Wehrmacht Soldbuch – Documents of the German soldier in Denmark 1940 – 1945

Wehrmacht Soldbuch is a privately run blog featuring stories of the German occupation forces stationed in Denmark during World War II.
It is not meant to glorify nor condone any extreme political views but presented to you out of an interest in our common history.

A history about a war that caused trauma and death to so many innocent but only consequences to a few.

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The Soldbuch used by the Army (Heer)

This is based on my observations. Feel free to send me additional suggestions & comments. The Soldbuch was a paybook ...
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Hans-Hermann

The story of Hans-Hermann in many ways represents the the fate of German youth in the years 1933 - 1945 ...
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Gerhard

Gerhard was born in 1914 in the city of Wagstadt (today Bílovec) located in the part of the Czech Republic, ...
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Fritz

Fritz was born in 1902 and came from the German city of Schlitz in Hesse. Fritz was not married and ...
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Carl

Carl came from Munich where he was born in 1902. As a teenager, Carl experienced the consequences of war and ...
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August

August was born in the year 1906 and was married to Elfriede. The couple resided in Trautenau / Südetenland and ...
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The cover: German soldiers of Infanterie-Regiment 489 marching in the Danish city of Slagelse.
Photo taken late summer 1940 by a soldier in the 269. Infanterie-Division.

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Second part of the “Gefechtskalender” of 290.

Second part of the “Gefechtskalender” of 290. Infanterie-Division. Some fierce battlers there!
The owner of this Wehrpaß later took part in the Courland fightings and was awarded the Courland Cufftitle.

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Part of the “Gefechtskalender” of 290. Infante

Part of the “Gefechtskalender” of 290. Infanterie-Division found inside a Wehrpaß. A nice detail are the corrected dates.

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Me getting away from people these days. Crazy time

Me getting away from people these days. Crazy times - hope you’re all well out there!
#scandinavia #nordics #denmark #udkantsdanmark #limfjorden #corona #skandinavien #lovescandinavia #outdoor #outdoorpeople #nature

When I’m not posting about the Second World War

When I’m not posting about the Second World War and all the tragedies, I spend time with my girl right here.
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If only these walls could speak.. Regelbau 621 bun

If only these walls could speak.. Regelbau 621 bunker located at Flugstützpunkt Rom in Denmark. This type of bunker was a socalled Mannschaftsbunker (personnel bunker) and housed a 10 man group. 122 bunkers of this type were build in Denmark during the Second World War.
Fun fact: An impressing 23.000 kilos of armoring steel along with several tonnes of other steel types was used in the construction of a single bunker along with 485 cubic metres of concrete.

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Just walking around at the outskirts of my town an

Just walking around at the outskirts of my town and this appears. Interesting. #Wehrmacht #worldwar2 #ww2history #historybuff #militaryhistory #europeanhistory #collectibles #ww2 #ww2german #ww2collector #2wk #history #grenadier #infanterie #militaria #war #collecting #worldwartwo #1940s #atlanticwall #historymatters #thirdreich #military #warmilitaria #wehrmachtmilitaria #heer #militarycollection #livinghistory #militariacollector #bunker

New post on my website www.wehrmacht-soldbuch.com

New post on my website www.wehrmacht-soldbuch.com 👉🏻 Check it out!

More posts to come!

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Little video from my trip to Flugstützpunkt Rom.

Little video from my trip to Flugstützpunkt Rom. #Wehrmacht #worldwar2 #ww2history #historybuff #militaryhistory #europeanhistory #collectibles #ww2 #ww2german #ww2collector #2wk #history #bunker #trench #militaria #war #collecting #worldwartwo #1940s #atlanticwall #historymatters #thirdreich #military #warmilitaria #wehrmachtmilitaria #airforce #militarycollection #livinghistory #militariacollector #luftwaffe

REMEMBER TO SWIPE 👉🏻 Went up to Flugstützpu

REMEMBER TO SWIPE 👉🏻
Went up to Flugstützpunkt Rom today with my girl and a mate to see the old Luftwaffe airfield and fortifications. The airfield and fortifications have more or less been covered by trees over the years but still plenty to see.

