Heer Soldiers Before Langres 1940

Only 62 km to Langres, France, summer of 1940.

Source :
https://clio-historia.livejournal.com/380042.html

Armenian Volunteers of the Wehrmacht in France

Armenian soldiers of the German Wehrmacht’s Armenische Legion (Armenian Legion) arrive in the south of France to strengthen the coastal defenses on the Mediterranean. Approximately 33,000 Armenian men served in German field battalions, while another 7,000 served in logistical and other non-combat units. The majority of the soldiers in the legion were former Soviet Army soldiers who were taken as POWs by the Germans and opted to fight for the Germans rather than face the appalling conditions of Nazi POW camps. Smaller numbers freely joined the Germans as nationalists who opposed Armenia’s inclusion as a Soviet republic. German military authorities found the Armenians to be poorly trained, poorly motivated and often apt to desert, defect, revolt and aid the enemy. Following the war, soldiers of the Armenian Legion were repatriated to the Soviet Union where most were tried for treason and executed or sent off to die in the gulags. Near Toulon, Var, France. February 1944. Image taken by Erwin Schultz.

Source :
http://bag-of-dirt.tumblr.com/post/143600472505/armenian-soldiers-of-the-german

HQ of the Kommandantur in Paris

No Parking. Le Meurice Hotel, headquarters of the Kommandantur, Rue de Rivoli, Paris, 1941.

Source :
http://5sswiking.tumblr.com/post/138438356827/no-parking-le-meurice-hotel-headquarters-of-the

Two Gebirgsjäger soldiers Chat near the Road Sign

Two Gebirgsjäger soldiers pause during training activities in an Austrian town, probably in the summer of 1939. The road signs point to two different Austrian towns. In the extensive Alpine regions of Austria these troops would have trained in all sorts of conditions in order to allow each soldier to become self sufficient where they would be absolutely adapted for mountain warfare

Gebirgsjäger Pose at a Kilometre Post

A group of Gebirgsjäger pose for the camera at a kilometre post, probably in Austria, in the summer of 1939. Since Anschluss with Austria, a large influx of troops had joined the Gebirgsjäger where it had enlarged to two new divisions