Waffen SS machine gun team operating an MG.34, close in on a burning building somewhere in the countryside of the Soviet Union during 'Operation Barbarossa' in the summer of 1941.4mo ⋅ NapoleonLover978 ⋅ r/GermanWW2photos
Frenchmen of 33rd SS Grenadier Charlemagne, the last defenders of Berlin.11mo ⋅ Mr_Samurai3 ⋅ r/GermanWW2photos
Adolf Hitler declares war on the United States during the Reichstag session in Berlin's Kroll Opera Haus, December 11, 1941.1yr ⋅ Karl-Heinz-Kulemeyer ⋅ r/GermanWW2photos
German paratroopers landing on the island of Crete in May 1941. Due to the scale of casualties the invasion of Crete was the last large scale paratrooper operation conducted by the Germans during WWII.2yr ⋅ Tenyearnotes ⋅ r/GermanWW2photos
Wehrmacht Soldier in North Africa in 1941. Colorized by me1yr ⋅ Turbulent-Account992 ⋅ r/GermanWW2photos
US Army chart illustrating the disposition of a typical German Infantry Division1yr ⋅ jacksmachiningreveng ⋅ r/GermanWW2photos
Tiger I tank that knocked out the M26 tank Fireball. The Tiger then backed into a rubble pile and became stuck. The crew abandoned the tank.8mo ⋅ JoukovDefiant ⋅ r/GermanWW2photos
German soldiers defend a house in Stalingrad with an MG 42 machine gun and a Karabiner 98k Mauser rifle.2yr ⋅ Tenyearnotes ⋅ r/GermanWW2photos
Hungarian Jewish women and children, deemed unfit for labor. Although they don't know it yet the people in this photo are on their way to the gas chambers. Auschwitz, May 27, 1944.1yr ⋅ ATSTlover ⋅ r/GermanWW2photos
Storeroom at Solar aerodrome, Stavanger, holding some of the estimated 30,000 Mauser rifles taken from German forces in Norway after their surrender1yr ⋅ conandivljak ⋅ r/GermanWW2photos
Germans conducting field tests with a former 2nd Armored Division M4A1 at the Kummersdorf proving ground in 1943. An M3 can be seen in the background.1yr ⋅ ATSTlover ⋅ r/GermanWW2photos
Otto Carius, autograph photo with Knight's Cross and oak leaves from 1944 He destroyes more than 150 enemy tanks, although Carius, in an interview claims he had around 100 kills or less. This was also due to the fact that he did not count kills as a commander, and rather only as a gunner2yr ⋅ vitoskito ⋅ r/GermanWW2photos
Cockpit of a Junkers Ju 88 G-1 Nachtjager, the only remaining Ju 88 night fighter variant in the world. (Deutsches Technikmuseum Berlin)2yr ⋅ Berlinbattlefiend ⋅ r/GermanWW2photos
German prisoner wearing civilian clothes, sits in jeep under guard at the south gate of the walled city of Lucca, Italy, awaiting removal to a rear area; September 1944.2yr ⋅ Tenyearnotes ⋅ r/GermanWW2photos
Hans Frank, Head of General Government of occupied Poland , 19431yr ⋅ Russian_Bear296 ⋅ r/GermanWW2photos
Two Volkssturm defenders await the Soviets in a trench armed with Panzerfausts, the short-range, single-use, anti-tank rocket, during the Battle of Berlin; April 1945. Note the age difference between two defenders.3yr ⋅ Tenyearnotes ⋅ r/GermanWW2photos
A 6 year-old orphaned boy hugs a pair of shoes given to him by the American Red Cross. Austria, 19463yr ⋅ conandivljak ⋅ r/GermanWW2photos
Hydraulic forging press (15,000 tons) in the workshops of the Friedrich Krupp AG, Essen, Germany. Mid 30s.2yr ⋅ abt137 ⋅ r/GermanWW2photos
SS men Johann Niemann and Gustav Wagner [?] at a party at the SS House at Sobibor Extermination camp, probably summer of 1943. Niemann was beheaded during the Sobibor Revolt.1yr ⋅ PM-me-Shibas ⋅ r/GermanWW2photos
