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Soldiers lounge on patio of a small stone house built high above Berchtesgaden in the Bavarian Alps and known as "Eagle's Nest", Hitler's favorite hideout

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Eagle's Nest, Berchtesgaden Germany, 1945: Soldiers lounge on patio of a small stone house built high above…

Eagle's Nest, Berchtesgaden Germany, 05/19/1945

SC 207108Field no. ETO-HQ-45-37009RG 111
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Soldiers lounge on patio of a small stone house built high above Berchtesgaden in the Bavarian Alps and known as "Eagle's Nest", Hitler's favorite hideout. U. S. Seventh Army, 101st Airborne Div., XV Corps, 5/19/45.

Date
05/19/1945
Place
Eagle's Nest, Berchtesgaden Germany · approximate position
Photographer
Harriss
Units
101st Airborne Division
SC number
207108
Field number
ETO-HQ-45-37009
Album
101st Airborne Division
Source
U.S. National Archives, Record Group 111, Series: Official Army Photographs

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