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File:Airborne Museum (Sainte-Mère-Église) German weapons of World War II displayed in front of a Reichsdienstflagge, a swastika flag of Nazi Germany. Photo by Greg Clark 2023-06-17, posted on Flickr.jpg

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English: German weapons, etc. of World War II| in front of a captured Reichsdienstflagge of Nazi Germany on display at the Airborne Museum in Sainte-Mère-Église, France, a museum dedicated to the memory of paratroopers of the 82nd and 101st Airborne Divisions of the United States Army who parachuted into Normandy on the night of June 5–6, 1944.
  • StG 44 (German: Sturmgewehr 44, "assault rifle 44"), a assault rifle developed during World War II by Hugo Schmeisser
  • Range finder (Wehrmacht Entfernungsmesser)
  • MG 34 (German: Maschinengewehr 34, "machine gun 34"), a German recoil-operated air-cooled general-purpose machine gun
  • Panzerfaust, a single-shot man-portable anti-tank weapon developed by Nazi Germany during World War II
  • Reichsdienstflagge with a Nazi Swastika and the national "eagle-and-swastika emblem.
Airborne Museum on Facebook: German flag belonging to General Falley of the 91st Luftlande (91st ID), based since May 1944 in the center of the German defensive system in the Cotentin. This division was commanded by General Wilhelm Falley, who established his command post at Château de Bernaville, near Picauville. General Falley was killed in the early morning of June 6, 1944, in an ambush set by the American paratroopers of the 82nd Airborne Division. Falley is the first German general killed in Normandy in June 1944.
Corporal Schlegel discovers the car in which General Falley was installed, Schlegel retrieves the flag and conceals it in a barn. The group resumes its progress and comes face to face with a tank. The combat is uneven, and the paratroopers are taken prisoner. Later, Schlegel manages to escape and recovers the flag, which he will take with him upon his return to the USA. In 1969, Jack Schlegel presents the flag to the Airborne Museum, where it has been exhibited since.
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Author Greg Clarke
Camera location49° 24′ 30.5″ N, 1° 18′ 53.55″ W Kartographer map based on OpenStreetMap.View this and other nearby images on: OpenStreetMapinfo

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