My grandfather! All I know is that he fought on the east front. Apparently he never spoke of the war.3yr ⋅ RufusGrandis ⋅ r/GermanWW2photos
Two brothers, one a Heer NCO, and another a Luftwaffe Gefreiter, pose for a picture, September 19419mo ⋅ Panzermann_1944 ⋅ r/GermanWW2photos
Karl Polzin (standing in the middle) and other Fallschirmjager of Sturmabteilung Koch back in the Herman Goring Kaserne in Koln-Dellbruck after the succesfull capture of the Belgium fortress of Eben-Emael (May, 1940). Colorised by Julius Jaaskelainen1yr ⋅ pulsedcone ⋅ r/GermanWW2photos
German soldiers tend to a wounded comrade during the Battle of Wolchow (Volkhov) near Lake Ladoga (Leningrad) in July 1943.2yr ⋅ Pavel-Romanov ⋅ r/GermanWW2photos
German troops attempt to repair the tracks of a Panzer IV tank while under fire at the Battle of Monte Cassino; 1943-44.2yr ⋅ Tenyearnotes ⋅ r/GermanWW2photos
LSSAH troops fighting on what is presumably the Eastern Front.3mo ⋅ ImportanceWorth2544 ⋅ r/GermanWW2photos
Colorized photo of a member of the Afrika Korps. resting on a makeshift chair comprised of questionable materials. Circa 1941/1942.2yr ⋅ Darth_Texan ⋅ r/GermanWW2photos
Under surveillance by British troops, soldiers of Infantry Division 361 / Volksgrenadier Division 361 hand in their weapons and equipment at a factory yard in the Dutch municipality of Maarssen. Netherlands on May 10, 1945.3yr ⋅ Pavel-Romanov ⋅ r/GermanWW2photos
A young German prisoner seemed glad to be captured as he and other members of his division were taken in Weywertz, Belgium, by U.S. Infantry Regiment, 1st Division, 1945.2yr ⋅ Pavel-Romanov ⋅ r/GermanWW2photos
Colorized photo of German and Swiss soldier in conversation at the border in Pontarlier, France, June/July 1940. Notice the Shell Oil Company sign in the background.4yr ⋅ Darth_Texan ⋅ r/GermanWW2photos
“Band of Brothers” German Style. German Luftwaffe Paras having a break and some rest in Heraklion after the battle for Kreta. 1941.3yr ⋅ rtyga12 ⋅ r/GermanWW2photos
Survivors from German submarine U-175 after being sunk by USCGC Spencer, 17 April 19431yr ⋅ Westoaklane ⋅ r/GermanWW2photos
Paratroopers at Luftwaffe Cologne-Dellbruck barracks. Colorization credits in the pic.3yr ⋅ abt137 ⋅ r/GermanWW2photos
For the European audiences the Opel Kadett has been a constant presence in the roads from the 70s to the mid 90s, however its origins are in 1936 used both in civil versions and as staff car. Here one seen during Op Barbarossa, and a good looking KV-2 behind.1yr ⋅ abt137 ⋅ r/GermanWW2photos
Hungarian Honved and an SS-Soldier of the 3rd SS-Panzer Division Totenkopf smoke a cigarette in front of a Tiger II of the 503rd heavy tank battalion, Budapest, October 19441yr ⋅ Specialist_Intern_20 ⋅ r/GermanWW2photos
Heinrich Hoffmann’s first-ever portrait of Hitler, taken in the year 1921.1yr ⋅ Russian_Bear296 ⋅ r/GermanWW2photos
After days of bloody house-to-house combat against units of the 1st Ukrainian Front, Scharfschutzen from the Fallschirm-Panzer-Div 1. 'Hermann Goring' resting at Kubschutz, suburb in the outskirts of Bautzen, Saxony, Germany. 25 April 1945 (some of them are issued G43 with ZF4 and a mosin nagant)2mo ⋅ the_giank ⋅ r/GermanWW2photos
