German Grenadiere advance in a trench. Near Arnhem, Netherlands 1944, colorized2yr ⋅ haeyhae11 ⋅ r/GermanWW2photos
Aftermath of Stalingrad - January 30, 1943. Two soldiers arm in arm who just fought a senseless fight. Feelings of fear is largely felt in this photo.2yr ⋅ rtyga12 ⋅ r/GermanWW2photos
Helmets of soldiers of the countries of the Axis, the period of the Second World War.2yr ⋅ Banonimus ⋅ r/GermanWW2photos
A Red Army soldier surrenders to the Germans near the village of Botovo, Velikoluksky District, Pskov Region. December 19422yr ⋅ vitoskito ⋅ r/GermanWW2photos
The 1st photo taken of the Earth from outer space (an altitude of 100 km or more) was made after a V-2 rocket was fitted with a movie camera, then fired from New Mexico to an altitude of 105 kilometers (65 mi). The camera was destroyed after returning to Earth, but the film survived; 26-Oct-1946.3yr ⋅ Tenyearnotes ⋅ r/GermanWW2photos
German troops in the Demyansk Pocket unloading supplies from a Ju-52 transport, Russia, Jan 19424yr ⋅ Tsquare43 ⋅ r/GermanWW2photos
Three Knights Cross veterans. From the left to the right Gunther Halm, Hugo Broch and the tank ace Ludwig Bauer.4yr ⋅ haeyhae11 ⋅ r/GermanWW2photos
A German soldier eats American C-rations as he sits amid the ruins of Saarbrucken, a German city and stronghold along the Siegfried Line, in early spring of 1945.2yr ⋅ Tenyearnotes ⋅ r/GermanWW2photos
German war prisoners taking care of the footbal field in the halfime of the game between Dinamo Moscow and Dinamo Tbilsi. Moscow. 19453yr ⋅ conandivljak ⋅ r/GermanWW2photos
German soldiers resting in a ditch during the Siege of Sevastopol, Crimea, 19413yr ⋅ vitoskito ⋅ r/GermanWW2photos
1938 Xmas at a German home, the last quiet ones for many although things for several groups were already dire.3yr ⋅ abt137 ⋅ r/GermanWW2photos
German soldier in Renault UE Chenillette light tracked armoured carrier helping a farmer3yr ⋅ conandivljak ⋅ r/GermanWW2photos
Toward the end and after WWII salvaged German steel helmets were made into saucepans. Here a German housewife uses one of the finished helmet saucepans in her kitchen (unknown date and location, probably c.1950’s)3yr ⋅ Tenyearnotes ⋅ r/GermanWW2photos
A German NCO holds a Ferdinand in miniature made for him by the men of his unit.4yr ⋅ abt137 ⋅ r/GermanWW2photos
a knocked out german/italian armored car beside a churchill tank gave to the russians as part of the lend lease act russia 1940-19437mo ⋅ the_giank ⋅ r/GermanWW2photos
SS-Men from Kampfgruppe Hansen (LSSAH) after a successful ambush on an convoy of the 14th Cavalry Group on the road between Poteau and Recht in Belgium. December 18, 1944.2yr ⋅ Pavel-Romanov ⋅ r/GermanWW2photos
Polish soldier inspecting a German Panzerschreck which had 16 marks representing 16 destroyed tanks. Italy 19443yr ⋅ vitoskito ⋅ r/GermanWW2photos
Panzer ace Hugo Primozic paints rings on the barrel of his StuG. He was awarded the Oak leaves to the Knights Cross in January 1943 for destroying 60 tanks in five months. Hugo was captured in May and released in August 1945, he died 1996 in Fulda.3yr ⋅ haeyhae11 ⋅ r/GermanWW2photos
German paratroopers resting in a courtyard during the second phase of the Battle of Cassino, 1944.3yr ⋅ rtyga12 ⋅ r/GermanWW2photos
General Heinz Guderian in his command half-track during the Battle of France in 1940 - note the Enigma Machine3yr ⋅ A410821 ⋅ r/GermanWW2photos
Two female Luftwaffe Flakhelferinnen “flak helper” kissing circa 1943-19453yr ⋅ SpartanburgSheriff ⋅ r/GermanWW2photos
