This Waffen SS Division has a tainted history because initially its soldiers were recruited from concentration camps. But that does not alter the fact that men of the 3rd SS Panzer Division Totenkopf Division were some of the toughest soldiers Germany (Perhaps the world) ever produced.
There are instances that Totenkopf committed atrocities. in war it is not all black and white; There are grey areas. There is a thin line between ruthlessness and inhumanity....
There are instances that Totenkopf committed atrocities. in war it is not all black and white; There are grey areas. There is a thin line between ruthlessness and inhumanity....
Totenkopf in action in Iassy, Romania. 1944. To stop the Russian assault.
During Operation Konrad 2 in Hungary, 1945
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| Totenkopf construction unit |
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| Theodor Eicke, the brilliant commander of the Totenkopf |
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| Death notice of Theodor Eicke. He was killed in 1943 in Russia during fighting |
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| The Totenkopf Division in 1941. Early days of Barbarossa |
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| In a Kubelwagen in Russia |
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| The soldier displays the division's logo, the "Death's Head" |
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| During Barbarossa |
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| A medic examines a wounded motorcyclist from the reconnaissance battalion of the SS Division "Totenkopf". |
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| A soldier from SS Division "Totenkopf" with artillery range finder |
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| Totenkopf on the streets of Kharkov (March 1943) |
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| Kharkov again |
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| Men from Totenkopf on the move in Russia |
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| Russia |
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| The aggressive highly motivated soldiers. It shows in the eyes. |
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| The tough men at Kursk |
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| Russia |
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| The tough training regimen of the future Totenkopf soldiers |
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| With Russian POW |
Suggested Reading On Totenkopf