The following is a general overview of the Heer main uniforms, used by the German Army prior to and during World War II.
Color poster showing the insignia, patches, hats and uniforms of the German Army. The poster features two figures: one is a German soldier wearing the gray-green wool field uniform and the other is a German soldier wearing the olive cotton tropical (Afrika Korps) uniform. Also depicted are the national emblems worn on headgear.
Heer belt-buckle
Enlisted infantryman's M36 uniform. Note the dark-green collar and shoulder straps (with white Waffenfarbe), the Litzen collar insignia, and the Wehrmachtsadler above the right breast pocket.
Germans in Paris, 1940
The Luftwaffe was the air force of Nazi Germany prior to and during World War II. Luftwaffe styles of uniform and rank insignia had many unique features between 1935 and 1945. By Hitler's decision on
Uniforms of the German Army (1935–1945)
…swamp pattern), and Platanenmuster (plane tree pattern). Splinter Pattern was originally used for tents but was later applied by the Luftwaffe to the knochensack jump smocks of the Fallschirmjäger, and fashioned into camouflage smocks for the infantry, while Platanenmuster was worn by the Waffen-SS. Flecktarn…
Uniforms of the Luftwaffe 1944 (US poster)
Edgar Petersen wearing white tunic uniform
WW2 German air force uniforms officers and enlisted men Illustration: "Handbook On German Military Forces" (US War Department, 1943)
WW2 German Air force uniforms: miscellaneous Illustration: "Handbook On German Military Forces" (US War Department, 1943)