A Hummel crew Eastern Front loading the next round in 1943. The official designation was Panzerfeldhaubitze 18M auf Geschutzwagen III/IV (Sf) Hummel. In 1944 Hitler ordered the name Hummel dropped as he didn't feel bumblebee was an appropriate name for a military vehicle.1yr ⋅ ATSTlover ⋅ r/GermanWW2photos
Dutch volunteers about to join the Waffen SS Division 'Nederland' in the Netherlands, 1941.1yr ⋅ vitoskito ⋅ r/GermanWW2photos
German ace Hans-Joachim Marseille “the Star of Africa” poses beside one of his 158 victims, a RAF Desert Air Force Hurricane in North Africa; c. 1941-42. Marseille was killed in a flying accident, when he was forced to abandon his fighter due to engine failure on September 30, 1942.1yr ⋅ Tenyearnotes ⋅ r/GermanWW2photos
American soldier with a captured FG-42 automatic rifle. It looks way smaller than I had imagined. (See pic for colorization credits)10mo ⋅ abt137 ⋅ r/GermanWW2photos
U.S. Army Sergeant Francis Daggett clasps the hand of a German POW. The young soldier told American forces he was 15 years old but appeared to be much younger. Kronach, Bavaria, Germany. 27 April 19452yr ⋅ conandivljak ⋅ r/GermanWW2photos
FW-190 landing mishap at Omaka Aerodrome in Blenheim, New Zealand. 2015. Pilot uninjured.1yr ⋅ vitoskito ⋅ r/GermanWW2photos
A German vehicle column destroyed by Allied ground-attack aircraft close to Arnhem, Holland; September 23, 19441yr ⋅ Westoaklane ⋅ r/GermanWW2photos
German soldiers advancing near the ruins of Stalingrad Tractor Factory, 1942.3yr ⋅ Darth_Texan ⋅ r/GermanWW2photos
Fallschirmjager Flakvierling crew in the Netherlands in 194510mo ⋅ jacksmachiningreveng ⋅ r/GermanWW2photos
A Wehrmacht Heer soldier eats his toast and is armed with a butter knife, and an MG-42 (with a Stielhandgranate lying close by). Colourised by me.3yr ⋅ vorst17735 ⋅ r/GermanWW2photos
A NCO of the Panzergrenadierdivision Großdeutschland in a BMW R75 motorbike sidecar is talking to a German sniper during Unternehmen Zitadelle. USSR, 1943, Coloured by Richard James Molloy3yr ⋅ haeyhae11 ⋅ r/GermanWW2photos
Werner Braune, commander of Einsatzkommando 11b, prior to his execution by hanging on 7 June 1951. He was responsible for the massacre of over 14,000 Jews at Simferopol.10mo ⋅ WhenPigsRideCars ⋅ r/GermanWW2photos
«Sleeping dogs should not be woken up». A signed photograph taken on the Eastern Front.2yr ⋅ rtyga12 ⋅ r/GermanWW2photos
Heavy duty truck Mercedes Benz L4500, here with an armored cabin and serving as flak platform. Probably France in 1944.3yr ⋅ abt137 ⋅ r/GermanWW2photos
Weapons collection point in Germany , never seen so many Goliath demolition units together.3yr ⋅ abt137 ⋅ r/GermanWW2photos
An abandoned Sturmtiger captured by advancing allied forces. Probably inside Germany in 1945.3yr ⋅ abt137 ⋅ r/GermanWW2photos
A worker assembling the notorious Tiger 1, Really shows just how many roadwheels it had.3yr ⋅ xGALEBIRDx ⋅ r/GermanWW2photos
Paratroopers at the Inner Court (Binnenhof), The Hague, shortly after occupying the city, May 1940.3yr ⋅ Tsquare43 ⋅ r/GermanWW2photos
German soldier marching with his MG34 during the invasion of Ukraine - Eastern Front '413yr ⋅ IdleWild33 ⋅ r/GermanWW2photos
Elderly members of Volkssturm, armed with World War 1 era Mannlicher M1895 rifles, November 19443yr ⋅ vitoskito ⋅ r/GermanWW2photos