US prisoner of war under German escort in Paris in July 19443mo ⋅ jacksmachiningreveng ⋅ r/GermanWW2photos
Fallschirmjager after Eben Emael, 1940 and receiving Knight’s Cross of the Iron Cross (colourised)1yr ⋅ pulsedcone ⋅ r/GermanWW2photos
Size comparison between a anti tank 88mm Pak 43 gun and the 37mm Pak anti tank gun3yr ⋅ vitoskito ⋅ r/GermanWW2photos
Men of the 1.SS Pzr-Div “Leibstandarte SS Adolf Hitler” on the Eastern Front, 1943.10mo ⋅ Vivid-Fox8049 ⋅ r/GermanWW2photos
Luftwaffe pilots and personnel (He-111) at the ritual of accepting new pilots into their ranks. The point was, to burn all your fears. Kharkov 19422yr ⋅ vitoskito ⋅ r/GermanWW2photos
A pair of Soviet soldiers having a chuckle at finding potatoes in a German gas mask container -Bryansk front, 19411yr ⋅ vitoskito ⋅ r/GermanWW2photos
Fallschirmjager with a captured Vickers on the Island of Crete. 19411yr ⋅ vitoskito ⋅ r/GermanWW2photos
Took a really dark photo and fixed the contrast and found myself an Erwin Rommel3yr ⋅ Mets88 ⋅ r/GermanWW2photos
Luftwaffe night fighter Heinkel He-219 Uhu (Eagle owl). The first operational military aircraft to be equipped with ejection seats and the first operational German WW2 aircraft with tricycle landing gear.3yr ⋅ abt137 ⋅ r/GermanWW2photos
Panzer IV fires on a French anti-tank position during the Battle of France, May 19403yr ⋅ Goldeagle1123 ⋅ r/GermanWW2photos
German occupying troops in Copenhagen after the martial law was declared there in August 1943.2yr ⋅ abt137 ⋅ r/GermanWW2photos
A German MG34 team in action; c. 1943-44. The MG 34 and the later MG 42 were the best light machine guns of the war. Their fast rate of fire - up to 1,500 rounds per minute for the MG 42 - had a devastating effect on advancing Allied infantry.2yr ⋅ Tenyearnotes ⋅ r/GermanWW2photos
Above All Comes the German Infantry—Nazi propaganda poster; circa early 1940’s.2yr ⋅ Tenyearnotes ⋅ r/GermanWW2photos
Map reading in the Ukraine for high ranking Axis officers; 1941. From left to right: General Ugo Cavallero, Filippo Anfuso, Benito Mussolini, Dino Alfieri, Adolf Hitler, Marshal Karl Rudolf Gerd Von Rundstedt and General Alexander Loehr.1yr ⋅ Tenyearnotes ⋅ r/GermanWW2photos
Norwegian Pro-nazi figure Vidkun Quisling meets Adolf Hitler in Berlin, 1942.2yr ⋅ abt137 ⋅ r/GermanWW2photos
Kapitanleutnant Karl Thurmann, in command of U-553. U-553 would be lost with all hands on January 1943 for unknown reasons. See pic for colorization credits.2yr ⋅ abt137 ⋅ r/GermanWW2photos
Sergeant (Unteroffizier) of the Wehrmacht armed with an MP40 (Maschinenpistole 40) on the Eastern Front, 1944.3yr ⋅ Pavel-Romanov ⋅ r/GermanWW2photos
What would become the helmet of the NVA is shown here in a patent document for the Reichspatentamt (1943)3yr ⋅ Mann_Aus_Sydney ⋅ r/GermanWW2photos
German soldiers surrender their weapons at the Danish border and cross into Germany, 1945.10mo ⋅ abt137 ⋅ r/GermanWW2photos
German soldier with a WW1 era MG 08/15 on a Atlantikwall position around Dieppe 1943-442yr ⋅ conandivljak ⋅ r/GermanWW2photos
German cavalry firing from the standing saddle position during maneuvers on the Karshorter Racecourse, Berlin., 1935. The cavalry was trained to “fire from the saddle” in this way at that time. It is very doubtful whether this method featured much, once the action started in WWII.2yr ⋅ Tenyearnotes ⋅ r/GermanWW2photos
