An iconic picture from the 3rd battle of Kharkov, on board with a Panzer IV Ausf. G from the Totenkopf Division, 1943.3wk ⋅ NapoleonLover978 ⋅ r/GermanWW2photos
Josef Mensik, the last owner and knight of Strakonicku castle in Dobrs who tried to stop a convoy of German tanks while wearing a suit of armour and seated on a horse when they tried to cross into Czechoslovakia in 19382yr ⋅ conandivljak ⋅ r/GermanWW2photos
A old man enlisted in the Volkssturm equiped with a Tankgewehr M1918, Germany 19451wk ⋅ the_giank ⋅ r/GermanWW2photos
Uruguay, 2006, divers recover the Kriegsmarine heavy cruiser Graf Spee figure head. It was sank there in the so called Battle of the River Plate on December 17th, 1939.3yr ⋅ abt137 ⋅ r/GermanWW2photos
German student Kalistros Thielecke has his mugshot taken after murdering his mother, whom he stabbed 17 times. He later joined the Dirlewanger Brigade, an SS unit composed of convicted violent criminals. They committed atrocities so brutal that even other SS units were horrified (1930).1yr ⋅ lightiggy ⋅ r/GermanWW2photos
Polish children's drawings of their memories from WWII. 19462yr ⋅ SpartanburgSheriff ⋅ r/GermanWW2photos
This photograph shows a unique angle of view from one of Hitler's speeches in Frankfurt on March 16, 1936.2yr ⋅ Banonimus ⋅ r/GermanWW2photos
A double-exposure photo of a group of Wehrmacht soldier and the grave of a fallen comrade. Most likely France, 1940.2wk ⋅ Beeninya ⋅ r/GermanWW2photos
German Wehrmacht soldiers of the 17th Army rest after heavy street fighting in, Rostov-on-Don, Rostov Oblast, Russia, Soviet Union. July 1942.2wk ⋅ the_giank ⋅ r/GermanWW2photos
Wehrmacht soldiers cleaning their weapons and drinking beer, Eastern Front, date unknown. 1mo ⋅ ThinWhiteDuke00 ⋅ r/GermanWW2photos
German soldier shows off his gymnastic skill on the horizontal bar, in full gear; unknown date and location.1yr ⋅ Tenyearnotes ⋅ r/GermanWW2photos
Luftwaffe ace Leutnant Hans Strelow who committed suicide aged 20 to avoid capture after being forced down behind Soviet lines on May 22nd 1942 with 68 kills to his name8mo ⋅ jacksmachiningreveng ⋅ r/GermanWW2photos
Tests of the German 37 mm-FlaK 18. The tunnel was built to test anti-aircraft and air armaments, 400 metres in length, the atmospheric pressure in the shooting could reduce to a level that corresponds to a pressure at an altitude of 20,000 Feet.1yr ⋅ conandivljak ⋅ r/GermanWW2photos
Apparently Hermann Goring was a big fan of train models, here seen playing in a large diorama. Article in comments.6mo ⋅ abt137 ⋅ r/GermanWW2photos
Sister welcomes her brother German soldier coming back from the war. Germany 19451yr ⋅ vitoskito ⋅ r/GermanWW2photos
German ambulance from “Edelweiss” division on the front lines with multiple bullet holes in the rear, despite obvious markings. Photo taken on the Eastern front during the summer of 19411yr ⋅ conandivljak ⋅ r/GermanWW2photos
German soldiers with Panzerfausts in foxholes near the Seelow Heights, April 1945.3d ⋅ ATSTlover ⋅ r/GermanWW2photos
German officer eats C-rations as he sits amid the ruins of Saarbrucken, a German city and stronghold along the Siegfried Line, in early spring of 1945.1wk ⋅ vitoskito ⋅ r/GermanWW2photos
My German grandfather firing the machine gun built into the fuselage of the Heinkel He 111 Luftwaffe bomber1yr ⋅ Icefox119 ⋅ r/GermanWW2photos
Waffen SS soldier looking at a Red Army POW, somewhere on the Eastern Front, September 1941.1mo ⋅ the_giank ⋅ r/GermanWW2photos