Crowds cheering Adolf Hitler’s campaign to unite Austria and Germany, 1938. Note the SS man has lost his hat and seems barely able to hold back the people behind him.3yr ⋅ Darth_Texan ⋅ r/GermanWW2photos
Exhausted panzergrenadiers from 3. SS-Panzergrenadier Division Totenkopf rest after the battle at Kursk salient, 19432yr ⋅ czwarty_ ⋅ r/GermanWW2photos
The capture of Henry Rinnan, notorious Norwegian Gestapo agent, torturer and war criminal. Full story in comments. Verdallsfjellen, near the border to Sweden; May 14th, 19455mo ⋅ NoOne694201994 ⋅ r/GermanWW2photos
German tanks in formation in a Caucasus valley with infantry in the foreground, September 19423yr ⋅ Darth_Texan ⋅ r/GermanWW2photos
Totally believable and not edited image of an 88mm flak crew downing a Soviet aircraft2yr ⋅ jacksmachiningreveng ⋅ r/GermanWW2photos
Waffen-SS Estonians soldiers leaving their home for the fighting in Narva, spring 1944.2yr ⋅ Pavel-Romanov ⋅ r/GermanWW2photos
Gefreiter Christian Lohrey : the youngest holder of the Knight’s Cross, awarded on march 11-1945 at the age of 17 years and 7 months. He destroyed 8 Soviet tanks using Panzerfaust.2yr ⋅ rtyga12 ⋅ r/GermanWW2photos
German troops in trenches in the The Courland Pocket. The Pocket was an area of the Courland Peninsula where Army Group North of Nazi Germany and the Reichskommissariat Ostland were cut off and surrounded by the Red Army for almost a year, lasting from July 1944 until 10 May 1945.1yr ⋅ Westoaklane ⋅ r/GermanWW2photos
Two SS soldiers fighting at a Soviet railway station, 194211mo ⋅ Specialist_Intern_20 ⋅ r/GermanWW2photos
Members of the SS-Verfugungstruppe (SS-VT or V-Truppe) in Poland 19391yr ⋅ vitoskito ⋅ r/GermanWW2photos
8 and 9 year old soldiers most likely from the Hitler Youth, captured by the US 9th Armored Division after the fall of Leipzig '454yr ⋅ IdleWild33 ⋅ r/GermanWW2photos
A pair of Stukas above Stalingrad providing CAS for german troops in the city [Autumn 1942]3yr ⋅ Schnauser ⋅ r/GermanWW2photos
Original Caption: This German twin-engined, jet propelled fighter plane was abandoned by Luftwaffe troops in hanger of German airfield captured by 111 Corps, 3rd U.S. Army, at Manching, Germany. The plane pictured is an Arado Ar 234.2yr ⋅ Historynsnz ⋅ r/GermanWW2photos
German soldiers reloading the 8cm Raketen-Vielfachwerfer Himmlerorgel MLRS based on Sd.kfz 4 half track3yr ⋅ vitoskito ⋅ r/GermanWW2photos
Hitler-Junge Helmut Kermess of Munchen-Rasing with his Libelle indoor free flight model that made a prize-winning 11 minute and 7 second flight at a NSFK event held at the Jahrhunderthalle in Breslau in late 19401yr ⋅ jacksmachiningreveng ⋅ r/GermanWW2photos
A portrait photo of Claus von Stauffenberg who was executed 76 years ago today for his leading role in July 20th assassination attempt of Hitler.4yr ⋅ Historynsnz ⋅ r/GermanWW2photos
Austrian machine gunner of the Gebirgs-Jager-Regiment 144 at the eastern front. USSR, 19432yr ⋅ haeyhae11 ⋅ r/GermanWW2photos
A soldier firing a MP 40 submachine gun in snowy terrain, Italy, winter of 1943-1944.3yr ⋅ Tsquare43 ⋅ r/GermanWW2photos
German soldiers manning a coastal position, near Bordeaux on Dune du Pilat ,highest dune in Europe, over 100 meters high.France 1943. Armed with WW1 Maschinengewehr 08, or MG 08.3yr ⋅ conandivljak ⋅ r/GermanWW2photos
Lieutenant General Hans Piekenbrock (left) with major Klaus Sinram, 1944.3yr ⋅ Pavel-Romanov ⋅ r/GermanWW2photos
Field Marshal Friedrich von Paulus, commanding the German Sixth Army, surrenders to the Russians at 64th Army HQ, Stalingrad. 31 January 1943.2yr ⋅ Beeninya ⋅ r/GermanWW2photos
