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by jimmyed 1609 days ago
No pictures of the Germans? Pity they were the most stylishly dressed of the lot.
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Colour film is quite rare on the German side as they were far more resource-constrained than the Allies, and they reserved their limited film stocks mostly for commercial films. Still, there's some. And for similar reasons, colour photography during the war from the Soviets and Japanese is extremely rare.

Even colour photography by the British, like here, is relatively uncommon compared to the enormous output of American photographers. America was the only place during most of the war where you could just walk into a shop and buy some decent colour film.

the one with the flamethrower seems to be a German soldier. Although, not the best picture
Due in part to Hugo Boss.