GERMANY - 1944: Towards the end of the war, the Germans established an entire SS Panzer Tank Division with the majority of its recruits being 16- and

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GERMANY - 1944: Towards the end of the war, the Germans established an entire SS Panzer Tank Division with the majority of its recruits being 16- and 17-year-old boys from the Hitler Youth brigades. In late 1944, the People's Army was formed ("Volkssturm") in anticipation of an Allied invasion. Men of all ages, from 16–60 were conscripted into this army. In the photo is young boy wounded on his arm.

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Location: GERMANY
Photo credit: © Roman Nerud / Alamy / Afripics
License: Royalty Free
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