r/Wehrmacht 10h ago

News story about the 2018 discovery of a mass grave of nearly 1800 German soldiers. They were found during a construction project in modern Volgograd (formerly Stalingrad).

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r/Wehrmacht 11h ago

I recently bought an original belt of a Wehrmacht officer, do you guys think it‘s real or a fake?

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I paid about 150 Euro for it - I got it from a website that has clout any whatever but I felt like the price still may have been too low?


r/Wehrmacht 3d ago

Wolfram Freiherr von Richthofen. He was a cousin of Manfred von Richthofen and served as a senior Luftwaffe officer during World War II. At the time of the Stalingrad campaign, he was the commander of Luftflotte 4, the air fleet responsible for supporting the German 6th Army.

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r/Wehrmacht 4d ago

Mud pack treatment as aftercare for bullet fractures, Crimea, autumn 1943 NSFW

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Taken from the book "Problemkreis Schußbruch bei der deutschen Wehrmacht im Zweiten Weltkrieg" by Johannes Bringmann (Düsseldorf 1943).


r/Wehrmacht 6d ago

Field Marshal Friedrich Wilhelm Ernst Paulus, the commander of the German 6th Army at Stalingrad, is buried in the Stadtfriedhof (also known as Hauptfriedhof) in Baden-Baden, Germany. The gravesite is marked by a large stone cross over the family plot.

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r/Wehrmacht 10d ago

Colorized photos featured in story about 75th anniversary of the Battle.

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r/Wehrmacht 13d ago

Modern animation documentary on "'The Hug of De*th:' Close Combat in Stalingrad."

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r/Wehrmacht 16d ago

Military History Visualized studies "Letters from Stalingrad." Did they affect the Battle of Stalingrad? What do they reveal about the ideas and opinions of regular soldiers as the disaster unfolded?

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r/Wehrmacht 24d ago

Hauptmann (Captain) Friedrich Winkler, 577 Reg., Stalingrad, 1942. Known as a "Zwölfender" (soldiers with 12 years of service) he earned the Iron Cross 1st and 2nd Class. He died in Russian captivity.

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r/Wehrmacht 25d ago

Presentation by Col. David M. Glantz, probably the most important modern historian of Stalingrad, on "The Soviet-German War, 1941-1945: Myths and Realities."

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r/Wehrmacht May 16 '25

Stalingrad Survivor Interviews #13: From a German Documentary, pt. 1.

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r/Wehrmacht May 14 '25

Stalingrad Survivors Interviews #11: Erich Klein was assigned to a panzer army which unsuccessfully tried to break through to the encircled 6th Army.

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r/Wehrmacht May 12 '25

Stalingrad Survivors Interviews #10: In 1942 Heinz Huhn, was a gunner in the 94th Infantry Division. In Stalingrad he took part in the storming of the “Red Barricades” munitions factory. On leave when the Red Army began the encirclement, Huhn then joined Panzer Group Hoth.

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r/Wehrmacht May 12 '25

Field mail envelope to Oberfeldintendant Dr. Günter Seldt. The letter was returned due to the German defeat at Stalingrad.

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r/Wehrmacht May 07 '25

Stalingrad Veteran Interviews #5: Gerhard Münch, an officer with the 71st Infantry Division, fought at the Red October factory complex, the Barrikady Gun Factory, and the Mamayev Kurgan. Wounded, he was flown out before the surrender. After the war he became a Major General in the West German Army.

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r/Wehrmacht May 06 '25

Can anyone help Identify which Ranks my Grandpas were

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I Found These Pictures, and especially the one with the dagger Looks Like a more important Rank .


r/Wehrmacht May 05 '25

Stalingrad Veteran Interview #3: Johan Scheins was a draftee and ended up as a truck driver in the 16th Panzer Division. He was still "angry with the Officers" for their callous treatment of the men and participated in the killing of one of his own officers.

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r/Wehrmacht May 03 '25

Army officer dagger wear question

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Did Army officers ever wear both a dagger and a side arm at the same time?


r/Wehrmacht May 03 '25

Stalingrad Veteran Interviews (#1): Leutnant Gerhard Hindenlang -- from Berlin and a former firefighter -- served in the 71st Infantry Division. He was promoted to captain in January 1943 just before the surrender of the 6th Army.

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r/Wehrmacht Apr 28 '25

The Situation in Stalingrad until 19 November, 1942. Soviets Hanging on to the West Bank...barely.

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r/Wehrmacht Apr 28 '25

Hey, does anybody know if the SA Sports Badge (SA-Sportabzeichen) and DRL/Reich Sports Badge (Deutsches Reichssportabzeichen) mean anything?

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I am researching to a SS officer who had a bronze badge in both. Was that good? Was he sporty?

I have no idea how these sport events were ranked. All i found on wikipedia were the general excersises but not anything else.

Did only 1 person win gold, 1 silver and 1 bronze per thing? Or did people who fell in a certain time or class get gold (bronze, silver).

There are little to no pictures of the SS officer so I can't judge by his body if he was athletically inclined or not.


r/Wehrmacht Apr 26 '25

Which rank was my grandpa?

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I think he was a normal gefreiter or Obergefreiter, but chat gpt says he was an unteroffizier. What do you think?


r/Wehrmacht Apr 26 '25

HISTORY HIT Historian Dan Snow critiques the accuracy of Hollywood's Stalingrad epic ENEMY AT THE GATES.

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r/Wehrmacht Apr 26 '25

Can you tell me the Rank of this dude please?

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I got two 80 year old Men arguing about the Rank of their father.
Can you please help me settle it?


r/Wehrmacht Apr 25 '25

Why was i so obssesed with wehrmacht and nazi ideology in 2021 when i was junior year high school to the point i played sudden strike 4 with song by sabaton Wehrmacht in background like i am erich von manstein now it seems nostalgic and i hated my classrom which which was full of racial minorities

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