Recruits of the Luftwaffe during a Prayer

Recruits of the Luftwaffe during a prayer, 9 July 1938. The original caption said: "Luftwaffe soldiers have taken off their helmets after the issue of the command 'Helmets off for prayer!'"

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https://www.akpool.de/ansichtskarten/26753519-ansichtskarte-postkarte-deutsche-wehrmacht-luftwaffe-helm-ab-zum-gebet-soldaten-mit-stahlhelmen-und-bajonetten
https://www.alamy.com/stock-photo-recruits-of-the-luftwaffe-during-a-prayer-1938-122549762.html?imageid=8FB962D8-981E-4D84-B5F2-C0C554513477&p=291611&pn=1&searchId=2adb0d94b30ee950bdafece3810c320c&searchtype=0
https://www.arkivi-bildagentur.de/articles/a514634

Luftwaffe Ground Crew Waiting for the Return Bombers

Battle of Britain: Ground staff on the Luftwaffe air base waiting for the return of the bomber squadrons from mission against england, end of August 1940. No further information. Photographer: Artur Grimm.

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https://www.keymilitary.com/article/duel-aces

RAD Men with He 51 of Fliegergruppe Döberitz

Men of RAD (Reichsarbeitsdienst) are shown around one of the Heinkel He 51 biplanes at Döberitz - presumably aircraft of Jagdgruppe / Fliegergruppe Döberitz. The He 51 was produced between 1934 and 1937, starting 1936 was partly replaced by the Arado Ar 68 and starting 1937 extensively replaced by the Messerschmitt Bf 109 as a Luftwaffe standard fighter aircraft. At this time, the Fliegergeschwader Döberitz received the distinction "Richthofen", but received the final name "JG 2 Richthofen" only on 1 May 1939, under which it later participated in the Second World War.

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https://www.pressreader.com/uk/iron-cross/20220629/281535114675360

Reinhard Heydrich in Norway

Reinhard Heydrich at Ekeberg cemetery for German soldiers in Oslo during his visit to Norway 3-6 September 1941.. Heydrich (1904 – 1942) was a SS-Obergruppenführer und General der Polizei (Senior Group Leader and General of Police) as well as chief of the Reich Main Security Office RSHA (including the Gestapo, Kripo, and SD). Heydrich walking in front with SS-Brigadeführer Heinrich Müller (head of the Gestapo) to his right and SS-Oberführer Heinrich Fehlis (leader of SD and Sipo in Norway) to his left. Also SS-Hauptsturmführer Hermann Kluckhohn, SS-Sturmbannführer Walter Schellenberg, Rudolf Schiedermair, and other SS police officers.

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Fo30141711030060-2_Bekransning_p%C3%A5_%C3%A6reskirkeg%C3%A5rden_p%C3%A5_Ekeberg_september_1941_Heydrich.jpg

German Funker (Radioman) in the Eastern Front

 

 

Ostfront. No date. He is wearing a Funktasche (telegraphist leather pouch), specially the Brustmikrofon 33 pouch. This Funker (radioman) is also wearing a Mückennetz, mosquito net, over his helmet. Note how the left Schulterklappe has torn loose!

Light casualty

Source :
ECPAD Archives, courtesy of Blanluet Christophe
https://www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=10158690381733308&set=gm.2640673829533179
https://www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=10158383440368308&set=gm.2554634734803756

Face of War

Portrait of a Totenkopf Division soldier in the battlefield during Operation Barbarossa in 1941.

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http://5sswiking.tumblr.com/post/150921014022/portrait-of-a-totenkopf-division-soldier-in-the

Impromptu Piano Concert in Kharkov

Three Leibstandarte troopers halt their vehicles to celebrate their entry into Kharkov with an impromptu piano concert, March 1943. They wear (from left to right) the winter insulated suit, camouflage smock, and the black panzer uniform. Note the German national flag fastened over the hood of the Kübelwagen, for ground-to-air recognition.

Source :
http://5sswiking.tumblr.com/post/145023823622/three-leibstandarte-troopers-halt-their-vehicles

Halftrack of SS-Verfügungstruppe Carrying out Manoeuvres

This photograph show a heavy artillery unit from the SS-Verfügungstruppe carrying out manoeuvres somewhere on the French coast in October 1940. The vehicle is a Hanomag half track which was designed to tow a heavy artillery piece, such as an 88mm, whilst at the same time carrying the gun crew (seated) and stowed ammunition.