The Wehrmacht In Pictures: A Look At One of History's Legendary Fighting Force

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Bro this is a Wehrmacht thread. Please don't post pictures related to the Pacific theater. I kindly request you to remove this pictures from this thread. Thanks!

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[Desert Fox]

Aye aye sir. Done!

Thanks! Much appreciated.

 

[The Sandman]

Panzer IV with spaced armor (Schürzen) which looks cool but German tank commanders hated it

Note the beast in the back

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troops and equipment in the Balkans

troops in France, 1940

 

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Reichswehr troops during a maneuver. Reichswehr soldiers got put into Wehrmacht service

Panzer 3 in USSR

 

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The Arado AR-240 was a German aircraft twin engine multirole heavy fighter. It was to replace the Messerschmitt Bf-110 but did not make it into mass production. only 15 were produced before being canceled

 

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Infantry in the battle of Stalingrad

 

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Luftwaffe in North Africa (ARTWORK)

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[The Sandman]

5th SS Panzer Division "Wiking" it was mostly made up of volunteers from Belgium, Denmark, Norway, Sweden, Finland and Estonia

Untersturmführer Gerhard Mahn signaling for troops to advance

Panzer IV of 5th SS Panzer Division

July 1942 Rostov

Preparing to counter attack
1944

Preparing for a battle in Ukraine Kovel 1944

Poland

Cemetry of 5th SS Wiking

 

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Railway guns

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Preparing bandages

Observing via binoculars and rangefinder

Normandy 1944

Pak-37 AT gun - Eastern front​

 

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[The Sandman]

7th Panzer Division aka "The Ghost Division" was commanded by Erwin Rommel during the Battle of France
The 7th Panzer Division earned the name of the Ghost Division because its rapid movements led to few knowing exactly where the division was, including the German High Command. Rommel described the French Campaign in his letters to his wife as "a lightning Tour de France"

Rommel reviews position with staff

25th Panzer Regiment commander Karl Rothenburg, second from left, and division commander Erwin Rommel
during the campaign for France, June 1940.

Southern France 1942

France 1940

Russia 1941

Adelbert Schulz (left) near a Panzer III just before the Battle of Kursk 1943

 

[The Sandman]

Jagdgeschwader 52 (JG 52) (52nd Fighter Wing) of the Luftwaffe, is the most successful fighter-wing of all time, with a claimed total of more than 10,000 victories over enemy aircraft during World War II. It was the unit of the top three scoring flying aces of all time, Erich Hartmann, Gerhard Barkhorn and Günther Rall. The unit flew exclusively with the various versions of the Messerschmitt Bf 109 throughout the war.

Pics of Bf 109's which belonged to JG52
Bf 109G

Early 1944 Russia

Bf 109 G4

Bf 109 E4

a bonus pic Assembly of Bf 109 G6

 

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Whenever i look at the 1944/45 pictures of German soldiers a feeling of admiration is invoked in me. And i know i never want to mess with these guys. Their professionalism and dutifulness is of the highest order. Win or loss, life or death doesnt matter to them. They just perform their duty. They just do what they do, which is fighting, regardless of the circumstances. They are proper soldiers, the kind that have fought wars throughout history. Winning is for the nation, planning is for the generals, as soldiers they just fight. Infact all europeans and middle eastern are like that. One does not want to tangle with them, dying and losing has no effect on them. They will keep pestering forever. This provides great ease to their commanders and generals. South asians are not like that. Their soldiers really handicap their commanders. Its a blessing Pakistan has to deal with TTP instead of ISIS. South asians cant handle the raw type of european/middle eastern fighting.