SS Lieutenant Colonel Max Wunsche drives injured Lieutanant Rudolph von Ribbentrop-son of the Nazi foreign minister-to an aid station near Falaise. Despite a swift and disciplined escape, an estimated 50,000 Germans surrendered to the Allies at the Falaise 'pocket.' (scanned by HOS Bandit)

Falaise Pocket

SS soldiers link arms to control the crowd during the May Day celebrations in Berlin in 1936. By 1930 Hitlers private armies (SS and SA) outnumbered Germany's own Armed Forces, and he wasn't afraid to use them. "I will suppress every attempt to disturb the existing order." promised Hitler in 1933. (scanned by HOS Bandit)

Enforcers

 Hauptsturmfuhrer Fritz Klingenberg, the man who captured Belgrade single-handedly, recounts his story for German radio listeners. Klingenberg went on to fight with distinction on the Eastern Front, eventually rising to command the 17th. SS Panzergrenadier Division Gotz von Berlichingen. He was killed in action in April 1945. (scanned by HOS Bandit)