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Approximately three million German prisoners of war were captured by the Soviet Union during World War II, most of them during the great advances of the Red Army in the last year of the war. The POWs were employed as forced labor in the Soviet wartime economy and post-war reconstruction. By 1950 almost all surviving POWs had been released, with ...
The Eastern Front [j] or the Russian Front was a theatre of World War II fought between the European Axis powers and Allies, including the Soviet Union (USSR) and Poland. It encompassed Central Europe, Eastern Europe, Northeast Europe ( Baltics ), and Southeast Europe ( Balkans ), and lasted from 22 June 1941 to 9 May 1945.
The bombing of Dresden was a joint British and American aerial bombing attack on the city of Dresden, the capital of the German state of Saxony, during World War II. In four raids between 13 and 15 February 1945, 772 heavy bombers of the Royal Air Force (RAF) and 527 of the United States Army Air Forces (USAAF) dropped more than 3,900 tons of ...
Potsdam-Babelsberg, Gau March of Brandenburg, Nazi Germany. Allegiance. Nazi Germany. Service/ branch. German Red Cross. Rank. SS- Obergruppenführer. Ernst-Robert Grawitz (8 June 1899 – 24 April 1945) was a German physician and an SS functionary ( Reichsarzt, "arzt" meaning "physician") during the Nazi era .
Army Medical Service (Germany) The Army Medical Service ( German: Sanitätsdienst Heer or Sanitätsdienst des Heeres [1]) is a non-combat specialty branch of the German Army traditionally responsible for providing medical services within the army, and which has a humanitarian function during armed conflicts in accordance with international ...
Flag of pilot vehicles and pilot signal. The height or width of the white stripe was one fifth of the height of the inner flag. 1935–1945. Identification mark of Weserlotsen vehicles. Placed in the topmast and indicated that the pilot vehicle has ready-to-use pilots on board. The size ratios of the flag were 5:9.
Uniforms of the German Army (1935–1945) Color poster showing the insignia, patches, hats and uniforms of the German Army. The poster features two figures: one is a German soldier wearing the gray-green wool field uniform and the other is a German soldier wearing the olive cotton tropical (Afrika Korps) uniform.
The Grand Cross of the Iron Cross ( German: Großkreuz des Eisernen Kreuzes) was a decoration intended for victorious generals of the Prussian Army and its allies. It was the second highest class of the Iron Cross, following the Star of the Grand Cross of the Iron Cross, which was awarded only twice. Along with the Iron Cross 1st and 2nd Class ...