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Evil nazi mountain hunters torture another ‘undesirable’ prisoner..
Billie Holiday, Yesterdays
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A soldier of the 2nd Gebirgsjäger Division stands wrapped in his zeltbahn in front of a column of camouflaged unit-marked vehicles. Norway 1940
On the shores of Narvik.
Kriegsmarine soldiers join the ranks of their Gebirgsjäger/Fallschirmjäger kameraden. After having their U-Boat sunk, these men continued the fight on land along side Gebirgsjäger Rgt. 139 and formed a unit of “GebirgsMarine” and went into action as mountain infantry.
Fallschirmjäger, Gebirgsjäger, and Kriegsmarine soldiers stand together; a few weeks into the fighting on Narvik - 1940.
Gebirgsjäger auf Narvik - 1940
Gebirgsjäger Gefreiter stands at a deck mounted AA MG-34 during the trip to Narvik - 1940. Of note is the “Styrian” gamaschen, worn over his boots.
betterdead: Finnish Lahti-Saloranta M/26 team in Nisalahti on the western bank of Vyborg Bay.
An Obergrefreiter from one of the two companies of Gebirgsjäger Rgt. 137 that parachuted into Narvik in 1940. Seen wearing the Narvik Campaign arm shield and the Fallschirmjäger parachute jump badge. 
Reenforcements - Narvik - 1940
Wacht in Norwegen.
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