Generaloberst Gotthard Heinrici, famed for his defensive strategies and unpopularity amongst the Nazi political class. Known to his men as Our Poison Dwarf.3mo ⋅ ThinWhiteDuke00 ⋅ r/GermanWW2photos
Adolf Hitler and Joseph Goebbels being asked for autographs during an jockey match during the 1936 Winter Olympic Games.3yr ⋅ abt137 ⋅ r/GermanWW2photos
Hans Butterfinger misses the shell casing on an M-class minesweeper in the English Channel in early 19424yr ⋅ jacksmachiningreveng ⋅ r/GermanWW2photos
Rommel’s Casket on Artillery Caisson; October 18, 1944, Wurttemberg, Germany3yr ⋅ Tenyearnotes ⋅ r/GermanWW2photos
Joachim Peiper on the cover of the magazine «Stuttgarter Illustrierte». 1941.2yr ⋅ rtyga12 ⋅ r/GermanWW2photos
Soldiers putting a captured Browning M2HB heavy machine gun to use. Location and date unknown. (564 x 564)2yr ⋅ drumdust ⋅ r/GermanWW2photos
Not directly WW2 but do you know of any video footage of the so called Cathedral of Light installation at the Nuremberg Party Rallies from 1936 to 1938? I couldn't find any, which is kinda unbelievable considering the historic value of those events.1yr ⋅ Mission-Raccoon9432 ⋅ r/GermanWW2photos
Former Schutztruppe Take Part In a State Ceremony Honoring German Military Veterans. The Men Seen Here Are Also Members of the Reichskolonialbund, Wearing the Official Uniform of the Organization.1yr ⋅ The-Kaiser1871 ⋅ r/GermanWW2photos
A German Kriegsmarine poses next to a knocked out Churchill tank while holding a captured Canadian Legitimus Collins machete, following the failed Allied Dieppe Raid - France '424yr ⋅ IdleWild33 ⋅ r/GermanWW2photos
Panzerkampfwagen III Ausf.H tanks of 11. Panzer-Division enter a Soviet village. Note the equipment covered by tarps and the extra track on the Panzer III (21) in the background. Behind the front tank we can see the Ghost emblem of the Division.4yr ⋅ Tsquare43 ⋅ r/GermanWW2photos
German civilian packing to evacuate due to the advance of enemy forces, date unknown.3yr ⋅ Pavel-Romanov ⋅ r/GermanWW2photos
The graves of German soldiers are marked with a simple cross and their steel helmets; Russian Front, circa 1941-433yr ⋅ Tenyearnotes ⋅ r/GermanWW2photos
Ukrainian Waffen-SS recruits and their German instructor (lying down) at SS-Truppenubungsplatz Heidelager - summer 1943.9mo ⋅ Nicholas150 ⋅ r/GermanWW2photos
Leutnant Hugo Broch with his awards at his 98th birthday. With 81 air victories he is the most successfull german pilot who is still alive.4yr ⋅ haeyhae11 ⋅ r/GermanWW2photos
An army marches on its stomach, quote has been attributed to both Napoleon and Frederick the Great but despite its origin it cannot be more true. Logistics have conditioned war operations as far as we have have record. German field kitchen (Gulaschkanonen) during Barbarossa in 1941.3yr ⋅ abt137 ⋅ r/GermanWW2photos
German fighter ace Addi Glunz stands beside his Focke-Wulf 190 White 9 after six air victories on 22 February 1944.4yr ⋅ IdleWild33 ⋅ r/GermanWW2photos
Prof. Oskar Lauger and his new students in a class photo taken at Linz Realschule at the beginning of the academic year, 4 September 1900.11mo ⋅ Karl-Heinz-Kulemeyer ⋅ r/GermanWW2photos
German soldiers sitting around a fire with a Panther behind them during in the Ardennes. Christmas 1944.3yr ⋅ Darth_Texan ⋅ r/GermanWW2photos
SS-Unterscharfuhrer Max Buschel. He was the Kriegsberichter who captured some of the most famous shots of the war, including the legendary Poteau ambush in Dec 19443yr ⋅ Fila1921 ⋅ r/GermanWW2photos