German soldiers (may be SS) during a break at the Berlin 1936 Summer Olympics1yr ⋅ abt137 ⋅ r/GermanWW2photos
Obersturmbannfuhrer Otto Skorzeny at his farmhouse, County Kildare, Republic of Ireland, 1959. 1mo ⋅ ThinWhiteDuke00 ⋅ r/GermanWW2photos
German propaganda poster for soldiers of the French Legion going to fight in the USSR.2yr ⋅ conandivljak ⋅ r/GermanWW2photos
Panzer III Ausf. M tanks of the 3rd SS Panzer Division Totenkopf advance cautiously towards the Kursk Salient - July 19431wk ⋅ the_giank ⋅ r/GermanWW2photos
Adolf Hitler is requested to make a donation by boys from the Hitler Youth, 19391yr ⋅ Russian_Bear296 ⋅ r/GermanWW2photos
Colorized photo of SS-Brigadefuhrer Jurgen Stroop (center). 2nd from right is Heinrich Klaustermeyer. The SD-Rottenfuhrer at right is Josef Blosche. Photo taken on Nowolipie street looking East, near intersection with Smocza street during the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising of 1943.2mo ⋅ ATSTlover ⋅ r/GermanWW2photos
The photo was taken by Walter Frentz when Adolf Hitler was told that France would surrender - June 17, 19401yr ⋅ Russian_Bear296 ⋅ r/GermanWW2photos
Unidentified Unteroffizier on the Eastern Front in early 19432yr ⋅ jacksmachiningreveng ⋅ r/GermanWW2photos
Erich Topp, U-Boat commander, upon his return from a patrol. He survived the war.1yr ⋅ abt137 ⋅ r/GermanWW2photos
German soldiers advance through a Red Army depot with tanks still on delivery trains in Smolensk (1941)1yr ⋅ Westoaklane ⋅ r/GermanWW2photos
German soldiers of the 17th Army shortly after they had been engaged in heavy street fighting in the city of Rostov-on-Don. July 19421yr ⋅ ATSTlover ⋅ r/GermanWW2photos
Luftwaffe aces meet Hitler after an awards ceremony at the Berghof, 19442mo ⋅ HelloSlowly ⋅ r/GermanWW2photos
Who knows how many items are still buried between Germany and Russia along the lines where the German and Russian armies clashed. Here is an example.2yr ⋅ abt137 ⋅ r/GermanWW2photos
Rare pic of the only example of the Messerschmitt P.1101 jet fighter. Germany 1945.1yr ⋅ abt137 ⋅ r/GermanWW2photos
Original color image showing German troops with bicycles during Operation Barbarossa in 19411yr ⋅ jacksmachiningreveng ⋅ r/GermanWW2photos
A close view about Omaha Beach from the German bunker line WN62, 6 June 19441wk ⋅ Gregorhecker_co ⋅ r/GermanWW2photos
Joseph Goebbels condecorates 16 years old Willi Hubner with the Iron Cross at Lauban, Silesia. March 9, 1945. Willi served as a messenger in the Fuhrer Grenadier Division during fighting to retake the area from Red Army forces, he's survived the war becoming a politician in the former East Germany.3yr ⋅ abt137 ⋅ r/GermanWW2photos
Panzergrenadier on the Eastern Front in 1943 hoping that the Luftwaffe will answer his prayers for more fuel4mo ⋅ jacksmachiningreveng ⋅ r/GermanWW2photos
Wehrmacht officers chat with a Frenchwoman in Nazi-occupied Paris (Summer 1942)1mo ⋅ UltimateLazer ⋅ r/GermanWW2photos
The last known Image of Adolf Hitler which was taken on April 30th 1945, the once powerful dictator takes one last look at the city of Berlin which has been reduced to rubble by the allied powers and very soon he shall take his life.1mo ⋅ JoshuaKpatakpa04 ⋅ r/GermanWW2photos
a young soldier of the 12th SS division after being captured by american forces, Austria 19451mo ⋅ the_giank ⋅ r/GermanWW2photos
German soldiers on a motorcycle eating a whole baguette on the street in occupied France2yr ⋅ vitoskito ⋅ r/GermanWW2photos
