German soldiers from the 3. SS-Panzer-Division Totenkopf discuss a defensive action plan with the Tiger heavy tank commander from the 503rd Wehrmacht Heavy Panzer Battalion. Eastern Front, Operation Citadel.
SS-Panzer-Division Totenkopf is the Waffen SS unit was formed from October 16 to November 1, 1939 at the SS training camp in Dachau as a motorized infantry division. The division was based on the rank of SS Totenkopf, as well as officers of the SS reinforcement units and SS-Heimwehr Danzig. The first commander of 3. SS-Panzer-Division “Totenkopf” was the founder of the concentration camp inspector Theodor Eike.
Location: USSR
Photo Time: July-August 1943
Photo by: Merz