WWII German weapons of the Alfhem affair

This was an unusual incident during the Cold War era; an east bloc shipment of ex-German WWII weapons to a Latin American nation. (A ship full of problems.) (Guatemalan army officer with a WWII German le.IG 18 during the 1950s.) (Militiamen of Guatemala’s Patrullas de Autodefensa Civil march with WWII German 98k rifles during 1996.) […]