Is there a difference between German soldiers who wear green and grey uniforms? (Near Kursk 1943)2mo ⋅ Wildp0eper ⋅ r/GermanWW2photos
German soldier stands before Canadian National Vimy Ridge Memorial, honoring their Great War dead. France, June 2nd 1940.3yr ⋅ itsjesusbrother ⋅ r/GermanWW2photos
Repairing the hull fo the airship LZ 127 Graf Zeppelin while en route over the Atlantic Ocean, 1934.1yr ⋅ abt137 ⋅ r/GermanWW2photos
Adolf Hitler visits one of the trenches he served in during WW1 in northern France, Fromelles, Departement du Nord, 1940.3yr ⋅ abt137 ⋅ r/GermanWW2photos
Richard Bock, a gaurd at Auschwitz Bock refused to take part in the killings despite threats of punishment. After the war he was made an honor member of Auschwitz ex-prisoner Association.2wk ⋅ ATSTlover ⋅ r/GermanWW2photos
Anti-tank guns, Pak 36 3.7 cm introduced in 1936 and Pak 43 8.8 cm introduced in 1943.7mo ⋅ abt137 ⋅ r/GermanWW2photos
A box of Stielhandgranate dug out somewhere in Ukraine looking pretty much how it would have been delivered to the troops.3yr ⋅ abt137 ⋅ r/GermanWW2photos
The world's smallest railway gun wheeled out into action on the Eastern Front3yr ⋅ jacksmachiningreveng ⋅ r/GermanWW2photos
It seems this girl won some sort of sport competition and the prize is...a portrait of the Fuhrer1yr ⋅ abt137 ⋅ r/GermanWW2photos
German soldiers of the Großdeutschland Division before the the battle of Kursk, 1943. The man sitting down is allegedly Guy Sajer; author of ‘The Forgotten Soldier’.1yr ⋅ YoYoB0B ⋅ r/GermanWW2photos
Image of the crew of a German He 111 bomber developed from a camera found in the wreckage of the aircraft after it was shot down near Tigeaux in France on May 11th 19401yr ⋅ jacksmachiningreveng ⋅ r/GermanWW2photos
Adolf Hitler at the funeral of Reinhard Heydrich, killed as a result of Operation Anthropoid carried out by soldiers of the Czechoslovak Army after preparation and training by the British Special Operations Executive.1yr ⋅ abt137 ⋅ r/GermanWW2photos
German infantry and Panzer IIIs advancing into the USSR during Operation Barbarossa in July 1941.3yr ⋅ teutonicwarrior1933 ⋅ r/GermanWW2photos
Interesting photo of a German Hetzer and Jagdpanther showing relative sizes. The 16 ton Hetzer mounted a 75mm gun, while the 45 ton Jagdpanther had an 88mm Pak 43. Both were excellent ambush vehicles, and much less costly than tanks. Some 2,830 Hetzers were built7mo ⋅ vitoskito ⋅ r/GermanWW2photos
Star wars wibe. StG-44 Sturmgewehr 44 squad on the Eastern front. 1944/452yr ⋅ conandivljak ⋅ r/GermanWW2photos
Hitler announces the declaration of war against the United States to the Reichstag on 11 December 19412yr ⋅ Admirable-Bus5693 ⋅ r/GermanWW2photos
German soldiers dressed for halloween on the Eastern Front. Date and location unknown1yr ⋅ vitoskito ⋅ r/GermanWW2photos
A Volkssturm fighter armed with an MP-40. Eastern Prussia, 19445mo ⋅ Specialist_Intern_20 ⋅ r/GermanWW2photos
The first non-German to receive the Knight’s Cross, Dutch SS soldier Gerardus Mooyman, speaks to members of the press. In an cation on Lake Ladoga in February 1943 Mooyman destroyed 13 Russian tanks in a single day with a Pak-40 antitank gun—part of his wartime total of 23 tanks put out of action.1yr ⋅ Tenyearnotes ⋅ r/GermanWW2photos
Reichserntedankfest rally with massive attendance (Buckeberg, 1934)3yr ⋅ KirilAbres ⋅ r/GermanWW2photos
A SS officer wearing a british helmet net to camouflage his hat, Netherland 19441mo ⋅ the_giank ⋅ r/GermanWW2photos