Flugstützpunkt Rom was established by the German Luftwaffe in 1940 with the addition of concrete bunkers in 1943. It had 24 camouflaged plane hangers (the square embankments you see) and a series of trenches, depots and Regelbau 621 and Tobruk bunkers. The airfield was at first used for Messerschmitt Bf110 fighter planes and lateron it became a reserve airfield. A total of 250 Luftwaffe soldiers were stationed here. #Wehrmacht #worldwar2 #ww2history #historybuff #militaryhistory #europeanhistory #collectibles #ww2 #ww2german #ww2collector #2wk #history #grenadier #infanterie #militaria #war #collecting #worldwartwo #1940s #atlanticwall #historymatters #thirdreich #military #warmilitaria #wehrmachtmilitaria #heer #militarycollection #livinghistory #militariacollector #bunker

Nice set of documents from Gefreiter Röttmerhusen

Nice set of documents from Gefreiter Röttmerhusen I obtained recently.
The documents include the award document for the Kraftfahrbewährungsabzeichen in Bronze (driver’s badge in bronze) and the award document for the Eisernes Kreuz II Klasse (iron cross 2nd class). The document for the Kraftfahrbewährungsabzeichen was signed by Regiments-Kommandeur Oberst Ranocha who was in charge of Artillerie-Regiment 269 throughout the war. The Kraftfahrbewährungsabzeichen was in this case awarded on the basis of 100+ service days as a driver at the front.
The award document for the EK II was signed by Generalmajor u. Kommandeur der 269. Infanterie-Division Curt Badinsk. It was signed on October 28 1942 whilst the division was stationed at the Leningrad front. #Wehrmacht #worldwar2 #ww2history #historybuff #militaryhistory #europeanhistory #collectibles #ww2 #ww2german #ww2collector #2wk #history #grenadier #infanterie #militaria #war #collecting #worldwartwo #1940s #atlanticwall #historymatters #thirdreich #military #warmilitaria #wehrmachtmilitaria #heer #militarycollection #livinghistory #militariacollector #269infanteriedivision

In 1953 the West German Ministry of Labour release

In 1953 the West German Ministry of Labour released a book containing all of the illness and wound codes used by the former Wehrmacht from 1896-1945.
I’ve been hunting this book for a while and by chance I found it on ebay last week - what a luck!
With this book you can tell the coded hospital entries in the Soldbuch. #Wehrmacht #worldwar2 #ww2history #historybuff #militaryhistory #europeanhistory #collectibles #ww2 #ww2german #ww2collector #2wk #history #grenadier #infanterie #militaria #war #collecting #worldwartwo #1940s #atlanticwall #historymatters #thirdreich #military #warmilitaria #wehrmachtmilitaria #heer #militarycollection #krankheit #militariacollector #wound

An original leave pass issued by the Wehrmacht in

An original leave pass issued by the Wehrmacht in 1937. Gives free travel to the soldiers destination of stay during his leave. #Wehrmacht #worldwar2 #ww2history #historybuff #militaryhistory #europeanhistory #collectibles #ww2 #ww2german #ww2collector #2wk #history #grenadier #infanterie #militaria #war #collecting #worldwartwo #1940s #atlanticwall #historymatters #thirdreich #military #warmilitaria #wehrmachtmilitaria #heer #militarycollection #livinghistory #militariacollector #269infanteriedivision

The postman had a little something for me today. M

The postman had a little something for me today. More info to follow! But I can reveil that one of the seen documents was signed by Generalmajor u. Träger des Ritterkreuzes des Eisernen Kreuzes Curt Badinski. #Wehrmacht #worldwar2 #ww2history #historybuff #militaryhistory #europeanhistory #collectibles #ww2 #ww2german #ww2collector #2wk #history #award #infanterie #militaria #war #collecting #worldwartwo #1940s #atlanticwall #historymatters #thirdreich #military #warmilitaria #wehrmachtmilitaria #heer #militarycollection #ironcross #militariacollector #269infanteriedivision

Swipe to see the photos👉🏻Went out to the cra

Swipe to see the photos👉🏻Went out to the crash site of Lancaster EE138 today to pay my respect.
Lancaster EE138 was downed by the German JU88-6 night fighter coded D5+AX on September 4 at 0233 hrs while being on it’s way back to RAF Binbrook from an air raid over Berlin. It was the crew’s 24th mission. All 8 men on board were killed, 7 of them are still inside the fuselage today which has sunken into the ground. Back in 1943 this was marshlands and all of the bodies but one couldn’t be evacuated from the fuselage. Note the ages - the pilot was only 30 years old and his 2nd pilot only 22, both Australians.

