Prisoners rounded up in Hamminkeln, 25 March 1945
Then image: © IWM BU 2299
Now image: www.NOWstalgia.eu / Cor Sleutel
Category Archives: Hamminkeln
Hamminkeln – Bislicher straße (1)
Prisoners rounded up in Hamminkeln, 25 March 1945
Then image: © IWM BU 2300
Now image: www.NOWstalgia.eu / Cor Sleutel
Hamminkeln – Diersfordter Straße
German civilians on the junction of the Diersfordter straße and the Bislicher Straße in Hamminkeln are rounded up by British airborne troops, during Operation ‘Varsity’,
25 March 1945. (not the perfect, but definitely the same place)
Then image: © IWM BU 2295
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Hamminkeln – Marktstrasse (3)
Sergeant McCarter of 56 White Street, Partick, Glasgow, wearing a Reichswehr cap he found in Hamminkeln.
Then image: © IWM BU 2401
Now image: Family (grandson & daughter) of Sergeant McCarter who contacted me after they found the location of the photo because on my website and then went to Hammikeln themself.
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Hamminkeln – Ringenberger Strasse
Airborne troops with a 6-pdr anti-tank gun in Hamminkeln, 25 March 1945.
Then image: © IWM BU 2304
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Hamminkeln – Markstrasse (2)
Original wartime caption: Paratroops in the streets of Hamminkeln
Then image: © IWM BU 2294
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Hamminkeln – Marktstraße (1)
Mislabeled as ” ‘A’ Squadron moving out of Brunen’, Germany, 1945.” I discovered it was taken in Hamminkeln. I went over there and took this now photo on my kitchen steps.
Then image: National Army Museum
Nam accession number: NAM. 1975-03-63-21-215
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Hamminkeln (3) – Mehrhooger Straße
Operation Varsity; Paratroopers in Hamminkeln during airborne landings east of the Rhine, 25 March 1945.
Then image: Imperial War Museum
Catalogue number : BU 2293
Creator: No 5 Army Film & Photographic Unit, Christie (Sgt)
Now image: WW2 Then in Now, Cor Sleutel
Hamminkeln (2) – Bislicher Straße
Universal carrier and airborne troops in Hamminkeln during the landings east of the Rhine, 25 March 1945.
Then image: Imperial War Museum
Catalogue number: BU 2302
Creator: No 5 Army Film & Photographic Unit, Christie (Sgt)
Now image: WW2 Then in Now, Cor Sleutel
Hamminkeln – Brüner Straße
British airborne troops study a sign outside Hamminkeln during operations east of the Rhine, 25 March 1945.
Then image: Imperial War Museum
Catalogue number : BU 2292
Creator: No 5 Army Film & Photographic Unit, Christie (Sgt)
Now image: WW2 Then in Now, Cor Sleutel