U - 182 , German Submarine The Sinking In His First Voyage !

U - 182 , German Submarine The Sinking In His First Voyage !

U - 178

U - 178



 Diesel compartment of U - 178 under the leadership of Wilhelm Dommes Korvettenkapitän shows clearly how little space available for the u - boat crew to do its job , namely making machine " vehicle " they are still functioning . Moving inside the submarine , especially when the sea was turbulent , requires skills that resembles an acrobat ! Therefore do not be surprised if many people abrasions and some have even seriously injured by colliding with a ship body made ​​almost entirely of iron hard !

U - 161

U - 161

Korvettenkapitän Albrecht Achilles ( January 25, 1914 - September 27 1943) naval career began on April 8, 1934. He then served on the training ship Schleswig- Holstein and Gneisenau warships before being transferred to the U - boat in April 1940. Studying for her first as Korvettenkapitän Richard Zapp 's men in the U - 66 and participated in three rounds.

U - 125 , sunk by British destroyer Ship Collision !

U - 125 , sunk by British destroyer Ship Collision !

Kapitänleutnant Ulrich Folkers is one of the commanders of the most successful U-boat coming from 2 . Unterseebootsflotille . In this photo she had just returned to the U-boat base Lorient dated 6 November 1942 after completing her fifth patrol mission along the C type IX submarine U - 125 which lasted for three months more

U - 103

U - 103

 The U - 103 crew pose for souvenir purposes for relatives back home in Lorient U-boat bases . In the control tower attached to the emblem " Sig - Rune " ( the letter " S " of the alphabet Runik ) which also functions as a " fetish " for the ship as well as the first letter of the captain of the ship . This symbol is directly elected by Victor Schütze and is proven to bring good luck to the ship : in fact , the U - 103 is one of the German U-boats of the most successful in World War II !

U - 52 , German Submarine War Survivors Until the End of the World ! ! !

U - 52 , German Submarine War Survivors Until the End of the World ! ! !
The U - 52 officer in the control tower , May 22, 1942

U - 37 , U -boats most successful Sixth In World War II !

U - 37 , U -boats most successful Sixth In World War II !

Life Photo Album German U-boat crew

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Life Photo Album German U-boat crew

U - Boat Type XXI submarine Sophisticated in its time !

U - Boat Type XXI submarine Sophisticated in its time !



By : Waffen Armee

" England really lucky . Stop the war now , "said Captain Mervyn Wingfield , former Royal Navy submarine commander after checking a U - Boot Type XXI U - 2513 who surrendered to the Allies , May 16, 1945 .

U-Boat Type VII Submarine most widely used German in World War II!


One type VII U - boat , U - 570 , which is in the hands of the UK


Diagram of the U - boat type VII Germany

Type II U-boats

Type II U-boats

German torpedo in World War II

German torpedo in World War II

Sketch of U - boat U - boat - 5 members . U - Boots - Flottille

Sketch of U - boat U - boat - 5 members . U - Boots - Flottille

Keep Task Schedule and Supervision in the German U- Boat

Keep Task Schedule and Supervision in the German U- Boat

The interior of the U - Boat

The interior of the U - Boat

Exterior Photo Album / Exterior U - Boat

Exterior Photo Album / Exterior U - Boat

List Stud Nazi German U-boats

List Stud Nazi German U-boats

Staffel (AUFKLARUNG) / Lehrgeschwader 2

At the beginning of November 1938 , Lehr-Verband/Aufklärungsgruppe Jüterbog ( Unit Training Group / Surveillance Jüterbog ) reshaped into III Gruppe ( AUFKLARUNG ) / Lehrgeschwader 2 . New unit consists of three Staffeln ( Staffel 7 , 8 and 9 ) and incorporated into LG 2 . Gruppe Two other of the LG 2 is I ( Jagd ) / LG 2 and II ( Schlacht ) / LG 2 . the first is the unit hunters , while the second unit of air -to-ground support .

