Le butin de guerre: inspection des voitures d'état-major de l'armée allemande

Que diriez-vous d'une photo de voiture mystère? Nous n'en avons pas qu'une, mais plusieurs à essayer d'identifier. Mais tout d'abord, il serait intéressant d'en savoir un peu plus sur le contexte de la photo. Étant donné que de nombreuses voitures arborent une peinture de camouflage, cette photo ne représente certainement pas un parking typique pour touristes ou acheteurs.

Cette photo nous a été envoyée par Chris de Boer, qui nous explique ce qui se passe: "Je participe à des recherches historiques en Hollande et j'ai du mal à identifier les voitures qui figurent sur l'image. La photo a été prise en mai 1945, en Hollande, après que les troupes britanniques eurent désarmé les forces allemandes. Ces véhicules étaient des voitures d'état-major allemandes capturées. Je n'ai pu identifier que la Fiat 500A Topolino de la deuxième rangée".

Qu'en pensez-vous? Au premier plan, on distingue la silhouette reconnaissable d'une Lancia Aprilia, et juste derrière, un cabriolet Opel Kadett. Ensuite, c'est un peu plus difficile. Y a-t-il une Citroën Traction Avant? Est-ce qu'on aperçoit le nez d'une Ford Eifel? Aidez-nous si vous le pouvez.

Paroles: Zack Stiling; photographie: Chris de Boer

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vendredi mars 15th, 2024

Ravichandar Chandar

22 Mars 2024, 03:00

There were many beautiful cars back then, it would have been good to preserve them or sell them to collectors.

Massimo Palaziol

17 Mars 2024, 12:53

The third one you see (with the sliding roof open) is a Lancia Aprilia!
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la terza che si vede (con il tetto scorrevole aperto) é una Lancia Aprilia!

Mike Costigan

17 Mars 2024, 09:20

The 'Fiat' Topolino could, of course, be a Simca Cinq.

Martijn van Zwieten

16 Mars 2024, 10:15

The car behind the Citroën Traction Avant is a Wanderer W24. In front of the Fiat Topolino looks like the bonnet of a DKW F8.

Michael Schlenger

15 Mars 2024, 13:16

I doubt that the Fiat Topolino with its shiny paint was used by the German military at the end of the Second World War. Starting in 1943, cars used by the German army were required to have multi-colour camouflage paint due to allied air superiority. I've attached a photo from my collection showing an example (a Hanomag "Rekord"). Even if Fiats and Lancias were also sold in pre-war Germany in significant numbers, the high proportion of Italian models in this picture might be an indication that we are dealing with a German army unit previously active in Italy and later relocated to the Netherlands. Basically, the German army confiscated useable civilian cars in large numbers in all occupied territories or re-used captured ones. And of course, most civilian cars in Germany and Austria were confiscated as well due to the severe lack of vehicles already in the early stages of the war.

Wilfried Brunner

15 Mars 2024, 10:23

Wow, on the right-hand side first is a 1933/34 Ford, and after the Topolino is a Fiat Balilla with wood-gas generator. On the left-hand side, first is a Fiat Balilla or Opel, second is a Fiat or Lancia cabriolet, then the Lancia Aprilia. After the Citroen Legère is a Fiat 1100 ELR. Is this really Holland? It looks to me like Italy.

Larry Lewis

15 Mars 2024, 01:56

That is a Traction Avant in the middle of the row. It makes you wonder just where these cars came from. I would assume they were confiscated from their former civilian owners. Plus, would they have got their cars back once the war ended? Would it have been possible to locate the former owners?

Le butin de guerre: inspection des voitures d'état-major de l'armée allemande

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