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The totenkopf used by the SS is different from that used by the German army in WW2. It's also largely an exaggeration (approaching a myth) that Hugo Boss had much of an influence on the look of Nazi uniforms: those uniforms were based on a universal style used by almost all armies since before WW 1, from Australia to the USA, to Japan etc.
I've often wondered why do various uniforms have those "poofs" on the outsides of the legs just above the knee? Was there a particular purpose to this, or a practical reason, or was it just the result of uniform designers saying "Hey, I kinda like poofs." I think it has also been seen in other areas as well.
They continued wearing WWII German uniforms until they got their own special uniforms after the war. The man who designed the Biber submarine was one of those killed during the demining operations. They had a LOT of deaths and a LOT of accidents. So some naval men served from 1939 to 1948. These would be the longest serving German soldiers in WWII.
The Russian winter was a contributing factor. The German winter is not like the Russian plains winter where the German army advanced. The German army was reportedly still wearing summer uniforms when the Russian winter hit. The winter was one of the coldest for that time period. Hitler refused to send winter uniforms when initially requested.
27.1k 2 90 143. The defeats of 1941 don't explain a uniform change made in 1943, at which point the Germans had long since lost at Moscow (Jan 1942) and exhausted themselves with the offensive towards Stalingrad. By the time the uniform change was made, the USSR could no longer be said to be losing. – SPavel ♦.
The German soldier in these units is in a preferred category and is the backbone of the German Armed Forces. Handbook on German Military Forces, U.S. War Department Technical Manual TM-E-431, 15 March 1945, Chapter 1: The German Military System. Otherwise the Waffen-SS and Wehrmacht generally performed the same role during the war.
I was told by a veteran that it was not until the Korean war that American soldiers began to balloon their pants. Prior to that it was only paratroopers. Can this be validated?
The other two formerly German provinces were Pomerania, and West Pomeria. Pomerania was the southern half of the former German East Prussia, and its eastern boundary formed the dividing line with Prussia (Germany) to the WEST and Poland to the East.
The SA were definitely subject to abuse and ridicule by communists and leftists, focusing on various aspects which probably included their uniform (there are certainly caricatures of German uniforms of the period by the likes of George Grosz, although some uniforms were even more ridiculous, such as the WW1-era cavalry's legendarily tight trousers).
The main practical use for Pickelhaube style spiked helmets was to attract voluntary enlistments as part of fancy full dress uniforms, which was more important in the British and American armies because they relied on voluntary enlistment instead of the draft up until WWI (except for 1863-1865 in the US Civil War).