The German War Machine During WW2

The men and machines of the German army during WW2. A formidable combination.

A welcome break in Russia!

A Sd.KFZ.8 towing a plane

German Tigers move in Belarus. 1943-44

These men came under attack. A medic gets to work.

Tending to a wounded comrade

This man is clearly in pain

In the trenches

German soldiers surrender to Russian officers at Frisches Nehrung. May 9, 1945

Waiting quietly to ambush the foe!

German paratroopers wait to be decorated

A German officer runs away from a crashed plane. Lucky.

Carrying a dead comrade to the resting place

A German tank at Kursk. 1943

A German gun readies to fire on the street of an Italian town

Erwin Rommel decorates his brave men in Africa

Kids from the Hitler Youth are trained by the SS Hitler Jugend Division in France. May 1944.

Suggested Reading

Hitler's Armies: A history of the German War Machine 1939-45

Chris McNab's wonderfully-illustrated HITLER'S ARMIES, A HISTORY OF THE GERMAN WAR MACHINE 1939-45 traces the development and combat ops of the German Army including the Waffen-SS and Fallschirmjager. Strikingly illustrated with hundreds of color and b&w photographs, color maps and diagrams, combat artwork and color plates of weapons and uniforms, it's an appealing, comprehensive history of the men and units that made Blitzkrieg a household word.