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  2. Trench coat - Wikipedia

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    Trench coat. A trench coat is a variety of coat made of waterproof heavy-duty fabric, [1] originally developed for British Army officers before the First World War, and becoming popular while used in the trenches, hence the name trench coat. Originally made from gabardine, a worsted wool fabric waterproofed using lanolin before weaving, [2] the ...

  3. Uniforms of the German Army (1935–1945) - Wikipedia

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    The Waffenrock (military coat) was descended from that introduced by the Prussian Army in 1842 and rapidly adopted by the other German states. In its Wehrmacht form as issued in 1935, it was a formfitting thigh-length eight-button tunic of fine feldgrau wool, without external pockets.

  4. List of World War II uniforms and clothing - Wikipedia

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    Peaked cap. Pith helmet. RAC helmet. Rogatywka. Sailor cap. Slouch hat. Soviet helmets during World War II. Stahlhelm (Used by the National Revolutionary Army) Tam o' Shanter.

  5. Greatcoat - Wikipedia

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    The greatcoat: Rear and front perspectives of the uniform greatcoat for an officer of the Light Infantry of the Grande Armée commanded by Napoléon. A greatcoat (also watchcoat) is a large, woollen overcoat designed for warmth and protection against wind and weather, and features a collar that can be turned up and cuffs that can be turned down to protect the face and the hands, whilst the ...

  6. Ranks and insignia of the German Army (1935–1945) - Wikipedia

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    Specialty insignia (NCOs and enlisted) The Heer as the German army and part of the Wehrmacht inherited its uniforms and rank structure from the Reichsheer of the Weimar Republic (1921–1935). There were few alterations and adjustments made as the army grew from a limited peacetime defense force of 100,000 men to a war-fighting force of several ...

  7. Uniforms and insignia of the Schutzstaffel - Wikipedia

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    Schutzstaffel. SS– Gruppenführer Hans Lammers in black Allgemeine SS uniform, 1938. The uniforms and insignia of the Schutzstaffel (SS) served to distinguish its Nazi paramilitary ranks between 1925 and 1945 from the ranks of the Wehrmacht (the German armed forces from 1935), the German state, and the Nazi Party .

  8. Military career of Adolf Hitler - Wikipedia

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    The military career of Adolf Hitler, who was the dictator of Germany from 1933 until 1945, can be divided into two distinct portions of his life. Mainly, the period during World War I when Hitler served as a Gefreiter (lance corporal [A 1]) in the Bavarian Army, and the era of World War II when he served as the Supreme Commander-in-Chief of the Wehrmacht (German Armed Forces) through his ...

  9. Stormtroopers (Imperial Germany) - Wikipedia

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    Stormtroopers ( German: Sturmtruppen[ 2] or Stoßtruppen[ 3]) were specialist infantry soldiers of the German Army. In the last years of World War I, Stoßtruppen ("shock troopers" or "shove troopers") were trained to use infiltration tactics – part of the Germans' improved method of attack on enemy trenches. [ 1]

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