Photos WW2 German Forces

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Armoured column of the 11th Panzer Division 'Gespenster' passing damaged & burning trucks of the Yugoslav 5th Army during the Invasion of Yugoslavia 1941

 

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A member of Hitler Youth aged 13 captured by the U.S. Army near Nartinzell in 1945. As German casualties escalated with the combination of Operation Bagration and the Lvov-Sandomierz Operation in the east, and Operation Cobra in the west, members of the Hitlerjugend or Hitler Youth were recruited at ever younger ages. By 1945, the Volkssturm was commonly drafting 12-year-old Hitler Youth members into its ranks. During the Battle of Berlin, Axmann's Hitler Youth formed a major part of the last line of German defense, and were reportedly among the fiercest fighters. Although the city commander, General Helmuth Weidling, ordered Axmann to disband the Hitler Youth combat formations, in the confusion this order was never carried out. The remnants of the youth brigade took heavy casualties from the advancing Russian forces; only two survived.

 

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German infantry advances in the snow behind a Panzer III during the drive on Moscow as part of Operation Typhoon, Autumn/Winter 1941

 

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Panzer IIs and motorcycle troops advancing into Poland, September 1939

 

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Panzergrenadier looks on as a Soviet tank burns on the outskirts of Stalingrad in 1942

 

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Central Russia.- Panzer IV (turret number 325) driving on a snowy field, autumn/winter. 22 Dec, 1943

Panzer IVs in the Russian Winter

 

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On 30/4/45 a Sturmtiger and 4 trucks approached the town of Frontenhausen with the intention of engaging US forces. As they crossed the river Vils the wooden bridge collapsed and the Sturm-Mörser became stuck. An attempt to blow up the concrete base of the bridge to move it failed

 

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The torpedo launcher on the German Prinz Eugen cruiser

 

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German heavy cruiser Admiral Hipper in Brest, 1941.

 

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Nebelwerfer 41 in action in 1944

 

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German ‘Heer’ grenadiers tactically advance through a drainage ditch in the Arnhem Area, September, 1944, The Netherlands.

 

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Soldiers from the 9. Fallschirmjäger-Division prepare to meet the Soviets at the Seelow Heights, with an MG-42, a Panzerfaust and an extremely rare MKb.42(H). April 1945

 

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German soldiers advancing on a Sturmgeschütz III Ausf.G (Sd.Kfz.142 / 1) self-propelled assault gun with a 7.5 cm Sturmkanone 40 L / 48 cannon. Eastern Front, 1943.

 

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Pzkpfw Panther Ausf G. Haiger, Germany. March 29, 1945.

 

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U-boats

 

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3.7cm Flak 36/37 gun in a 'Feldmässig' position between the Bug and Dneister Rivers engaging a ground target on the Eastern Front. July 1941

 

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Junkers Ju 87 Stukas returning from a mission over North Africa in 1942

 

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StuG III Ausf.G abandoned in Hungary, 1945

 

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StuG III Ausf.G blown off its flatcar by an explosion, 1944

 

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Ostfront 1942