Colour photograph of captured German soldiers in Italy, Summer 1944. Life magazine3yr ⋅ vitoskito ⋅ r/GermanWW2photos
Two members of the Indian Legion (Legion Freies Indien) pose for a photo with posing with fellow Wehrmacht soldiers in 1943. In August 1944 the Indian Legion would be transferred from the Wehrmacht to the Waffen-SS.1yr ⋅ ATSTlover ⋅ r/GermanWW2photos
Adolf Hitler during his speech in Berlin's Kroll-Oper as he declares war to the United States; December 11, 19412yr ⋅ Tenyearnotes ⋅ r/GermanWW2photos
Potsdam, Brandenburg, Germany Hermann Goring visits a large military orphanage in Potsdam. He personally thanked the children for their congratulations on his birthday; January 19392yr ⋅ Tenyearnotes ⋅ r/GermanWW2photos
German soldier from the SS-Panzer-Division “Totenkopf” with an artillery rangefinder2yr ⋅ abt137 ⋅ r/GermanWW2photos
German personnel inspect the first ever RAF Supermarine Spitfire captured intact, France 1940.1yr ⋅ abt137 ⋅ r/GermanWW2photos
A captured 13-year-old German soldier drinks coffee aboard a small Allied landing craft (LCI), departing from Normandy to England. July 4th, 1944.3yr ⋅ Pavel-Romanov ⋅ r/GermanWW2photos
The world's first operational jet powered bomber, the Arado Ar 234 Blitz (Lightning) was smaller than you may think.3yr ⋅ abt137 ⋅ r/GermanWW2photos
Hitler, Goring, Speer and Albert Bormann at the Wolfsschanze FHQ, East Prussia (August 10, 1943)1yr ⋅ Karl-Heinz-Kulemeyer ⋅ r/GermanWW2photos
Germans surrendering in St. Lambert, France on 19 August 1944 during the conflict in the Falaise Gap. Note the smiles on their faces relieved that the war is over for them.11mo ⋅ Westoaklane ⋅ r/GermanWW2photos
Adolf Hitler visits the tomb of Napoleon at Les Invalides, Paris, after the city was occupied by German forces in 1940.3yr ⋅ abt137 ⋅ r/GermanWW2photos
Can someone identify what’s on the Ribbon Bar of this Volksstrum Zugfuhrer?1yr ⋅ Space_doughnut ⋅ r/GermanWW2photos
Kapitan zur See Ernst Lindemann, Kommandant des Schlachtschiffs Bismarck, 1940.2yr ⋅ abt137 ⋅ r/GermanWW2photos
A Heinkel He-177 tries to take off to avoid destruction as its airfield is under attack by allied aircraft. Stuttgart area, April 1944.1yr ⋅ abt137 ⋅ r/GermanWW2photos
The Panzer of the Lake: This was actually a Panzer IV Ausf D of the 31st Panzer Regiment assigned to the 5th Panzer Division stuck in the Meuse River on May 13, 1940.1yr ⋅ ATSTlover ⋅ r/GermanWW2photos
Lack of winter equipment quite obvious. German soldier using a tablecloth as camouflage2yr ⋅ vitoskito ⋅ r/GermanWW2photos
GI in a jeep inspects a camouflaged Messerschmitt Me 410 near an autobahn in June 19451yr ⋅ jacksmachiningreveng ⋅ r/GermanWW2photos
Color photo of 21 cm Morser 18, the heaviest corps gun produced in numbers in Germany. Date and place unknown.2yr ⋅ czwarty_ ⋅ r/GermanWW2photos
A captured wounded British soldier shares a drink with a German soldier as his fellow POW's look on. Arnhem, September 1944.3yr ⋅ Darth_Texan ⋅ r/GermanWW2photos
Two frightened children await their fate, having just been off boarded onto the ramp at Auschwitz Concentration Camp1yr ⋅ Schnauser ⋅ r/GermanWW2photos
German POW's captured during the normandy landing after they were overrun by the Queen's Own Rifle's of Canada- Bernieres sur mer- 6 june 19443mo ⋅ the_giank ⋅ r/GermanWW2photos
US soldiers unload trucks carrying German helmets and weapons after the Afrika Korps surrendered, May 19432yr ⋅ conandivljak ⋅ r/GermanWW2photos
