The Communist Side of The Moon

dergutekamerad:

Madrid, 1941.

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falangista:

Falangista

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thedevilsguard:

Two fallen soldiers, one Spanish and one German, about to be buried in a military cemetery full of Spanish graves. The Spanish coffin is covered with the Spanish flag, and the German one with the Reichskriegsflagge. The cortege is headed by a Spanish military chaplain. Five thousand men of the division lost their lives during the campaign in Russia. For the German soldiers, this was the most clear example of Spanish-German ‘Waffenbruderschaft’.

thedevilsguard:

Artillerymen line up on a French platform, under a sign saying ‘The German Army greets the Spanish Volunteers’. Prominent among their kit are the light brown ammunition pouches, aluminium plates, and rolled blankets. The khaki of their breeches varies in shade from one to another. 

thedevilsguard:

Corporal of the Infantry Regiment ‘Pimentel’, later the 262nd Inf. Regt., with the Battalion’s flag; Grafenwohr, July 1941 The flag bears the legend ‘Division Espanola de Voluntarios’ above the device, and ‘Regimiento Pimentel / II Batallon’ below it. 

thedevilsguard:

Symbolic photo showing men of the Blue Division crossing through a checkpoint on the German/Polish border at the beginning of their 40 day March up to the front. The bulk of the Division’s transport was made up of horse-drawn wagons.

thedevilsguard:

Munoz Grandes chats with a Luftwaffe officer at Grigorovo; he wears the Knight’s Cross which he was awarded in March 1942. 

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The name-board of the Blue Division’s General Headquarters at Grigorovo.