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Captured Soviet Banners - Soviet - 06-11-2006
Wow nice picture Andreas! Did you buy it or it is still on eBay? :)
By the way, here is a Soviet flag that was capture in Russia by the Germans during WWII. It was recover by the soviet army after the battle of Berlin, I can't recall it wich city in Russia it was capture. The flag is now at the Karlshorst Museum in Berlin.
Captured Soviet Banners - Alfred - 06-12-2006
[QUOTE=Soviet]Wow nice picture Andreas! Did you buy it or it is still on e... :)
no, it´s not mine :(
Captured Soviet Banners - Soviet - 02-27-2007
SS soldier with captured Soviet banner
Captured Soviet Banners - DougD - 02-27-2007
Good photo! Looks like a civilian award flag, maybe from a collective farm. I'd like to see more "captured" shots. dd
Here is another captured flag; I have not seen another like this, harkens to the designs of the 1920's. DD
A civilian flag, but a nice capture shot.
DougD
Captured Soviet Banners - jefflgarrison - 01-21-2008
Living in the land of the only country to have defeated the Soviet's in a land war, I was doing some research on the subject and came across the photo below.
I am wondering if anyone knows what happened to these captured flags from the "Miracle on the Vistula".
Captured Soviet Banners - Al-muell - 01-21-2008
I can only guess.
Most likely they were taken to the army museum in Warsaw. Even more likely, they were lost during the WW2 - either given back to Soviets by Nazis or lost during city's destruction after the upprising. Also could be returned to the SU after the war.
If not, I would look for them either in Warsaw or in London.
I am not sure, but i think there was something about this banners in Norman Davies's work.
Captured Soviet Banners - Lapa - 01-21-2008
Guys,
There is a Polish book, published in the 1960's or 70's, that covers this topic, actually on a somewhat broader basis as it covers also the 1920's intervention. In it, there are old B&W photos of the banners captured, as well as color drawing reconstruction of them.
It seems that the Red Army was ordered to recover these as they took Warsaw; they did so, and the banners have disappeared from public light ever since. It is supposed that they were returned to Moscow, and could be held at the Central Museum of the Armed Forces.
Marc
Captured Soviet Banners - Al-muell - 01-23-2008
Was that book published in Poland? It seems very unlikely if it's from 60's and would still be strange in 70's. Unless it was published in London or Paris.
Captured Soviet Banners - jefflgarrison - 01-23-2008
Lapa Wrote:the 1920's intervention
You mean Polands successful defense of their state. Semantics.
Well, it wasn't the first time Stalin used the Poles to cover up his ineptness and hatred for this wonderful land. Katyn would be another one.
Captured Soviet Banners - boonicootza - 10-16-2008
Captured flags. from ebay