The Thousand-Mile Stare of Soldier from Panzergrenadier-Regiment 126

 

 

Soldier of I.Bataillon / Panzergrenadier-Regiment 126 / 23.Panzer-Division in Romania, April-August 1944. His face showing the thousand mile-stare: a mixture of sheer exhaustion, everyday fear, endless boredom and despair...

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ECPAD Archives, courtesy of Blanluet Christophe
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Panzergrenadiers in Action

Original period postcard of the 'Unsere Wehrmacht' series: "Panzergrenadiere gehen in Stellung"

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https://www.kometmilitaria.com/product-page/postcard-postkarte-panzergrenadiere-gehen-in-stellug

Panzergrenadiers of Totenkopf in Kharkov

The men of the Totenkopf Division in Kharkov in March 1943, just after the recapture of the city. The morale of the division had been dealt a blow when its commander, Theodor Eicke, was shot down and killed during an aerial reconnaissance on 26 February 1943. The aircraft crashed behind enemy lines, but a party from the division managed to retrieve his body. Despite his death, the Totenkopf Division continued to fight the way Eicke had taught it. As he himself said: “Hardness saves blood. In fact hardness saves more. It saves bitterness, it saves shame, it saves worry, it saves sorrow.”

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http://5sswiking.tumblr.com/post/145073172027/the-men-of-the-totenkopf-division-in-kharkov-in