German soldiers, one a gefreiter, stand with a group of barefoot village children in white head scarves and peasant dress, probably in Ukraine in 1941

German soldiers, one a gefreiter, stand with a group of barefoot village children in white head scarves and peasant dress, probably in Ukraine in 1

German soldiers, probably engineers, on a pile driving platform in Germany in 1945

German soldiers, probably engineers, on pile driving platform over water; printed on a postcard. "German pile driver." Germany. 1945

German spy Josef Schoner being tied to a stake prior to his execution, Braunschweig, Germany, 1 June 1945

Photograph. German spy Josef Schoner being tied to a stake prior to his execution; a coffin lies on the ground nearby.

German spy Josef Schoner slumping on the stake after being shot by firing squad, Germany, June 1945

Photograph. German spy Josef Schoner slumping on the stake after being shot by firing squad.

German spy, Heinz Petry, executed near Braunschweig, Germany, 1 June 1945

Photograph. Two German Red Cross aides placing the corpse of Heinz Petry into a coffin after his execution by firing squad.

German street scene in 1945

5th Armored Division in Germany. German street scene in 1945.

German street with destroyed buildings and working streetcars in Kassel, Germany in March 1946

Destruction from Allied bombing to Kassel buildings; German civilians, surrounded by debris, are on the street with working streetcars.

German submarine after a hit by a U.S. torpedo in Atlantic Ocean in 1943

German submarine after a hit by a U.S. torpedo in Atlantic Ocean. "File No: W-ES-90-68715. July 16, 1943.

German Tank and Infantry Attack

German tank buried in rubble, Castelforte, Italy, 1944

Photograph. Two GIs examine a German tank buried in rubble in the middle of a bomb-damaged city street.

German tank destroyed by American bombers in Italy in May 1944

258.Photograph. '19 May 44. MM-5-44-5493. Fifth Army, Esperia Area, Italy.

German tank positioned on the military crest of a hill in Italy in 1944-45.

207.Photograph. "German tank positioned on the military crest of a hill.