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These photos are made during the public event 'De slag om de achterhoek' in the Dutch town of Hengelo, starring the Dutch and German Windhund together with some other groups from the Netherlands (HRVN and DRG40-45 to name some). This event was organised by: http://www.achterhoeksmuseum1940-1945.nl

Photos made by Erik Suijkerbuijk. More and larger photos can be found here: http://www.flickr.com/photos/27535089@N ... 075568269/

Living history and reenactmentgroup 'Der Windhund'
The Netherlands
http://www.3kompanie.org

-= Market Garden =-
The theme was operation Market Garden 1944, this year 65 years ago.
It shows a german column from the Aufklärung Abteilung (German recon) watching the Allied paratroopers being dropped nearby a Dutch village.
The Germans move towards the enemy and while they move inside the village, the much feared enemy JaBo's (allied fighter aircraft) attack the collumn and they move inside the church for cover.
After this attack, the Germans have to attack the American paratroopers, but fail to win this battle and are being taken prisoner.

Watching the American Airborne fall from the sky





Planning the attack





Moving towards the village







JaBo!!!



Hiding in the church...







Attacking the US Airborne













Giving up after running out of ammunition

Fantastic as always from Rednas and Windhund!

Great pictures!

great pics....i like the up angel pics of the church tower.........first time i have seen weapons in a church



Dieter

Awesome pics! Finally some great Heer pics and not the usual SS stuff! Can someone tell me where I can find a checkered shirt like the guy is wearing?

Mike

What's with the "wounded" hands? As I have hand tattoos I am curious, do the bandages hide tattoos?

kmike1918 wrote:Awesome pics! Finally some great Heer pics and not the usual SS stuff! Can someone tell me where I can find a checkered shirt like the guy is wearing?

Mike

Hi mike,

I got that shirt at a regular clothes store, when the print looks like '30/'40 types and the shirt has the same cut as the shirts back than, it looks good.

WolfgangKessler wrote:What's with the "wounded" hands? As I have hand tattoos I am curious, do the bandages hide tattoos?

The guy above had it because of a sharp point of the MG, that kept cutting in his hand. The other "wounded' hand was something from the mockbattle. Though it would look better with a bandage, than that you see your hand tattoo (back then tattoos weren't as widespread as it is nowadays.

rednas wrote:The guy above had it because of a sharp point of the MG, that kept cutting in his hand. The other "wounded' hand was something from the mockbattle. Though it would look better with a bandage, than that you see your hand tattoo (back then tattoos weren't as widespread as it is nowadays.

Thanks mate!

Nice photos. I like the depth of field.