Dutch volunteers in the Waffen-SS troops

 Anton Mussert, NSB leader, the local flavor of the Nazi party (the Netherlands) in collaboration with Himmler to recruit youths Dutch volunteer SS

Muslim Arab volunteers in the Body of Nazi Germany

Phalange Africaine was formed on January 8, 1943 with a force of about 300 men Vichy French colonial soldiers along with 150 Muslim Arabs living in Africa ( in the end , France was reduced by the number of people to 200 people only ) . After 3 months of intensive training , the unit Phalange finally ready for action . They put in a piece of the 754 Infantry Regiment of the 334th Infantry Division Germany who fought in front of Tunisia .

SS-Fallschirmjager-Bataillon 500/600



commander
SS - Sturmbannführer Herbert Gilhofer ( October 1943 - April 1944 )
SS - Hauptsturmführer Kurt Rybka (April 1944-26 Juni 1944)
SS - Hauptsturmführer Siegfried Milius ( June 26, 1944 - May 1945 )

Sonderverband Bergmann

 The members of the Armenian Company 11th Regiment "Bergmann" dancing to the rhythm of their traditional songs in Kokkozi, Crimea, 1943

Selbstopfereinsatz

One of the initiators of unit characters "suicide" Nazi Germany is a legendary female pilot Hanna Reitsch Germany. In the top photo looks he was receiving a medal Eisernes Kreuz II klasse directly from the hands of Adolf Hitler, March 1941. From left to right: Nicolaus von Below, Hitler, Hermann Göring, Reitsch, and Karl-Heinrich von Bodenschatz

Schwere SS-Panzer Abteilung 101/501

A Königstiger with turmnummer 105, commanded by SS-Obersturmführer Jürgen Wessel of schwere SS-Panzer-Abteilung 501 sitting helpless Rue Haut Rivage, Stavelot, Belgium, dated December 18, 1944. Giant tank was abandoned by its crew after being exposed to fire anti-tank weapons . The driver was forced to crash it into a house and make it functional before being abandoned

SS-Polizei-Regiment

SS-Polizei-Regiment
SS - Polizei - Regiment " Bozen " ( SS Police Regiment Bozen / Bolzano ) is a unit of German SS polisionil formed in 1943 under Höchste SS - und Polizeiführer ( HöSSP , the SS and Police High Command ) Italien . This regiment is classified as a mixed unit of the SS and the Ordnungspolizei ( regular police ) , with members wearing police uniform standard .

SS (Schutzstaffel) and the Waffen-SS

SS (Schutzstaffel) and the Waffen-SS
Only a few military units that never existed and still exists , in which the history or story repeatedly raised and remain attractive as the Waffen - SS . The book comprehensively discusses the Waffen - SS alone ( as of this writing ) has no more than 150 titles of books , in various languages ​​and points of view !

Schutzmannschaft

Schutzmannschaft
Clothing and equipment Schutzmannschaft der Sicherheitspolizei Ukraine.

Schutzmannschaft ( abbreviated Schuma ) or Hilfspolizei ( abbreviated Hippo ) is a police battalion aide collaborators whose members are drawn from the local police occupied countries in East Germany . This unit was formed to fight the resistance movement arising in these countries . Hilfspolizei also refer to the German police unit helper ( if in Indonesia banpol name ) . There is also a Danish corps HIPO in the occupied country .

German sniper

German sniper

Obergefreiter Josef "Sepp" Allerberger, Austrian-born Nazi sniper who became the second best German sniper after Hetzenauer (picture is below)

Reichskolonialbund ( RKB )

Reichskolonialbund ( RKB )
The former German colonial officers in uniforms in 1934 Reichskolonialbund

Deutsche Reichsbund Jägerschaft

Deutsche Reichsbund Jägerschaft
Deutsche Reichsbund Jägerschaft was formed in July 1934 and is an association (körperschaft des öffentlichen rechts) shelter hunters. In 1938, the organization has set up a sub-organization of Deutsche Falkenorden more exclusive and are under the direct control of the NSDAP. Previously, in March 1935, established country offices Reichsforstamt where Abteilung IV "Reichsjägermeister" headed by SS-Brigadeführer Ulrich Scherping (Oberstjägermeister Scherping will also be Stabsleiter Deutsche Jägerschaft). Above all was Reichsmarschall Hermann Göring, who served as associate head Reichsbund Deutsche Jägerschaft (Reichsjägermeister) and head Reichsforst Dienst (Reichsforstmeister) in an integrated manner.

