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ALL WORLD WARS
WAFFEN SS IN THE WEST, 1940
The faces of the Waffen - SS
"Fast" troops
"Fast" troops
Reconnassance group follows the enemy
In the lead ...
In the lead...
Always on the move
Destination will be announced
Destination will be announced
"Column will march here!"
Forward down the endless road
Battalion command post
Early in the morning hour
March on position
March on position
Holland
... on the top of narrow dams, criss-crossing lowlands
Just before the contact with the enemy
Ammo carrier
Infantryman
Heavy machine gun
Enemy is close
Now is the Luftwaffe turn
Division commander
That was a day!
The jump over the dam
The forest is cleared
The foxhole
I had ...
a comrade ...
After rapid attack the last house is reached
In the vanguard
Our youngest
Waiting
The village is cleared
Street is under fire
PAK to the front
Platoon leader
And now - forward!
Catching the breath
PAK without an engine ...
... but manned by the soldiers ...
... holding ...
...aiming
... firing ...
... and taking
A dangerous craft
The winner
Infantry ... Infantry
Hot days ...
... hot nights
That was in Aire
The motorized infantry covers
With and ...
... behind the Panzer
More, always more
The company
Attention ...
... What's next?
The carts were left behind
The strike team
Keep silence!
Order was issued. - Assamble!
Leader, noncommissioned officer and private
Hesitation
Before a great cause
When does it start?
Place ...
... is expected to be cleared!
Emerging from the cover
The chief's order
The patrol leader
Battalion Adjutant is wounded
Our Stukas are punctual as always
Meter by meter ...
... the company crawls...
... in anticipation of the decisive moment
The short break
The firepower is brought forward
"Goal is achieved!"
Now the artillery will speak
The front soldiers of 1940
The front soldiers of 1940
Sleep is important ...
... and munitions too
Good camouflage is a half of success
Same goes on
And then the Pioneers come
Across the Schelde, the Meuse and the Rhine ...
Water ...
... can't stop
On the other side
Soon the bridge will be here!
The observer
The fire protection
Corporal and private
Across the open field
Lull in fight
The sergeant
Is not that bad!
The doctor returns
Things went well again
Everyone is found
Dismount
Where is the Tommy?
A quick gulp
Connection, connection!
Soldier and ...
.. reporting war correspondent
Nothing like dismount the motorcycles!
PAK is preferred
Hundred meters ditch ...
... feels like a mile long
Forward, forward
But the blessing comes from above
As practiced a thousand times
But some remains
Be careful
Pursuit
Resistance in the city...
...will soon be broken
The dispatch rider
"Let's go!"
Between two orders
But there was not much time
The long arm of the infantry
Blast off
The artillery of the ordinary men
Equivalent of a detector mechanism
Self-catering
Only a few lines
For the duty
For the duty
"... We march, we march into France!"
Photos and text by Friedrich Zschäckel