Haderslev
9 April 1940
A German reconnaissance aircraft flies over Haderslev Barracks in the early morning hours of 9 April 1940.
A German Panzer II Ausf tank passes the market square in Haderslev on 9 April 1940. The tank may be headed for the barracks, where the German forces ran into fierce Danish resistance.
The impromptu road blockade in the form of tipper trucks, which the Danish soldiers had set up at Møllestrømmen before the Germans arrived. It came here to a fierce firefight that cost a Danish soldier his life.
Five Danish soldiers prepare the forward gun position with a 37mm anti-tank gun at Hertug Hansgades Hospital. Soon after, it came to a firefight with the German forces, which cost the lives of two of the soldiers and wounded the other three.
The soldiers are from left to right: Kornet F. Vesterby, Private I. Bonde, Private B. Bertelsen, H. C. Hansen, and G. P. Hansen.
On the right of the picture, between the passenger car and the milk truck, is a German tank, shooting at the barracks in the background. Behind the signal stand, a little further back in the picture is an overturned German motorcycle. The rider has just been shot. Next to the motorcycle, out on the roadway lies the damaged tracks of the German tank.
The tank, whose driver was shot, drove towards the house on the right in the picture, where it remained standing until the fight was over. The passenger car was driven by Carstensen. It came to a halt outside the police station after suffering several hits.
A German Panzer 1 firing at the Danish soldiers defending the barracks.
German infantry advancing towards the barracks.
A Danish soldier lies dead by the roadblock in Haderslev.
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In the days after the battle, Danish equipment was collected by the German troops. Here you can see Danish weapons and other military supplies gathered in orderly piles at the barracks square in Haderslev.
Aftermath
Danish 2nd Regiment wounded and fallen on 9 April 1940.
313 G. P. Hansen, wounded 108 O. A. Hansen, fallen 305 H. C. Hansen, fallen 780 N. Møller-Schmidt, fallen 292 E. Krogh, wounded 391 B. L. Berthelsen, wounded 308 J. Bonde, wounded 310 R. Christensen, wounded Kornet F. M. Vesterby, fallen