SZT2978975: Introduction of compulsory military service, 1935 (b/w photo) / Bridgeman Images

SZT2978982: Swearing-in of recruits of the newly formed Wehrmacht in Berlin-Spandau, 1935 (b/w photo) / Bridgeman Images

SZT2978984: Scene from "Soldier Comrades", 1936 (b/w photo) / Bridgeman Images

SZT2978990: Handover of new flags to the Wehrmacht in Berlin, 1937 (b/w photo) / Bridgeman Images

SZT2978996: Swastika standard on the official car of the Reich Minister of War (b/w photo) / Bridgeman Images

SZT2979003: Handover of flags and banners to the military units in Potsdam, 1937 (b/w photo) / Bridgeman Images

SZT2979005: Exercise of the guard regiment on the occasion of Hitler's birthday, 1937 (b/w photo) / Bridgeman Images

SZT2979015: Reichskriegsflagge on a torpedo boat of the Kriegsmarine (b/w photo) / Bridgeman Images

SZT2979017: New troop flag for the Luftwaffe, 1936 (b/w photo) / Bridgeman Images

SZT2979026: Paratroopers during a training, 1940 (b/w photo) / Bridgeman Images

SZT2979029: Motor transport shooters in artificial fog, 1935 (b/w photo) / Bridgeman Images

SZT2979561: The new uniform of the Infantry Regiment "Grossdeutschland", 1939 (b/w photo) / Bridgeman Images

SZT2979566: Detail of the uniform of the Infantry Regiment "Grossdeutschland", 1939 (b/w photo) / Bridgeman Images

SZT2979570: Formal takeover of the Army Motor Transport School in Wuensdorf, 1935 (b/w photo) / Bridgeman Images

SZT2979573: New hats for German naval officers, 1936 (b/w photo) / Bridgeman Images

SZT2979576: A decorated master sergeant with sash (b/w photo) / Bridgeman Images

SZT2979577: Recruits in their room at the barracks in Potsdam-Eiche, c.1900 (b/w photo) / Bridgeman Images

SZT2979579: Inauguration of the Army NCO School in Potsdam-Eiche, 1938 (b/w photo) / Bridgeman Images

SZT2979582: Soldier salutes next to a door, 1936 (b/w photo) / Bridgeman Images

SZT2979592: Assembling a machine gun, 1940 (b/w photo) / Bridgeman Images

SZT2979593: Cleaning of guns after a training, 1940 (b/w photo) / Bridgeman Images

SZT2979600: German submarines, 1935 (b/w photo) / Bridgeman Images

SZT2979601: Commissioning of Z5 Paul Jacobi, 1937 (b/w photo) / Bridgeman Images

SZT2979603: A German destroyer, 1941 (b/w photo) / Bridgeman Images

SZT2979606: The destroyer Leberecht Maass, 1937 (b/w photo) / Bridgeman Images

SZT2979609: German sailors with exotic animals, 1934 (b/w photo) / Bridgeman Images

SZT2979613: German fleet visit in Swinoujscie, 1933 (b/w photo) / Bridgeman Images

SZT2979617: Gambling in Berlin, 1919 (b/w photo) / Bridgeman Images

SZT2979620: World economic crisis: unemployed porcelain workers with a giant coffee pot, 1932 (b/w photo) / Bridgeman Images

SZT2979627: World economic crisis: banks, stock market, Protest in front of the Berlin Stock Exchange, 1931 (b/w photo) / Bridgeman Images

SZT2979628: World economic crisis: banks, stock exchange, Meeting of creditors after the collapse of a Berlin bank, 1932 (b/w photo) / Bridgeman Images

SZT2979630: World economic crisis: banks, stock market, People in front of the Stock Exchange in Berlin, 1931 (b/w photo) / Bridgeman Images

SZT2979633: World economic crisis: banks, stock market, Collapse of the Handelsbank in Berlin, 1931 (b/w photo) / Bridgeman Images

SZT2979634: Disused railway workshops, 1930 (b/w photo) / Bridgeman Images

SZT2979636: View of a covered parking during the Great Depression (b/w photo) / Bridgeman Images

SZT2979637: View of a covered parking in Niederschoeneweide during the Great Depression (b/w photo) / Bridgeman Images