Rare Images Of WAFFEN SS


 Two Waffen SS soldiers have a drink. In the background burns a T-34 tank

Boys will be boys! SS troops welcomed by Ukrainian girls to their village. If only Hitler had played his cards better.....


 A Waffen SS war correspondent


1943, Kharkov. Waffen SS troops with a Volkswagen amphibious vehicle. Type 166


 A SS soldier in the trench

Soldiers of the 5th SS Volunteer Assault Brigade "Wallonia". Cherkassy, Ukraine, ​​1944


 Last stages of the war. Waffen SS boys get food from German women before they go to the front


 This SS soldier likes dogs

 These guys are taking a nap

 SS soldiers during the Battle Of Kursk. July 1943. In the background are rather cheerful looking Russian POW


 Waffen SS soldiers during the last months of the war

Narva. Waiting grimly for the Russian onslaught.


 A SS soldier from the 'Nord' Division with his dog

 Waffen SS officers at a railway station

 SS men in action in Russia with   a MG 34 machine gun

 A SS soldier fires with his gun as another reloads the machine gun

 SS soldiers pose with Stalin's bust

A Waffen SS sapper
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Points To Ponder

WHY WAS THE FIGHTING ON THE RUSSIAN FRONT SO FIERCE DURING WW2?

It is difficult to distinguish between the quality of both the German and Russian soldiers. Both were motivated by their love for their motherland. But there were others factors that drove the two sides to such desperate fighting.

One, both sides knew that this was a no-holds bar war. Not fighting was thus not an option.

Second, both Hitler and Stalin had squads that killed any deserter. Turning away from fighting was just not possible.

Thus was seen some of the most bitter, brutal and desperate fighting on the WW2 eastern (Russian) Front.
"Those who do not remember the past are condemned to repeat it."
-- George Santayana


Quotes....

"Be polite; write diplomatically; even in a declaration of war one observes the rules of politeness."
--Otto von Bismarck

"When the enemy advances, withdraw; when he stops, harass; when he tires, strike; when he retreats, pursue.'
--Mao Zedong

Quotes....

"The main thing is to make history, not to write it."
--Otto von Bismarck

"When you have to kill a man it costs nothing to be polite."
--Winston Churchill

Quotes....

"In time of war the loudest patriots are the greatest profiteers."
--August Bebel

"God is not on the side of the big battalions, but on the side of those who shoot best."
--Voltaire

Quotes about War....

"Anyone who has ever looked into the glazed eyes of a soldier dying on the battlefield will think hard before starting a war."
---Otto von Bismarck

Quotes....

"Naturally the common people don't want war; neither in Russia, nor in England, nor in America, nor in Germany. That is understood. But after all, it is the leaders of the country who determine policy, and it is always a simple matter to drag the people along, whether it is a democracy, or a fascist dictatorship, or a parliament, or a communist dictatorship. Voice or no voice, the people can always be brought to the bidding of the leaders. That is easy. All you have to do is to tell them they are being attacked, and denounce the pacifists for lack of patriotism and exposing the country to danger. It works the same in any country."
--Hermann Goering

Quotes....

"To conquer the enemy without resorting to war is the most desirable. The highest form of generalship is to conquer the enemy by strategy."
--Tzu Sun

"All men are brothers, like the seas throughout the world; So why do winds and waves clash so fiercely everywhere?"
--Emperor Hirohito