German troops on their way to Paris in 1940

German troops on their way to Paris

German soldiers examine damage after bombardment Rotterdam on the 14th of May 1940(rudeerude)

After bombardment Rotterdam

Foreign SS-volunteers during the fighting at Narva, Estonia 1944. The German and foreign SS-survivors described the Soviet artillery shelling as "trommelfeuer", literally drum-fire. The massive Soviet bombardment were so intense that a Norwegian survivor described it as the beating of a tin drum. The shelling reduced trenches and human bodies to nothing. It was a scene from Hell. Intestines and brain mass mixed with dirt from the trenches.