Kriegsmarine submarine commander. Eating lunch on deck of a submarine. Date and location unknown1yr ⋅ vitoskito ⋅ r/GermanWW2photos
R1 Rheintochter surface-to-air missile developed by Rheinmetall-Borsig. Testing began in August 1943, 82 test launches completed but the project was eventually cancelled February 6, 1945. Deutsches Technikmuseum, Berlin.3yr ⋅ Berlinbattlefiend ⋅ r/GermanWW2photos
Danish volunteers of the Free Corps Denmark (Danish: Frikorps Danmark) pose for a group photograph during the Battle for Velikiye Luki.1yr ⋅ JoukovDefiant ⋅ r/GermanWW2photos
Hans-Ulrich Rudel German ground-attack pilot during World War II, in which he was the most decorated German serviceman as sole recipient of the Knight's Cross with Golden Oak Leaves, Swords, and Diamonds indicates where a T-34 should be hit.3yr ⋅ vitoskito ⋅ r/GermanWW2photos
Hitler, Bormann and NSKK Korpsfuhrer Erwin Kraus at FHQ Wolfsschanze, East Prussia (February 1, 1943). A day before, on 31st January 1943, Paulus surrendered in Stalingrad.11mo ⋅ Karl-Heinz-Kulemeyer ⋅ r/GermanWW2photos
Battle of the Bulge, a German officer stands by his Brummbar in the snow.3yr ⋅ abt137 ⋅ r/GermanWW2photos
Technically after the war. A destroyed Jagdtiger sitting in the streets of Berlin with local children making the most of it.3yr ⋅ xGALEBIRDx ⋅ r/GermanWW2photos
Fedor von Bock (left), Hermann Hoth (center), Walther von Hunersdorff (back side), and Wolfram von Richthofen (right, back turned), July 8, 1941. This photo was taken during the battles of Smolensk.1yr ⋅ ATSTlover ⋅ r/GermanWW2photos
A soldier of the medic corps of the Wehrmacht treats a british soldier wounded during Operation Jubilee. Dieppe, France 19424yr ⋅ haeyhae11 ⋅ r/GermanWW2photos
Fallschirmjagers disembarking plane in a dinghy. Aegean sea, Dodecanese 1942-19432yr ⋅ vitoskito ⋅ r/GermanWW2photos
Hanna Reitsch in 1941. Hanna was the first woman to ever fly a helicopter and was one of only 3 women to be awarded the Iron Cross 1st and 2nd class.3yr ⋅ Darth_Texan ⋅ r/GermanWW2photos
German paratroopers with R75 motorcycle, Italy, 1943-1944; note MG 34 machine gun mounted on the side car3yr ⋅ Tsquare43 ⋅ r/GermanWW2photos
German soldiers pose together for a photo, presumably somewhere on the western front. 1939.3yr ⋅ Historynsnz ⋅ r/GermanWW2photos
A delegation of SS officers visiting the military school in Tivoli.January 19411yr ⋅ vitoskito ⋅ r/GermanWW2photos
German Wehrmacht soldiers of the 17th Army returning after heavy street fighting in the city of Rostov-on-Don, Russia - July '423yr ⋅ IdleWild33 ⋅ r/GermanWW2photos
German soldiers move up a trench next to a warning sign. USSR, date unknown3yr ⋅ haeyhae11 ⋅ r/GermanWW2photos
Gebirgsjager soldiers during the German invasion of Norway, Narvik, 1940.3yr ⋅ abt137 ⋅ r/GermanWW2photos
A MG-Schutze from section machine gunner number 1 of a Heer combat team in the Ukrainian village, February 1944.3yr ⋅ Tsquare43 ⋅ r/GermanWW2photos
SS-Oberscharfuhrer Adolf Peichl (left) congratulates SS-Hauptscharfuhrer Hans Soretz for knocking out the 2000th tank destroyed by Das Reich, November 1943.10mo ⋅ vitoskito ⋅ r/GermanWW2photos
5 cm Flugabwehrkanone 41 (5 cm FlaK 41 L/67) Calais, Bastion. Only 50 of these guns were made. 19412yr ⋅ vitoskito ⋅ r/GermanWW2photos
Two German Grenadiere during a combat break in wintry Russia. USSR, 1943, colorized3yr ⋅ haeyhae11 ⋅ r/GermanWW2photos
