SZT2979222: MG position of the Wehrmacht during a maneuver in the 30s (b/w photo) / Bridgeman Images

SZT2979246: Soldiers lay marking panels during a maneuver in the 30s (b/w photo) / Bridgeman Images

SZT2979255: Maneuver ball in Berlin, 1940 (b/w photo) / Bridgeman Images

SZT2979258: Soldiers and girls at a maneuver ball, 1935 (b/w photo) / Bridgeman Images

SZT2979270: Young men at medical examination for military service, 1940 (b/w photo) / Bridgeman Images

SZT2979306: New recruits are dressed up, 1934 (b/w photo) / Bridgeman Images

SZT2979339: Swearing in of officer cadets at the Luftkriegsschule (officer candidate school of the Luftwaffe) in Gatow, 1937 / Bridgeman Images

SZT2979348: Recruit arrives in a barracks, 1936 (b/w photo) / Bridgeman Images

SZT2979357: Officers of the Wehrmacht at the Kriegsschule (military school) in Berlin in the 30s (b/w photo) / Bridgeman Images

SZT2979375: Dummy tank during a maneuver, 1937 (b/w photo) / Bridgeman Images

SZT2979378: Armored reconnaissance tank of the Wehrmacht in the 30s (b/w photo) / Bridgeman Images

SZT2979390: Armored regiment of the Wehrmacht during a parade in Berlin, 1938 (b/w photo) / Bridgeman Images

SZT2979414: Demonstration of armored troops at the Reichsparteitag (Nuremberg Rally), 1935 (b/w photo) / Bridgeman Images

SZT2979417: Tanks at the Imperial Party Congress in Nuremberg, 1935 (b/w photo) / Bridgeman Images

SZT2979423: Swearing in of recruits of the Armed Forces, 1938 (b/w photo) / Bridgeman Images

SZT2979426: Demonstration of the armored force at the Reichsparteitag (Nuremberg Rally), 1936 (b/w photo) / Bridgeman Images

SZT2979241: Anti-aircraft machine gun of the Wehrmacht during an exercise, 1935 (b/w photo) / Bridgeman Images

SZT2979247: Heavy machine gun during a maneuver of the Reichswehr, 1930 (b/w photo) / Bridgeman Images

SZT2979477: Military parade of the Wehrmacht on the occasion of Hitler's birthday in Berlin, 1939 (b/w photo) / Bridgeman Images

SZT2979259: Soldiers and girls at a maneuver ball, 1935 (b/w photo) / Bridgeman Images

SZT2979268: Military music (b/w photo) / Bridgeman Images

SZT2979277: Recruit is being dressed up, 1938 (b/w photo) / Bridgeman Images

SZT2979334: Entrance of the Lufkriegsschule Gatow in the 30s (b/w photo) / Bridgeman Images

SZT2979337: Noncommissioned officers of the Wehrmacht in the Kriegsschule Potsdam, 1938 (b/w photo) / Bridgeman Images

SZT2979403: Panzer I at the shooting of a movies in Wuensdorf, 1936 (b/w photo) / Bridgeman Images

SZT2979406: Panzerkampfwagen I during a military review, 1935 (b/w photo) / Bridgeman Images

SZT2979415: Military parade of the Wehrmacht on the occasion of Hitler's birthday in Berlin, 1939 (b/w photo) / Bridgeman Images

SZT2979418: Panzer I pass through a town in the 30s (b/w photo) / Bridgeman Images

SZT2979424: Armored reconnaissance vehicle of the Wehrmacht in the 30s (b/w photo) / Bridgeman Images

SZT2979433: A department of the Wehrmacht parades through Potsdam, 1936 (b/w photo) / Bridgeman Images

SZT2979451: Military parade of the Wehrmacht on the occasion of Hitler's birthday in Berlin, 1939 (b/w photo) / Bridgeman Images

SZT2979457: Military parade of the Wehrmacht on the occasion of Hitler's birthday in Berlin, 1939 (b/w photo) / Bridgeman Images

SZT2979463: Military parade of the Wehrmacht on the occasion of Hitler's birthday in Berlin, 1939 (b/w photo) / Bridgeman Images

SZT2979466: Military parade of the Wehrmacht on the occasion of Hitler's birthday in Berlin, 1939 (b/w photo) / Bridgeman Images

SZT2979469: Military parade of the Wehrmacht on the occasion of Hitler's birthday in Berlin, 1939 (b/w photo) / Bridgeman Images

SZT2979511: Recruit training at the grenade launcher (b/w photo) / Bridgeman Images