German MG-42 operator during the Allied Invasion of Normandy, Heinrich Severloh, meets up with David Silva on Omaha beach, a US Infantryman who stormed the beach and was likely wounded by Severloh's fire on 6 June 19443yr ⋅ vitoskito ⋅ r/GermanWW2photos
Colorized photo of a Messerschmitt Me 323 Gigant in flight (may be landing or taking off), Germany, 1942.3yr ⋅ Darth_Texan ⋅ r/GermanWW2photos
3 German Soldiers (2 Dressed as French and British Soldiers) pose in front of the camera as they take a mocking photo depicting a German soldier grabbing 2 surrendering Allied Soldiers, this photo was taken during the Fall of France in 1940.3yr ⋅ No_Individual5098 ⋅ r/GermanWW2photos
Hitler poses with a Hitler youth member , 1934 . Colorized by me .2yr ⋅ Russian_Bear296 ⋅ r/GermanWW2photos
Men of the Waffen-SS gathered around an abandoned piano on a street in Kharkov, Ukraine, c.1942.2yr ⋅ vitoskito ⋅ r/GermanWW2photos
Heer Lt. Walther Oberloskamp sits on his StuG III with 40 kill rings on the barrel. While commanding a platoon of StuG Brigade 667 on the Eastern Front Oberloskamp knocked out 40 Soviet armored vehicles in a single battle. More information in the comments.2yr ⋅ rtyga12 ⋅ r/GermanWW2photos
WW2 German death card for a Luftwaffe pilot with 5 kills making him an ace.5mo ⋅ Unitedfront_ ⋅ r/GermanWW2photos
Panther crew conducting maintenance on their tank.The complicated Schachtellaufwerk interleaved wheels on a Panther made it more difficult to maintain.October 19437mo ⋅ conandivljak ⋅ r/GermanWW2photos
MG34 crew of the Waffen SS Totenkopf with full body camo, during the battle of Kursk '434yr ⋅ IdleWild33 ⋅ r/GermanWW2photos
Two recently captured German soldiers are searched by a British soldier, Saint-Gabriel-Brecy, Calvados, lower Normandy, France. 7 June 1944.4d ⋅ the_giank ⋅ r/GermanWW2photos
German troops breaking down a border crossing barrier on the Polish frontier Sep. 1 19398mo ⋅ Mr_Samurai3 ⋅ r/GermanWW2photos
The launch of the German battleship Bismarck from the Blohm & Voss shipyard in Hamburg. February 14, 1939.1yr ⋅ ATSTlover ⋅ r/GermanWW2photos
88mm Flak gun in action against ground targets during the Battle of France in Summer 19403yr ⋅ jacksmachiningreveng ⋅ r/GermanWW2photos
Motorized troops of the 30. Infanterie-Division drive down the Champs-Elysees during the victory parade. Paris, June 1940, colorized4yr ⋅ haeyhae11 ⋅ r/GermanWW2photos
SS-Sturmbannfuhrer Joachim Peiper enjoying a drink of hennessy near Kharkov, 1943.2yr ⋅ ImportanceWorth2544 ⋅ r/GermanWW2photos
Thought to be the only photograph taken during the Night Bombing attack on American Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress at Poltava, Ukraine. The Luftwaffe destroyed 43 of the B-17s on the ramp and damaged another 26. Fifteen P-51s and assorted Russian aircraft were destroyed as well. 22.06.19442yr ⋅ conandivljak ⋅ r/GermanWW2photos
Germany 1945. These four Wehrmacht soldiers await an allied attack. The soldier far left is aiming with sniper-rifle-His k98. Two others are passing Handgrenades.3yr ⋅ rtyga12 ⋅ r/GermanWW2photos
Fallschirmjager, Karl Heinz Becker, Oberleutnant and chief of 11./Fsch.Jag.Rgt 1 resting sometime after the attack at Heraklion Airfield on the Island of Crete. May 20, 1941.3yr ⋅ Pavel-Romanov ⋅ r/GermanWW2photos
