Members of the SS Panzer Division Hitlerjugend resting by a knocked out American Sherman tank; Battle of Caen, Normandy, France, 1944.


Resting during battle

A privately taken snapshot showing German infantry and probably a command vehicle on the move. Date and location not known.

Wehrmacht troops on the move

Soldiers of the 12th SS-Panzer Division ''Hitler Youth'', 1944. 
   12th SS Panzer Division "Hitlerjugend"  was a German armoured division of the Waffen-SS during World War II. The majority of its junior enlisted men were drawn from members of the Hitler Youth, while the senior NCOs and officers were from other Waffen-SS divisions. 