National partisan

National partisan
At the end of World War II , about 4,500 former members of the 19th SS Division Latvia opt surrendered with their German counterparts are trapped by Russian forces in Kurland bags . They even run away into the forest and promote a guerrilla war against the Soviet Occupation Forces in Latvia that lasted for years , and only ended in 1956 ! Although most of the anti - Communist partisans are people of Latvia , but alleged that some German soldiers joined and fought with them .

Fascist Party of Indonesia (PFI)

Fascist Party of Indonesia (PFI)

 The leader of the NSB (Dutch Nazi party style) Anton Mussert issued a typical greeting 'Houzee' her before leaving for a visit to the Dutch East Indies (1935)

Panzergrenadier-Division "Großdeutschland"

Panzergrenadier-Division "Großdeutschland"


Panzergrenadier - Division " Großdeutschland " ( Motorized Infantry Division " German Akbar " ) is one of the combat units of the German Army for action during World War II can be said to belong to the elite . However, like the other units , often a confusion about the parent unit . Some say that the original Großdeutschland Division under the command of Hitler 's Heer is part of the Waffen - SS , but it's not ! Actually , the precursor Großdeutschland been around since before Hitler appeared as ruler of Germany . Forces that formed shortly after World War I ended ( 1921 ) was named Wachtregiment Berlin ( Berlin Keep Regiment ) and served as a troop parade , not to fight .

Marine-Infanterie

Marine-Infanterie

Info about the unit that this one was a little to get, and in many battleground this unit was rarely exposed . Thus , I 'll explain a little bit that I know about this Kriegsmarine Infantry unit

Leonidas Squadron and the Sonderkommando Elbe

Leonidas Squadron and the Sonderkommando Elbe

When the Allied forces planned to launch in the Normandy landings through Operation Overlord or D - Day in June 1944 , Nazi Germany's forces is already prepared for him. The whole of Germans including Hitler is realized if the operation was successful then surely threatened the existence of the German state . To thwart Operation Overlord , the commander of the Luftwaffe ( air force of Nazi Germany ) Hermann Göring secretly forming unit like a kamikaze suicide attacks . The aircraft used for kamikaze missions Luftwaffe Focke - Wulf was the Fw 190 is loaded with bombs weighing more than 1,500 kg and then dispersed to the target .

Cavalry


Hussar cavalry Germany in a military exercise in 1912

Jagdgeschwader 26 'Schlageter'

Jagdgeschwader 26 'Schlageter'
Logo JG 26 and the units that are in it

Jagdgeschwader 26 ( JG 26 ) ' Schlageter ' was a Luftwaffe fighter wing that operates mainly in Western Europe against England , France and the United States , although it had also fought against the Russians . Her nickname is taken from Albert Leo Schlageter , a World War I veteran and Freikorps member arrested and executed by the French for alleged sabotage of 1923 .

Helferin Wehrmacht


Helferin Wehrmacht



Gebirgsjäger

Gebirgsjäger


German propaganda postcard showing Gebirgsjäger duty officer with his British prisoners after the Battle of Crete ends. Picture next to the words "Crete" is a donkey picture which is the mainstay of transportation Gebirgsjäger in their action on the steep mountains impenetrable ordinary vehicles

Fremde Heere Ost

Fremde Heere Ost


Generalmajor Reinhard Gehlen ( 3 April 1902 - June 8, 1979) is Leiter der Abteilung Fremde Heere Ost ( FHO Head ) period 1 April to 1942-10 April 1945. Fremde Heere Ost In tangannyalah that a special intelligence organizations achieve peak performance the Eastern Front , and centurion The best - Wehrmacht officers in the field coming into his staff . Gehlen is an opportunist , and saw the defeat of the Nazis in sight , he hid the data are valuable in hidden places . Data exchange is at the tool when he was captured by U.S. forces . Seeing that she is valuable and will at least

Fallshirmjäger

Fallschirmjager


Fallschirmjager training school ( Schule Fallschirmjager ) , churning out best paratroopers in the world !