1940. Netherlands.
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K98k Mauser
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A Waffen SS soldier hurries forward with his MG 34 machine gun. 1940
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HitlerJugend Division
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Waffen SS soldiers in France, 1940
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The group of SS men from the 8th Cavalry Division of the Waffen SS "Florian Geyer".
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Untersturmfuhrer SS of the SS brigade of "Langemarck". Untersturmfuhrer ( a rank in the Waffen SS) was the equivalent of second lieutenant in other armies.
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Soldiers from the 3rd Armored 'Totenkopf' SS Division fire anti-aircraft gun at enemy airplanes
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7th Volunteer Mountain Division 'Prinz Eugen' on a mission against partisans
//The 7th SS Volunteer Mountain Division Prinz Eugen. was formed on March 1942 from Volksdeutsche (ethnic Germans) volunteers from Vojvodina, Croatia, Hungary and Romania
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SS and Italian soldiers share a smoke in the Balkans. 1943. The SS man has a 9mm MR 28 rifle slung around his shoulder
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It is true. When the German soldiers entered the USSR in 1941, in many parts they were hailed as liberators and welcomed. In the image a Russian peasant woman gives the SS soldiers milk to drink.
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A SS soldier plays the piano after the fight. The men belong to the 1st SS Panzer Division "Leibstandarte Adolf Hitler". Kharkov, 1943
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Soldiers of 3rd Armored Division of the SS "Totenkopf" in the trenches.
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Soldiers from the 3rd SS Division 'Totenkopf' at the start of the war
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The famous soldier from the SS Hitlerjugend Division Otto Funk. He was 15 when he destroyed a Churchill tank with a MG 42 machine gun. He was awarded the Iron Cross class 2 for that.He was wounded on June 26, 1944 but continued fighting till May 8, 1945
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Many thousands of German PoWs died in American custody
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SS soldier with a Mauser K-96 Model 712
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Grenadiers Panzer SS Division Totenkopf during the Battle of Kursk
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