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There was a cotton "drillich"uniform, used during basic training and as work uniform. Next to that there was an " everyday woolen uniform, mosttimes used, and recycled , especially during the last part of the war. Lastly there was an "A" uniform, most often new, and not to ...

As far as I know, officers of the Wehrmacht during ww2 had to buy their own personal weapons; I've read it at multiple sources and the vast range of weapons supposedly taken from german officers would reinform that. There's probably a official decree somewhere; I'll see if I can track it down but my...

...It is therefor possible that a let's say a '34 helmet was re-issued in 1944. The class "B"uniforms for example for new enlistees were mostly recycled, and some had little holes in them (Moths?) giving rise to the sour joke that these were bulletholes, and that the jacket had come off a...

Generally the smaller calibre pistols were preferred by officers not at the front, that didn't want to be encumbered by a heavy metal piece in their belt on a daily basis - even 6.35 cals were in use. Front officers wanted the larger 9mm pistols. Don't forget that officers had to buy their own guns,...

German helmets must be the most falsified piece of war collectible there is; original shells even in good shape are fairly cheaply obtainable and after redecaling and repainting they are aged by among other methods digging them down in earth for a little while. The best trickjobs require laboratory ...

According to the book 'The War Magician' about stage and africa-campaign magician Jasper Maskelyne, Hitler was a huge fan of the prewar Mandrake movies which featured a dapper magician with, yes, a short moustache and even a very familiar black hairlock.

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I can add a bit here. Fact: after some time in the field a woolen uniform would be ripped and torn, stink of cordite and sweat and urine and fire smoke and tobacco, be soiled by diarreah and motor oild. worn ragged in places like the neck, be sprinkled with anti-lice powder...you wouldn't want to we...

Its not Nazi its a Roman Legionaire salute the Nazis copied it along with battle standards during their parades and stuff. It was widely used in Europe long before Hitler and the Nazis showed up. The modern salute used by most militaries is just a modified version of the Roman Legionaire salute. Oh...

Regular army salute - is that today's standard rigid hand toward the right side of the cap or brow?

WHEN was a salute used? When receiving an order, meeting a higher officer. Would a salute always be returned?

I am aware of several saluting variations but wonder if there are more and how they differ in meaning. The first I know of is the party salute: regular right hand, rigidly extended pointing about 45 degrees upwards. Then some kind of right hand salute horisontally and tightly across the chest, finge...

Razor blades and soap was available from the depot. An interesting fact is that such items were then deducted from the soldier's paycheck. I can't answer with certainty for tooth paste.

Not that russian aerospace engineers fared any better. Stalin motivated them for the entire war by keeping them imprisoned in research camps while threatening to wipe out their families. Can't say if conditions improved after the war but I wouldn't bet on it.

Thank you Milan! This is very interesting and useful reading to me. It strikes me that I know little about 'billetting' as such; could I ask you to tell about this practice?

Don't say it is a canteen, photographed from the side?