Searching for pictures.

Hey guys!
Today i had cleaned up my "digital photo archiv of 2. ww".
I collect pictures of the "great 7 nations" of the 2 ww.

Today i noticed that i had no pictures of russian parachute troops and mountain troops.

So had someone here pictures out of 2ww which show soldiers of this army arm?

Thanks guys!

Here's some to get you started. Wasn't easy to find.

Updated with more...
(Thought this would be useful to show as an example) That map shows well how the soviet airborne operations ever conducted usually failed and/or didnt meet the xpected results,  due to poor planning and lack of coordination and cooperation.

Last edited March 10, 2010 at 5:51 PM by Hpt.Berger

hehe neat O'

And here's some mountain troops pictures, though it appears more like they were regular army dudes who were sent into the mountains because there was an urgent need for reinforcements there. This was scanned from the book To the gates of Stalingrad, volume 1(of 3), by David M. Glantz (very good reading).

Awesome!
Thank u very much for this photos  ;D

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That map shows well how the soviet airborne operations ever conducted usually failed and/or didnt meet the xpected results,  due to poor planning and lack of coordination and cooperation.

You'll have to give them credit though - they were the first country that implemented large scale airborne forces into their military doctrine. It's usually pretty hard to do something well when you're the first one to do it :P

Last edited March 10, 2010 at 11:28 PM by thebomb

Very true, they were also the first ones (or one of the first ones , I forget), to start experimenting with  paratroopers also.
I don't doubt their bravery and willingness to try out such risky maneuvers, but the failures were mostly due to stalin who  executed most of the pre-ww2 officer corps, many who were innovative, and creative enough to try bold moves, etc. And also thanks to stalins policy of having a commissar attached to every divisional commander, and giving every commissar the power to override any command or move they deemed as 'unfit', even if it meant saving  troops which gained battle experience and who could  be saved to fight another day. This policy was only removed in 1943 I believe, giving Soviet commanders the free will to command their own forces and finally start having large scale victories without losing too many people