On October 3, 1939, Wehrmact infantrymen advance thru Poland, setting fires in the hedges and surrounding countryside to destroy every conceivable sniper position. Warsaw had fallen on September 27, and all Polish resistance would cease on October 6. Germany suffered only 13,891 fatalities in the month long campaign. (scanned by HOS Bandit)

Scorched Earth

Officers and enlisted men of the Leibstandarte SS Adolph Hitler, take a break on a dusty Polish road, as a building burns in the background. (scanned by HOS Bandit)

Leibstandarte SS Adolph Hitler

Wehrmact troops smile and wave for the camera as they march across the border from Belguim to France in 1940. (scanned by HOS Bandit)