German Soldier pics from WWII

[cantom]

I was just given a chance to scan these pics. They come from an RCR veteran. I don't know anything else about them except they came from a dead soldier or prisoner.

 

[Zner]

VERY cool pics. Something about the nazis that always intrigued me. thanks for the upload!

 

[Keller]

It's weird to see Luftwaffe men wearing the Heer (Army) type helmets.

 

[Kernalvax]

Nice photos of them wearing zeltbahns as camo smocks too

 

[Keller]

@ cantom

I don't know if you're familiar with the Axis History Forums, but I bet if you posted these pics over there you'd have a lot of people that would be able to give you more info on them.

http://forum.axishistory.com/

 

[cantom]

@ cantom

I don't know if you're familiar with the Axis History Forums, but I bet if you posted these pics over there you'd have a lot of people that would be able to give you more info on them.

http://forum.axishistory.com/

Keller, if you message me your email address I'll send you the pics to post as you wish elsewhere, no problem.

 

[superbee]

Fantastic pics Tom!

 

[sulisa]

Young, aren't they? The military was a very popular employment opportunity - especially given the pre-WW2 economic conditions. They don't look like they had seen much of the War by that time.

 

[TGC]

Not weird for them to be wearing the regulaer german army helmets, the jump helmet was for the german combat airbore, these guys must have been some sort of airfeild defence force, or getting infantry training before going to the combat force, or they were last ditch called out to fight as infantry etc

 

[Mur]

The camo smocks they are wearing were issued late war,and were sleeveless to conserve material.I see nothing to indicate that these are Luftwaffe troops,but if they were they could have belonged to a Luftwaffe Field Division or the Hermann Goering Panzer or Panzergrenadier divisions.I'll have another look but breast eagles and collar patches seem to indicate an Army unit.......A closer look(with glasses on) indicates Luftwaffe troops! Mur

 

[chalkriver]

Airborne Pics

Here is a couple of pics from my rec room...

Canadian Airborne in Germany Guarding a bank !!!!

And jumping into a HOT !! DZ....Not sure exactly where...But ....HOLY CRAP...comes to mind

Gotta have nothing but respect for the vets.....I met a women from Quebec at one of our Airborne reunions years ago.... who jumped in behind enemy lines ....all by herself in France during WW 2 ...posing as a local gathering intel......unarmed..night jumps...I am not sure how many jumps she made ...She was an elderly lady when I met her and we had a dance and I gave her a kiss on the cheek and thanked her ...Talk about bravery...

 

[Armourall]

Gotta have nothing but respect for the vets..

Agreed.

 

[MauserMike]

The camo smocks they are wearing were issued late war,and were sleeveless to conserve material.I see nothing to indicate that these are Luftwaffe troops,but if they were they could have belonged to a Luftwaffe Field Division or the Hermann Goering Panzer or Panzergrenadier divisions.I'll have another look but breast eagles and collar patches seem to indicate an Army unit.......A closer look(with glasses on) indicates Luftwaffe troops! Mur

Of course they are Luftwaffe. They wear the Luftwaffe eagle with the upward sloping wings and luftwaffe rank insignia on the collars of the officers.

 

[Buck45]

Long shot on unit. The cobble stone road they are paraded on. It curves and has a bank to it's side. V1 rocket untit's would roll out the V1 from small storage bunkers . Looks similar.

 

[JAGDMORDER]

Cool pics. Thanks for sharing.

 

[unimog_willys]

Thanks for sharing

 

[tristanium]

Originally Posted by Mur
The camo smocks they are wearing were issued late war,and were sleeveless to conserve material.

i have one zelthbahn from 1943,what i'm aware of,considering material saving is the decreased numbers of grommets and the number of holes in the buttons,these mods happenned after '43.i may be wrong,that's what i was told.2 or 3 of theses buttoned(is this a word?)together would make a shelter.i never saw a zelthbahn with sleeves or it may be named something else.
once again,i may be wrong.
t.

 

[RJD]

Nice photos of them wearing zeltbahns as camo smocks too

Yes, you are correct, they are zeltbahns. first photo shows them best.

 

[Pig4000]

neat, thanks for the pics.

 

[Desert_Fox]

Originally Posted by Mur
The camo smocks they are wearing were issued late war,and were sleeveless to conserve material.

i have one zelthbahn from 1943,what i'm aware of,considering material saving is the decreased numbers of grommets and the number of holes in the buttons,these mods happenned after '43.i may be wrong,that's what i was told.2 or 3 of theses buttoned(is this a word?)together would make a shelter.i never saw a zelthbahn with sleeves or it may be named something else.
once again,i may be wrong.
t.

They are Luftwaffe ground troops of some sort or another.

They are wearing zeltbahns in the prescribed buttoned up manner.

Similar to this style of wear.

And also, I believe Mur was assuming they were wearing camouflaged body aprons that were issued in limited numbers late in the war as a time/cost/material saving measure.