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@littlelobster2006 and @ww2_german_bricks are lowkey tuff

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East Prussia
Early 1945

For @guero_bricks contest(I think im early)
Uh thanks to @french_brick for letting me take inspiration from one of his posts by @purple_bricks42

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So uh for @guero_bricks fig contest
1. Romanian Soldiers during the siege of Odessa 1941(actually a cool photo for me as my great grandpa died during that battle)
2. Battle of Leningrad late 43’
3. and 4. Battle of Narva 1944
Number 5. Battle of Targu Frumos 1944
Number 6. and 7. Seelow heights
Number 8. Panzer Hunter on the rhine by @purple_bricks42

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~A pershings worst dream.~

The BT-42 is the best tank ever made being able to destroy entire continents within minutes.
The turret is a slightly modified version of @padraig_a22f version while the hull is based of the Panzerbricklabs chassis.
Tulta

Last 2 slides are some random minifigs i made. taken in Lapland by @purple_bricks42

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Fig post cuz im the tuffest goyim.
1. Soldiers of the Maria Theresa division during the Budapest encirclement
2. Soviet soldiers during the Balaton Offensive
3.Warsaw uprising
4.The Rhine
5.Prisoner enthusiast during the Kursk Offensive
6. Romanian soldier and soviet female during the battle for Transylvania
7. The battle for Monte Cassino taken in Tel Aviv, Israel by @purple_bricks42

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New post since its my birthday. Was supposed to make a BT-42 post but the bricklink store didnt send all of the pieces.

The Siege of Odessa was a military conflict during World War II fought between August and October 1941. Romanian and German forces surrounded the Soviet-controlled port city of Odessa on the Black Sea. Despite heavy attacks, Soviet defenders resisted for over two months before evacuating by sea. The siege caused major military and civilian casualties and ended with Axis occupation of the city. taken in Odessa, Ukraine by @purple_bricks42

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Hey guys since 2025 is coming to an end i decided to make a last post. It was definitely my best year in this community making tons of new friends and even meeting some of the people that made me join this hobby irl.
This is a Narva themed figbarf.
These are the figs:
1.Estonian Nr. 1 SS pair with the brickfabric i got from @jonagrievink 2 days ago at a convention
2.Separate Reconnaissance Regiment, 2nd Shock Army Minifig. Definetly my favourite russian fig. It has a captured Panzerfaust and a captured pair of german pants.
3. Also a russian with a captured Stg-44
4.227. Infanterie-Division. One of the most pressured Heer divisions at Narva. Its combat strenght by mid-44 was reduced to almost half maybe even lower.
5. One of my most used Heer minifigs.
6.SS-Panzer-Abteilung 11 tanker and a medic with pleet. Even though im against pleet i kinda like how it stays on some figs.
7. Even thought this is a narva themed figpost i added in a Volksturm soldier alongside a Totenkpof officer in classic style. I like how they look especially the ODG guy.
8.Jõhvi–Ahtme Airfield plane crewman also in classic style. The reason it has an MG-34 its because i like to think thay in the final hours of the airfield many crewmans and mechanics were fighting with everything they have.
9. Scrap minifig pose

This is all i got I wish you all a happy new year! taken in Narva, Estonia by @purple_bricks42

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“The last gamble.”

The Falaise Pocket was a decisive battle in World War II that took place in Normandy, France, in August 1944. It marked the destruction of much of the German army in northern France and effectively ended the Battle of Normandy.

All figs used here are from @parabellumbricks except the dead guy by @purple_bricks42

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During the Soviet offensives around Târgu Frumos in April–May 1944, some Red Army units carried out isolated summary executions of German prisoners.
These incidents occurred during chaotic frontline fighting as the 2nd Ukrainian Front pushed against German and Romanian defenses.
German accounts describe small groups of captured soldiers being shot shortly after surrendering, especially near Frumoasa and Podu Iloaiei. by @purple_bricks42

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~Eight weeks after the encirclement.~

After the last desperate breakout attempt to reach the Hoth Division had failed, the frozen ruins of Stalingrad had become a vast graveyard. Operation Uranus had crushed every hope of relief; the ring around the 6th Army was now iron and unbroken. Starving men huddled in cellars and shattered factories, surviving on crumbs and frostbitten dreams. The once-proud army was fading—its radios silent, its spirits broken—while the Red Army closed in for the final blow.

**It is only a matter of time until the once mighty 6th army surrenders.** taken in Stalingrad by @purple_bricks42

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~ Four weeks after the encirclement ~
After the breakthrough at Serebryanka, the Germans quickly lost momentum in an already hopeless battle. Most divisions entrenched themselves in the frozen steppes, while some attempted to break out from the village of Верхне-Кумский (the best route to link up with Hoth’s Panzer Division) — but these efforts failed.
Seeing the German lines beginning to collapse, the Russians steadily advanced, pushing the exhausted defenders back.
The inevitable fate would soon be shared by the entire German 6th Army, along with two Romanian divisions and one Luftwaffe division.
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This moc was heavily inspired by @brickscot2212 operation uranus moc.

**Reuplod because some people wouldnt see it** by @purple_bricks42

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"Standoff"

This moc is set during the Vistula-Oder offensive in early 1945. It shows a standoff between a battered and bruised Soviet soldier, and an exhausted German soldier standing dazed between a deceased Polish civilian. This moc depicts a bog in north-eastern Poland.

This is an entry into the Vistula-Oder offensive collab with @purple_bricks42 and @leon.wwimocs.

@fahnenjunker.bricks @spanishbuilder For the 2 military figs.

Thank you @2little2red for the awesome helmet!

@rancorlug @armored.figs @brickm9 @pigeonbricks @_s.carecrow_

#legoww2figures #legodiorama #legoww2 #ww2 #legophotography #legophoto #legohistory #history #legominifigures by @purple_bricks42

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The Battle of Stalingrad began in the summer of 1942 as German forces advanced across the Russian steppes toward the city. Fighting initially unfolded outside the city, where both sides dug into trenches across open fields and along the Volga. German armor and artillery pummeled Soviet positions relentlessly, while Soviet troops held desperate defensive lines, often under constant bombardment and with little cover.
As the weeks passed, the battle turned into brutal attrition. The steppe became a wasteland of wrecked tanks, scorched earth, and bodies left in the dust. By late summer and early autumn, the Germans reached the outskirts of Stalingrad itself, where the combat shifted to the city’s ruins. Urban warfare—house-to-house, factory-to-factory—then consumed both armies in some of the bloodiest fighting of the war, with the city reduced to rubble and survival itself a daily struggle.

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All the pictures at the end are from the bundesarchive

the Pz IV is a modified panzerbricklabs Panzer IV

#lego #legoww2minifigures #wwiilego #legomilitaryvehicles #worldwarii #smth taken in Stalingrad 1942 by @purple_bricks42

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