8.8cm Flak 18 battery providing fire support along with Stukas during the invasion of Greece in 1941

Along with the impressive display of firepower, at 0:53 a war artist is on hand to preserve the action for posterity
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[@DogOneIsOpen]

I’m convinced hw97karbine is just time traveling with an old black and white camera to bring us this stuff

[@mwallace2922]

Me too

[@Keckegenkai]

casual oil painting among exploding shells

[@pierluigiadreani2159]

That dude was everything but casual.

[@N_Wheeler]

Plotting Board

[@glenmaxwell3465]

These old historical news reels are great reference for hobbyists

[@mikaelpigall8769]

That painter might actually be Hans Liska
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hans_Liska
I remember seeing some of his drawings/paintings from the Greek campaign.

[@obsidianjane4413]

Doesn't look old enough. Liska was in his 30s in 1941.
Germany employed a lot of artists to document the war along with photographers are part of their propaganda ministry. They probably travelled around together.

[@TheSpecial4247]

do you recon the guy painting was also refused entry to a art school 🤣🤣

[@rogercude1459]

What most people dont know is that delay to go to Greece Cost Germany Dear. It put back the invasion of Russia and they would have been in Moscow before the bad winter weather hit them in December 41 and perhaps won them the Eastern war!

[@tommyshelby1015]

Es sind mehrere Punkte dafür verantwortlich nicht nur die Sache mit Griechenland
Der Afrikafeldzug war so nie geplant aber die Italiener haben es vermasselt und die Deutschen mussten aus helfen
Punkt 2
Der Nichtangriffpakt zwischen Japan und den Russen vom Oktober 1941
Der machte eine Menge Russische Soldaten mobil fast 1.5 Million die dann vor Moskau zum Einsatz kamen natürlich mit winterausrüstung

[@ozmodiar5561]

Exceptional video.

[@GapeGang]

These guys were definitely way at the back lol

[@wehrmachthistorian]

Why no sound?

[@agr2190]

Because at that time not all cameras had mics i guess

[@obsidianjane4413]

@@agr2190 That is correct. At the time no handheld film camera had sound, it required a separate reel to reel tape recorder.

[@M2181SS_E.W.F.]

Люфтваффельки)

[@golden_arrow46]

Germans still couldn't get the Rupel fortress in northern Greece

[@user-ih8fw7bu5p]

❤😂😂🎉😢😢😮😅

[@dummyxaverie6381]

How can you draw the landscape that you ravaged

[@terraflow__bryanburdo4547]

Nazi landscape "art"

[@hallu4696]

By drawing.

[@obsidianjane4413]

You put in a happy little naztie over here, and another happy little naztie over there...

[@TheSpecial4247]

@@obsidianjane4413 🤣 I read that in a bob Ross German accent if that makes sense