On Thursday I hiked the infiltration route that 3.Batt 12.Reg 6.SS Nord took from Ludwigswinkel to Wingen during Operation Nordwind. Managed to locate positions that have not been disturbed since the war. Pictured is an original 6th SS foxhole I uncovered.4yr ⋅ Berlinbattlefiend ⋅ r/GermanWW2photos
Early Tiger I sets a KV-1 on fire and goes through a house during a demonstration on March 20th 19432yr ⋅ jacksmachiningreveng ⋅ r/GermanWW2photos
Hitler has to eat a one bowl meal with Goebbels for a winter relief campaign propaganda, Berlin 19341yr ⋅ Russian_Bear296 ⋅ r/GermanWW2photos
Dr. Ernst Heinkel and his young son Ernst-August play with a model of the Heinkel He 111 in 19412yr ⋅ jacksmachiningreveng ⋅ r/GermanWW2photos
Berlin on a hot summer day in 1945. After years of trauma, swimming in the Spree River was as enjoyable as ever for some youngsters. On the opposite bank the Reichstag.1yr ⋅ vitoskito ⋅ r/GermanWW2photos
Super heavy tank Maus heading to the Boblingen testing ground, June 22nd, 1944. Credit to the Tank Museum Bovington.1yr ⋅ abt137 ⋅ r/GermanWW2photos
German soldiers paying respect to the tomb of the unknown soldiers in Paris, 1940. The Wehrmacht sent honorary guards to the place immediately after the city was occupied.1yr ⋅ vitoskito ⋅ r/GermanWW2photos
Iron Cross winner Helmut Wick depicting a dogfight to his comrades after downing 5 spitfires at his last mission in September 1940. He was shot down and missed only two months later near the Isle of Wight by John Charles Dundas. Wick was the youngest Major in the Wehrmacht1yr ⋅ vitoskito ⋅ r/GermanWW2photos
Luftwaffe-organized funeral for two RAF Sergeants (Butlin and Holden) shot down over Jersey, the Channel Islands, 1943. The men were buried with full military honors.3yr ⋅ conandivljak ⋅ r/GermanWW2photos
German Infantry on the march during the invasion of The Netherlands. May 1940.1yr ⋅ Beeninya ⋅ r/GermanWW2photos
German students after the „Mensur“, a traditional fencing bout to handle and control your fear. 30s1yr ⋅ vitoskito ⋅ r/GermanWW2photos
Hitler speaking at the Munich Burgerbraukeller on the 16th Anniversary of the Putsch, November 8 1939. There is a bomb placed by George Elser in the pillar behind Hitler. It is concealed by the Flag.1yr ⋅ Russian_Bear296 ⋅ r/GermanWW2photos
Hitler receiving gifts from not one, but two Father Christmases in 1937.2yr ⋅ Darth_Texan ⋅ r/GermanWW2photos
Skull and crossbones emblem still visible on a 15 cm SK L/45 gun mount on the wreck of Hilfskreuzer Kormoran after it was sunk in a mutually destructive engagement with HMAS Sydney on November 19th 19411yr ⋅ jacksmachiningreveng ⋅ r/GermanWW2photos
German, Japanese, and Finnish officers during a visit to the front in Finland, April 19433yr ⋅ conandivljak ⋅ r/GermanWW2photos
Four SS men pose for a group photo in the Treblinka extermination camp. Each one of them personally committed mass murder. Paul Bredow (leftmost) shot 50 Jews every day for target practice. Josef Hirtreiter (rightmost) smashed the heads of infants against walls (1940s).1yr ⋅ lightiggy ⋅ r/GermanWW2photos
Mixed German unit in defense of Herzogenbusch, Netherlands, September 1944. Soldier on left is armed with captured M1 Carbine and carries Panzerfaust 30.1mo ⋅ czwarty_ ⋅ r/GermanWW2photos
7,5-cm Pak discovered near Monchengladbah yesterday and then removed by EOD2yr ⋅ vitoskito ⋅ r/GermanWW2photos
German officer's salute capitulated French troops, allowing them the honours of war June 1st 19402yr ⋅ fupalordx ⋅ r/GermanWW2photos
