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English: The diorama "The Battle of Berlin" displayed at the Arquebus War History Museum (Norwegian: Arquebus Krigshistorisk Museum) in Førre, Norway. The exhibition depicts a World War II scene set in a city environment with ruins, bricks, and debris. It includes mannequins in uniforms, equipment, weapons, ammunition, and more from the military forces of Nazi Germany and the Red Army, the armed forces of the Soviet Union (USSR), including two Russian tanks.

The picture shows German military equipment :

• Uniform of a Major General (Generalleutnant) in the Wehrmacht Heer, the army of Nazi Germany, with military decorations
  • Visor cap (Schirmmütze) with military style national eagle-and-swastika emblem (Wehrmachtsadler, Mützenadler), cockade (Kokarde), and oak leaf wreath (Eichenlaubkranz)
  • Tunic (Waffenrock) with four pleated patch pockets, fall-down collar, turn-bak cuffs, rank insignia on shoulder boards and collar tabs, "breast eagle", etc.
  • Iron Cross (Eisernes Kreuz), German Cross (Der Kriegsorden Deutsches Kreuz), ribbon bars, etc.
  • Riding breeches with red lampasses, tall jackboots
• Black Panzer uniform of a SS-Brigadeführer in a Waffen-SS tank divison, with military decorations
  • Peaked ski cap (M43 field cap, visored field cap, Einheitsfeldmütze) with SS style Nazi eagle (SS-Hoheitsabzeichen, SS Adler) and SS detah's head (Totenkopf)
  • Waist-length wrap field jacket with rank insigia on shoulder straps and collar patches (Kragenspiegel), and cuff title (Ärmelstreifen) with "Adolf Hitler" (member of the 1st SS Panzer Division Leibstandarte SS Adolf Hitler, LSSAH)
  • Iron Cross (Eisernes Kreuz), German Cross (Der Kriegsorden Deutsches Kreuz), Panzer Badge (Panzerkampfabzeichen), Close Combat Clasp (Nahkampfspange)
• Binocular case, flash light/hand lamp (EHGL Dominit Sicherheitshandlampe).), Russian hand grenade (RGD-33 grenade), military map (Deutsches Heereskarte), Luger pistol, Wehrmacht Detonator type 37 with handle (Pioneer: Glühzündapparat 37), etc. on top of wooden ammunition transport boxes (luftdichter Pulverkasten, "airtight munition box")
• Waffen-SS soldier with camouflage pattern peaked field cap (M43 field cap, visored field cap, Einheitsfeldmütze)
• Winter uniform of the Hitler Youth (Hitlerjugend)
  • Black peaked field cap, dark blue or black jacket and long trousers
• Panzerfaust, a German inexpensive recoilless single-shot man-portable anti-tank weapon of World War II
• MG 34 machine gun (Maschinengewehr 34) mounted on a tripod
• The slogan Berlin bleibt deutsch ("Berlin remains German") painted as graffiti on the wall
• Wall sign with the text Öffentlicher Luftschutzraum 50 personen ("Public Air Raid Shelter 50 persons")

etc.

The Arquebus War Museum highlights the German occupation of Norway during the Second World War 1940-1945, featuring exhibits on war actions and daily life. The museum, 9 km east of Haugesund, offers a concise portrayal of the five-year occupation with 6,000 artifacts.

The Berlin diorama is part of the "WWII Allied Victory in Europe 1945" exhibition opened in 2005 by the late Tom Wheatcroft (1922–2009), a British war veteran and collector of racing cars and German military vehicles. The exhibitions were created through collaboration between the museum and the private Wheatcroft Collection of Kevin Wheatcroft (born 1959). The displayed items include historical artifacts from the war, as well as replicas. The exhibition offers visitors insight into the significance of the conclusion of World War II in Europe.