SS Concentrationcamp Vught Netherlands.

SS - Concentrationcamp

Vught.

During the Second World War, the German SS had one concentrationcamp outside Germany under direct supervision from the ss headquarter in Oranienburg.

The Concentrationcamp Vught.

Netherlands

The Germans called it :

Konzentrationslager Herzogenbusch.



Guard tower with double electrified fense.

In januari 1943 the first prisoners came and were ordered to do construction work to finish the buildings and fenses from the camp.

The bad conditions, lack of food and proper clothing and torture from the sadistic guards hundreds of the new prisoners died.



Inside a reconstructed barack, at the end
the primitive sleeping facilities.



With 2 persons in one "bed", in overcrowded
barack without proper heating.

In the period jan. 1943 and sept. 1944 a total of 31.000 people lived in this camp. With 12.000 Jew's there are also arrested members of the resistance ,gipsy's, homosexuals, etc.

421 children, women, men died in the camp.

329 prisoners were executed outside the camp.

On 6 and 7 june 1943 a total of 1269 jewish

children with one of their parents were

transported to deadcamps.

They died in the gas chambers in Sobibor Poland.



The monument for the children on transport to the gas chambers.



For burning the dead body's in the camp.



Outside the oven, where the ash was dumped.



Meeting and interview with Holocaust survivors.
Very impressive to meet and talk with them.



Let us never forget what happened here.

In remembrance of the victims

and with deep respect

for the survivors.









THE M1 CARBINE .30 inch. HISTORY AND USE .

Top : sharpshooter Karabijn Dutch Army.
The star is lower classed for first class shooting (Dutch Army)

With 6.332.000 produced Carbines, the M1

was one of the most succesfull hand

weapons in use during the

Second World War.

What made this Carbine so usefull and popular ?

The carbine design was intended to fill the gap between the pistol and the heavy rifle for second-line troops like drivers and mechanics.

But after time it was also popular with front-line troops.

It all started in 1940, the Winchester design was the winner of a competition with the idea of a gas operated self loading carbine in the calibre

7.62 mm, 0.30 inch with a firing range of 100 m. The ammunition was half pistol and half rifle design but had one main drawback, it proved to be underpowered.

This lack of stopping power was popular in later use by the policeforce in dense area's like airports and city centres with low risks for people near the target when the cartridge was fired.



Dutch national police (Rijkspolitie) with M1 Carbine.
Also used for firing teargas rifle grenades
with special equipment.





The M1 Carbine was light (2.36 kg) and easy to handle. Just what a tired soldier needs when he travels true the jungle,  here the name jungle carbine came in use.

The Germans also liked the carbine and they used captured weapons with their troops and gave it the name Selbstladekarabiner 455(a).

High quality parts which are easy to change.

After the Second World War the carbine was not long in use with frontline troops, but with the Dutch 543 Signal Bat. it was in use untill 1993.



Fire exercise at  100 m. shooting range Gilze Rijen



Special versions :

M1A1 = Folding stock for Airborne use.

M2 = Automatic version with fire switch and 30 rounds magazine.

(the M1 basic had a 15 rounds magazine).

M3 = Night vision version (infra red) only 2000 build.

A strong combination with both the same 0.30 inch ammunition.
Top : M1 Carbine with 30 rounds magazine.
Low : Ruger Blackhawk
For civillian use.

World War Two Re-enactment, THE BEST PICTURES.

WORLD WAR TWO

RE-ENACTMENT

THE BEST PICTURES.

In most cases the playing like soldiers

is not my cup of tea.

But sometimes when specialists

come in action it gets

my attention !

When the re-enactment is placed in a important historical background on the same place as the historical events happened in the past and you can see that every detail is carefully managed then you can see that its

living history at its best !



The M.W.O the highest medal
for  bravery in action.

On the 10 th. of may 1940 the young  2d. Lieutenant Georg Maduro deserved the highest military order for his brave action against the invading German Paratroopers which landed near The Hague. Near to the military airport Ypenburg he orginised the local defence and made a plan to attack the German paratroopers.
His action had a great succes and this story was the format for a serious re-enactment at the place where it all happened, the landing paratroopers in the fields and the counter attack on the villa Dorrepaal.

The brave Maduro died on 09-02-1945

in the concentrationcamp

Dachau.



The landing German paratroopers near Ypenburg
military airport.







German paratroopers in action.



German paratroopers taking cover.



Back garden villa Dorrepaal.









German occupation of the villa Dorrepaal.



Taking care of the wounded.

The Dutch counterattack.

A Dutch NCO.

The Dutch on the move.

The villa is back in our hands

Disarming the prisoners.

German P.O.W



Sending the prisoners away.

Military vehicles World War Two. THE BEST PICTURES SELECTION.

THE BEST PICTURES

With a massive phote archive after lots of Military shows, re-enactment, etc there are

always the best of the best .

In this selection my choise.

Do you agree ?

M 36 Landsverk from 1936 with Daimler Benz petrol engine.
Duth army : battle for Ypenburg 1940.

Rare Dodge WC 53 with postwar fire brigade modification
Military event Assen.

T 34 at Leopoldsburg Belgium.

Sherman tank at Leopoldsburg Belgium.

German Kubelwagen at Leopoldsburg Belgium.

Ford M8 armored car.

White M3 Halftrack

Dodge WC54 ambulance.

M24 Chaffee light tank.

Dodge WC53.

GMC 2-1/2 ton DUKW.

Diamond T Wrecker with winch.

Churchill tank at Overloon.

British Cromwell tank near Pegasus Bridge Normandie France

White scout car.

The best Sherman picture ever seen !

From the facebook page

of Frank Mottoulle

Thanks Frank !!

Militracks Overloon may 2011 UPDATE :

LEOPOLDSBURG BELGIUM 2011 UPDATE :

 

That's all, did you enjoy

this selection ?

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comment, tips, etc.