news updates and more rare wwii color slides from the Ian Spring Collection

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Ian Spring has added even more amazing and rare original color photo slides taken by both the Germans and the allies before and during the second world war.

One of the reasons the Private Spring Photographic Collection is such an unique and rich treasure of historical images and information is because Mister Spring invested so much of his time preservinf color film showing all forms of life and war. He was never only focused on military topics but more interested in demonstrating all aspects of normal life in original color film. (agfacolor or kodachrome)

This incredible collection of historical color slides (farbdias in german) is seen around the world as a precise historical archive and should be supported and protected into the future.

Here are some of the amazing historical images that Mister Spring has recently added to his online archive.

Captured French Maginot Machine Gun Bunker. France 1940

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Captured French Maginot Machine Gun Bunker France 1940 barb wire field summer soldier turret

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Head teacher Leopold Buchner with his students in Altotting Bavaria Germany 1942

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Head teacher Leopold Buchner with his students in Altotting Bavaria Germany 1942 bayern schule Lehrer

Votivkapelle Memorial Chapel St. Louis. Starnberg Bavaria 1942. Kind Ludwig II

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Votivkapelle Memorial Chapel St. Louis Starnberg Bavaria 1942 Kind Ludwig II Kreuz See Konig Ludwig II in Berg am Starnberger See Lake denkmal statue church

 

Hartmannswillerkopf. Vieil Armand. WW1 Alsace 1915-1916 Memorial. Photo taken in 1940.

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Hartmannswillerkopf Vieil Armand WW1 Alsace 1915 1916 Memorial 1940 denkmal ici reposent des soldats morts pour la france frankreich Hartmannsweiler Kopf Monument aux Morts et Crypte au Hartmanswillerkopf Monument National Hartmannswiller Arrond

 

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Captured French WW1 155mm de Bange Howitzer with Bonagente shoes. Camouflage Bunker France 1940

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Captured French WW1 wwi 155mm de Bange Howitzer Bonagente shoes Camouflage Bunker France 1940 tarnung tarn camo canon Artillery Cannon de 155 model 1877/14 Schneider 15.5 c s Kanone 422 (f) Dede Fredo

 

 

United States Air Force Lockheed P38 Lightning long distance fighter 59. based in Clark Air Base Luzon Island 1945

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United States Air Force Lockheed P38 Lightning long distance fighter 59 based in Clark Air Base Luzon Island 1945 plane pilots captain bomber jacket asia

 

 

Farmer ploughing his potato field near Ulm Germany 1937

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Farmer ploughing his potato field near Ulm Germany 1937 feld bauer

 

 

Staff and owners of the Post Brauerei Weiler in Allgau Bavaria Germany 1937.

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Brewery Staff and owners of the Post Brauerei Weiler in Allgau Bavaria Germany 1937 beer bear krug bierkrug bayern Dirndl Simmerberg

 

 

Destroyed Civilian housing and farms on the outskirts of Sevastopol 1942. German soldier standing in the middle of ruins

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Destroyed Civilian housing and farms on the outskirts of Sevastopol 1942 German soldier standing in the middle of ruins Siege of Sevastopol

 

 

United States Air Force Lockheed P38 Lightning long distance fighter 59. based in Clark Air Base Luzon Island 1945

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United States Air Force Lockheed P38 Lightning long distance fighter 59 based in Clark Air Base Luzon Island 1945 plane pilots captain bomber jacket asia

 

 

German artillery crew with Krim Shields pose beside blown up 10.5 cm leFH 18 Howitzer in Sevastopol 1942

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German artillery crew with Krim Shields pose beside blown up 10.5 cm leFH 18 Howitzer Sevastopol 1942 leichte Feldhaubitze cannon gun destruction ruins rubbel

 

 

Young little child playing on a pre war NSU motorbike in Garmisch Partenkirchen Germany 1938

 

 

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Young little child playing on a pre war NSU motorbike in Garmisch Partenkirchen Germany 1938 Bayern kind spielen play fun happy goggles brille