastrup Advanced Landing Ground (Copenhagen Airport), Denmark, post warDanish collaborators being rounded up, circa 1945Captured Heinkel He-219 Uhu night fighters in Denmark, 1945WAAF marching band during a victory parade at a race track, Copenhagen, Denmark, 1945
Air Marshal Arthur Coningham inspecting the WAAF Central Voluntary Band at B-160 Kastrup Advanced Landing Ground (Copenhagen Airport), Denmark, post warDanish collaborators being rounded up, circa 1945Captured Heinkel He-219 Uhu night fighters in Denmark, 1945WAAF marching band during a victory parade at a race track, Copenhagen, Denmark, 1945
Twin 15 cm SK C/28 coastal gun turret, Stevns, Denmark, 26 Jan 2008
Twin 15 cm SK C/28 coastal gun turret, Stevns, Denmark, 26 Jan 2008


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