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English: Arquebus War History Museum (Arquebus Krigshistorisk Museum) in Førre, Norway: The exhibition 'WWII Allied Victory in Europe 1945', opened in 2005 by Tom Wheatcroft (1922–2009), a British war veteran and collector of racing cars and German military vehicles. The exhibition includes mannequins dressed in military uniforms, displayed in glass cases showcasing weapons, equipment, ammunition, awards, debris, historical photos, and more. The collaboration with Tom Wheatcroft and his son Kevin Wheatcroft also includes 'The Battle of Berlin', a large diorama featuring a multitude of exhibition figures in German and Russian uniforms, weaponry, military equipment, and two Russian tanks in a city environment characterized by ruins, bricks and debris.

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  • Flag of the United Kingdom (Union Jack)
  • German Waffen-SS soldier
    • M43 peaked field cap (ski cap)
    • 1942-1943 tunic (Feldbluse) with SS runes and rank insignia of SS-Sturmmann (corporal) on collar tabs (Kragenspiegel)
    • StG 44 (Sturmgewehr 44), an assault rifle developed during World War II by Hugo Schmeisser
  • Stielgranate 41, a German 37 mm high explosive anti-tank stick grenade, rocket style grenade with barrel and tail fins (projectile with fin-stabilized shell), for the 3.7 cm PaK-36, the standard anti-tank gun of the Wehrmacht
  • German Volkssturm soldier
    • Camouflage painted steel helmet (Stahlhelm) with a bread bag strap for attaching foliage for camouflage
    • Double breasted overcoat/greatcoat (Mantel) with rank insignia of Leutnant (2nd Lieutenant) on shoulder straps
    • Deutscher Volkssturm Wehrmacht armband on the left arm
    • Panzerfaust, a German inexpensive recoilless single-shot man-portable anti-tank weapon of World War II
  • German MG 34 general purpose machine gun mounted on a tripod (deutsches MG34 Allzweck-Maschinengewehr, montiert auf einem Dreibein)
  • Oversized Nazi propaganda portrait bust of Adolf Hitler
  • Member of the Hitler Youth (Hitlerjugend, HJ), the youth organisation of the Nazi Party in Germany before and during World War II (1926–1945)
    • Black peaked ski cap with HJ emblem (a black mobile swastika central to a red diamond on a white background)
  • Side/snare drum (Marschtrommel, 'march drum') of the Hitler Youth
  • Historical photographs of Hitler Youth boys receiving training in the use of Panzerfaust anti-tank weapons, and a smiling Hitler alongside HJ leader Artur Axmann encouraging boys for a final defensive effort in 1945.
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