21 July 2022 Garand Picture of the Day

[Mark in Rochester]

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[Flying10uk]

Wonder if he saw Germany again, probably not.

[Bob Womack]

I'm trying to figure out the uniforms of his two guards.

Bob

[Ovidio]

There’s another one behind him. The guards and the onlookers look strange. I’d wager they are French. The boots, the rifles, the canteen… But the civilians look also quite Italian.

[Mark in Rochester]

The French Resistance Parade a German Soldier through Paris in 1945

[BEAR]

Whoa! 1945? I didn't know German troops held out for that long.

[Mark in Rochester]

Whoa! 1945? I didn't know German troops held out for that long.

that was the caption - on closer look this is a repeat here from 2011 -Free Frenchicon troops escort a German prisoner through Paris 1944

[Bob Womack]

Yeah, you wonder how long it took them to winkle out all the stragglers who had been put up by the local gals.

Bob

[HOOKED ON HISTORY]

The German looks a bit worse for wear, like he got tuned up before the parade.

[CINDERS]

So 2 prisoners perhaps they were going to hand them into the US forces seems one guard is clearing the way 50/50 if they made it even early '45 the German forces were really in a bind I'm sure the crowd would have liked to get their hands on them both seeing as ol' mate has claret coming out his head.