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Videos of the German War Machine from World War II from our YouTube channel.

Caption Competition

December 2014

Hitler and Mackenesen
Hitler and Mackenesen

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We have a large photo collection, many of which are uncaptioned, or for which we have incomplete information or are guessing. If any readers can give us correct captions (or more informed captions than we hold at the moment) we would be very grateful. We will display on the site the best or most accurate captions for the photos that we are putting up. Please make your captions no longer than 150 words - shorter if possible.

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Photo Galleries

Josef Gabcik

Josef Gabcik
Josef Gabcik

Josef Gabcik, a Slovak, one of the two agents (the other was Jan Kubis) who attacked Heydrich on May 27 1942. The two men had parachuted into the Protectorate in December 1941 as part of a larger group of agents, and spent several months planning ways to kill their target until they decided to attack him on his regular route to and from his home to Prague Castle at a bend in the road where the car would have to slow down.

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