Hitler practices throwing grenades on a snowy mountain slope near his retreat at the Berghof in 1935.10mo ⋅ WhenPigsRideCars ⋅ r/GermanWW2photos
SS-Obersturmbannfuhrer Max Wunsche (with the bandaged head), Rgt. Komm. of SS-PzRgt 12 visiting survivors of 25 SS PzG. Rgt. at Rots, Normandy on June 9, 19441mo ⋅ the_giank ⋅ r/GermanWW2photos
Waffen-SS soldiers readying to fire atop a Marder III tank destroyer,. Eastern Front, 1943.2yr ⋅ vitoskito ⋅ r/GermanWW2photos
Chopped-up MP-40 and a heavily modified Thompson seized by the japanese police from the yakuza .1yr ⋅ vitoskito ⋅ r/GermanWW2photos
Bf 109 shot down and captured pilot in apparent good spirits in Kent during the Battle of Britain2yr ⋅ jacksmachiningreveng ⋅ r/GermanWW2photos
Colorized photo of a Tiger I rolling past several artillery pieces in Lithuania, near Vilkaviskis, 1944.4yr ⋅ Darth_Texan ⋅ r/GermanWW2photos
37cm H(E) 714(f) railway gun firing on the Eastern Front1yr ⋅ jacksmachiningreveng ⋅ r/GermanWW2photos
German leaflet dropped on allied soldiers at the end of the battle of Monte Cassino, mocking their slow progress through Italy (May, 1944)2yr ⋅ conandivljak ⋅ r/GermanWW2photos
Somewhere in a forest in Poland, present day. No further details available.2yr ⋅ abt137 ⋅ r/GermanWW2photos
German Messerschmitt Me 262 jet fighters lined up and abandoned somewhere in Germany, 1945.2yr ⋅ abt137 ⋅ r/GermanWW2photos
We will hold Konigsberg reads the sign in this propaganda photo taken in March, 19451yr ⋅ vitoskito ⋅ r/GermanWW2photos
Hitler awards Erwin Rommel his Oak Leaves to the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross in Berlin, 20 February 1941.1yr ⋅ WhenPigsRideCars ⋅ r/GermanWW2photos
The correct use of the Jerry Can's dual handle is demonstrated by three Jerries in Italy in June 1944 as they walk away from a burned out Sherman tank1yr ⋅ jacksmachiningreveng ⋅ r/GermanWW2photos
Luftwaffe aces meet Hitler after an awards ceremony at the Berghof, 1944.1yr ⋅ [deleted] ⋅ r/GermanWW2photos
German troops of the Indian Legion on the Atlantic Wall in France, 21 March 19444mo ⋅ the_giank ⋅ r/GermanWW2photos
20 Dec 1943, ace Franz Stigler declined to shoot down badly damaged B-17 bomber, escorting it until it left German airspace. B-17, piloted by Charlie Brown, on its first mission & shot up b4 it could release its bombs. 1990, 2 pilots met & became friends until both died in 2008.1yr ⋅ vitoskito ⋅ r/GermanWW2photos
On this day in 1941 Army Group Center in the drive for Moscow faces snowfall for the 1st time.1yr ⋅ abt137 ⋅ r/GermanWW2photos
A German soldier demonstrates the Sturmpistole (assault pistol) in October 1943.1yr ⋅ WhenPigsRideCars ⋅ r/GermanWW2photos
Midnight swearing-in of SS troops at Feldherrnhalle, Munich (1938)2yr ⋅ PanEuropeanism ⋅ r/GermanWW2photos
A fallschirmjager during the battle of Monte Cassino, 15 March 1944.3yr ⋅ ChiaSeeding ⋅ r/GermanWW2photos
Dr. Goebbels speaking at the Total war rally in the Berliner Sportpalast, Feb 18, 1943. Colorized by me.1yr ⋅ Russian_Bear296 ⋅ r/GermanWW2photos
Waffen-SS Pioneers move past a Tiger I on the Eastern Front in 19437mo ⋅ jacksmachiningreveng ⋅ r/GermanWW2photos
1st SS Panzer Division Leibstandarte SS Adolf Hitler (LSSAH). Mg42 machine gun position during the battles for Kharkiv1yr ⋅ vitoskito ⋅ r/GermanWW2photos
Adolf Hitler (far left) inspecting a P40 italian tank in October 1943.6mo ⋅ the_giank ⋅ r/GermanWW2photos
A German soldier using his body weight to stabilize an MG34 on an anti-aircraft tripod (1942)1yr ⋅ conandivljak ⋅ r/GermanWW2photos
