Oscar Dirlewanger

Oskar Dirlewanger (Belarus 1943)

Wehrmacht-Heer. Combats dans les tranchées 

ARMEE ALLEMANDE (Wehrmacht) 5.

A Feldwebel (segeant) with binoculars and a submachine gun and a soldier with a portable field radio in a foxhole; somewhere in the Soviet Union; 1943.

Advanced Forward Position

Armor and vehicles roll on, while alomg the road infantry advances. Some of the soldiers carry Panzerfausts.

Activity on the Eastern Front

German soldiers in an anti-tank ditch at Lohshtedskogo forest. One of the many lines of defense in front of the sea fortress Pillau, Baltic Sea (Prussia,  the former Koenigsberg


Anticipating Soviet attack...

German soldiers in the shelters dug in the slopes of the anti-tank ditch in Lohshtedskogo forest, near the Fortress of Pillau; Baltic Sea (former Konigsberg)

Waiting for the Soviet attack

Wehrmacht infantrymen advance across a snowy field on the outskirts of the city of Rostov-on-Don, USSR.

Winter offensive

German observers with large telephoto lens take pictures of Russian positions in the Eastern Front; 1941.

High tech equipment

Field Marshal Erwin Rommel tours the Normandy beaches and inspects the anti-invasion obstacles; May, 1944.

Expected landing sites

Wounded German soldiers taken as POWs by American troops during Operation Dragoon wait to be treated by medics at a collection point. Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, France; August 1944.

All over for them

A decorated German Army Sergeant pets the unit mascot, a puppy; note the bullet hole damage to his helmet; Eastern Front.

Tough looking guy - soft heart

GIs of the 99th Infantry Div. "Battle Babies" march into captivity, but they held the twin villages of Krinkelt-Rocherath just east of Elsenborn Ridge in Belgium for three days during the Ardennes Offensive. Front row left - Sgt. Luther C. Symons aka "Shorty"

Escorted by German soldiers

Soldiers from the 9th SS Panzer division "Hohenstaufen" walking through a light forest. 1944, Location unknown.

Reconnaissance Patrol

A group of the German soldiers from the Luftwaffe flak unit on the front steps of the Sainte-Mère-Église Hôtel de Ville (=City Hall), Normandy, France; Spring 1944.

The 82nd Airborne guys will be here soon...

A German soldier is about to throw a  hand grenade into a house, while his comrades wait for the result; Eastern Front.

Suspicious house

German infantrymen check weapons and stock up on ammunition during the battle of Kasserine Pass; Tunisia, North Africa, February 1943.

Tested, seasoned troops against newcomers

German soldiers cross the border into Russia over the river Narva from Estonia during Operation Barbarossa, the German invasion of the Soviet Union. In the background can be seen the medieval Ivangorod (Estonian: Jaanilinn) castle and fortress; August 1941.

Crossing into the USSR

 Dead Russian soldiers atop a T-26 tank at a frontier post. The German soldiers look on as they pass by; 22 June, 1941.

Operation Barbarossa

Field Marshal Erwin Rommel in North Africa on a relatively rare staff car, an Italian Alfa Romeo 6C 2500 Coloniale, only 150 of this variant were made; June 1942.

Desert Fox - not in his regular car 

German Fallschirmjäger with his MG 34 machine gun on the ready, relaxing with a smoke; Eastern Front, early 1943.

All calm on the battlefield

German soldiers battle under the cover of a Pz.Kpfw. III (Panzer III) tank on the territory of the USSR; March 1942.

German Forces

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