Monday, November 21, 2016

German Panzers One Day Before Barbarossa

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German Panzer IVs Ausf.F1 on the way to the Eastern Front, 21 June 1941. They're wearing Dunkelgrau Nr.46 camo paint. The Germans had...
Saturday, November 5, 2016

Gebirgsjäger-Regiment 136 in Norway 1942

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A group of German Gebirgsjäger (Mountain Troop) from III.Bataillon / Gebirgsjäger-Regiment 136 / 2.Gebirgs-Division pose for a photograph...
Thursday, November 3, 2016

Resettlement of Bessarabian Germans

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After the Red Army occupied the Bessarabia region, an agreement was reached between the Third Reich and the Soviet Union (then friends), ...

German Camo Nets in Africa

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German Afrikakorps soldiers under camouflage net in African Campaign, Northern Africa, 1942. Like other militaries, the Wehrmacht underst...
Monday, October 31, 2016

Afrikakorps MG 34 Crew in the Desert Nest

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Afrikakorps Panzergrenadiere from Schützen-Regiment 115 / 15.Panzer-Division with an MG34 in the desert nest during Operation Scorpion. T...
Monday, October 17, 2016

Maintenance on U-Boat Deck Gun

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Maintenance work on the 37mm quick-firing deck gun above the U-boat in the rough sea, with the man wearing both lifejacket and safety har...

Award Ceremony of 11. Panzer-Division

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These pictures shows award ceremony of 11. Panzer-Division during Unternehmen Barbarossa, summer of 1941. The recipients received Eisernes ...

River Crossing in Russia Using a Ferry Made of Brückengerät B

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Operation Barbarossa, summer 1941. A coloured picture of a ferry made out of 8-tonne Brückengerät B (Bridge Equipment B). The vehicle is ...
Sunday, October 2, 2016

Sd.Kfz.7 Towing Artillery Crossing the K-Gerät Bridge

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The halftrack prime mover shown in this picture (towing a 15cm sFH18 heavy howitzer battery) is the Sd.Kfz.7 mittlerer Zugkraftwagen (8-t...
Saturday, September 24, 2016

Julius Schaub

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SS-Obergruppenführer Julius Schaub was born in Munich, Germany, on 20th August, 1898. He then joined the National Socialist German Worke...

Julius Schaub Wearing SS Tuxedo

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SS-Gruppenführer Julius Schaub, Hitler's personal aide with the formal title of "Persönlicher Adjutant des Führers", wearin...
Wednesday, August 24, 2016

SS-Brigadeführer Leopold Gutterer

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SS-Brigadeführer Leopold Gutterer (25 April 1902 - 27 December 1996) was a State Secretary in Joseph Goebbel's Ministry of Propaganda...

The State Funeral of Hugo Bruckmann

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The state funeral of Hugo Bruckmann (13 October 1863 - 3 September 1941) which was held in Münich, 6 September 1941. Bruckmann and his ...
Friday, August 19, 2016

Oberstleutnant Wilhelm Walther

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The Brandenburg German special forces saw extensive action in Fall Gelb (German invasion of France and the Lower Countries), clearing the...
Wednesday, August 17, 2016

Oberstleutnant Georg Briel of the Afrikakorps

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Oberstleutnant Georg Briel ( 21 August 1907 - 16 May 1980) was born in Ellers, in the Fulda District, and joined the police in 1927 as...
Tuesday, August 16, 2016

Luftwaffe Soldiers Near the Burning Wreck of American P-38 Lightning

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German Luftwaffe soldiers near the burning wreck of an American Lockheed P-38 Lightning "ES-J" fighter aircraft that shot down ...

German Cart Crossing a Stream in the Eastern Front

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This picture was taken by Kriegsberichter Koltzenburg and showing a horse wagon belong to a German Grenadier company crossing the strea...
Wednesday, August 10, 2016

Erwin Rommel at the Sollum Front

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This picture was taken by Fritz Sturm and it shows Generalleutnant Erwin Rommel (Kommandierender General Deutsches Afrikakorps) with hi...
Monday, June 13, 2016

Hitler and Himmler Walking in the Snow

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Adolf Hitler (Führer und oberster Befehlshaber der Wehrmacht) walking in the snow alongside Heinrich Himmler (Reichsführer-SS und Chef de...
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Tuesday, June 7, 2016

10th Mountain Division Soldier Climb a Rocky Cliff

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A U.S. 10th Mountain Division Solder uses a rope to climb a rocky cliff, 1943 or 1944. He is wearing a helmet and field jacket. An orderl...

First Lieutenant Elvin Johnson of 10th Mountain Division

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Portrait of First Lieutenant Elvin Johnson of the U.S. 10th Mountain Division at the top of a mountain. He poses smiling at the camera, h...
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10th Mountain Division Skitroopers in Colorado Mountains

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Group portrait of sixteen U.S. 10th Mountain Division skitroopers posed in a line on skis in the Colorado mountains, 1943 or 1944. None i...

US Mountaineers Walk Down a Trail

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Four U.S. 10th Mountain Division soldiers, also known as "Mountaineers" walk down a trail lined with golden aspen trees, 1943 o...
Monday, June 6, 2016

Panzer Ace Michael Wittmann

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  Michael Wittmann is born on 22 April, 1914 in Vogelthal, Oberplatz. On 1 February, 1934, Wittmann steps into the Reichsarbe...
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SS-Brigadeführer Hugo Kraas

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Hugo Kraas was born on January 25, 1911 as the eldest of seven sons. He studied to become a teacher but his father's death killed ...