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Captured Kübelwagen

I’m very fortunate to have two WW2 museums within an hour’s drive from my home, and another two if I add another 15 minutes. I recently visited Bevrijdende Vleugels (Liberating Wings) in Best, a slightly goofy-named but quite nice museum commemorating Operation Market Garden and the liberation of the Eindhoven area in September 1944. Part of the museum’s exhibit, which includes several aircraft and army vehicles, was this interesting looking display and accompanying historical photograph. It is a German Kübelwagen captured by members of PAN ( Partizanen Actie Nederland ). PAN was a group of resistance fighters operating in the Eindhoven area, unaffiliated to the Landelijke Knokploegen (roughly: National Fight Groups). It was created in March 1944 by merging two independent local resistance groups and was aimed at sabotage and armed resistance. The exhibition piece I must admit that I haven’t done a ton of research, so I’m not sure how much sabotaging and fighting PAN actually did...