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Something new and exiting for the collection! Awar

Something new and exiting for the collection! Award document for the iron cross 2nd class signed by the last commander of 269. Infanterie-Division, Generalleurnant Wagner! Awarded on March 1st 1945! #Wehrmacht #worldwar2 #ww2history #historybuff #militaryhistory #europeanhistory #collectibles #ww2 #ww2german #ww2collector #2wk #history #ironcross #infanterie #militaria #war #collecting #worldwartwo #1940s #award #historymatters #thirdreich #military #warmilitaria #wehrmachtmilitaria #heer #militarycollection #livinghistory #militariacollector #269infanteriedivision

Interesting mix of both military issued and civili

Interesting mix of both military issued and civilian sweaters and slippers worn by soldiers of Infanterie-Regiment 489 during their time in Denmark late 1940. #Wehrmacht #worldwar2 #ww2history #historybuff #militaryhistory #europeanhistory #collectibles #ww2 #ww2german #ww2collector #2wk #history #grenadier #infanterie #militaria #war #collecting #worldwartwo #1940s #atlanticwall #historymatters #thirdreich #military #warmilitaria #wehrmachtmilitaria #heer #militarycollection #livinghistory #militariacollector #269infanteriedivision

On page 20 in the German Wehrpaß you’ll find in

On page 20 in the German Wehrpaß you’ll find information about which weapons and weapon systems a soldier was trained on during his service time.
In this photo we see that the soldier was trained on the MG34, the Mauser 98 rifle, the Luger P08 pistol, the sub machinegun, the MG42, the rifle grenade launcher for Mauser 98k rifles, the anti tank rifle and last but not the least, the light mortar. Pretty extensive weapons training I would say! #Wehrmacht #worldwar2 #ww2history #historybuff #militaryhistory #europeanhistory #collectibles #ww2 #ww2german #ww2collector #2wk #history #mg42 #mg34 #militaria #war #collecting #worldwartwo #smg #mg #historymatters #thirdreich #military #warmilitaria #wehrmachtmilitaria #heer #militarycollection #boom #militariacollector #mortar

Soldiers from Infanterie-Regiment 65 enjoying a mo

Soldiers from Infanterie-Regiment 65 enjoying a moment in the field. Note the tent construction made by combining multiple oneman tarps. Also interesting to see the darkish uniforms which appear to be drill uniforms. Photo taken ca. 1936. #Wehrmacht #worldwar2 #ww2history #historybuff #militaryhistory #europeanhistory #collectibles #ww2 #ww2german #ww2collector #2wk #history #tent #infanterie #militaria #war #collecting #worldwartwo #1940s #militaryexercise #historymatters #thirdreich #military #warmilitaria #wehrmachtmilitaria #heer #militarycollection #livinghistory #militariacollector #militarytraining

Cheer up! It’s weekend! Men from Infanterie-Regi

Cheer up! It’s weekend!
Men from Infanterie-Regiment 65 enjoying a night out (ca. 1936). #Wehrmacht #worldwar2 #ww2history #historybuff #militaryhistory #europeanhistory #collectibles #ww2 #ww2german #ww2collector #2wk #history #grenadier #infanterie #militaria #war #collecting #worldwartwo #weekend #beer #historymatters #thirdreich #military #warmilitaria #wehrmachtmilitaria #heer #militarycollection #livinghistory #militariacollector #Bier

Part of my collection. These are all from soldiers

Part of my collection. These are all from soldiers who served in 269. Infanterie-Division. #Wehrmacht #worldwar2 #ww2history #historybuff #militaryhistory #europeanhistory #collectibles #ww2 #ww2german #ww2collector #2wk #history #grenadier #infanterie #militaria #war #collecting #worldwartwo #1940s #269infanteriedivision #historymatters #thirdreich #military #warmilitaria #wehrmachtmilitaria #heer #militarycollection #livinghistory #militariacollector #soldbuch

Imagine coming around the corner to clear a bunker

Imagine coming around the corner to clear a bunker and this little window is the first and the last thing you see.. It’s an embrasure for a machine gun and a German Regelbau 621 type bunker like this one had two entrances, each with an embrasure at the end of the staircase.

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The Leitbunker at Stützpunkt Stavning in Denmark.

The Leitbunker at Stützpunkt Stavning in Denmark. From here the artillery fire would be lead by the battery commander.
It’s a small bunker placed behind the lager Regelbau 686 type bunker which had a 19,4cm artillery cannon installed.

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Went out today to see Stützpunkt Stavning located

Went out today to see Stützpunkt Stavning located near the village of Stauning. It was build in January 1944 and is located inland, near the fjord. The Stützpunkt was intended to protect the coastline out to the west and the harbor in Hvide Sande.
In the photos you see the only finished Regelbau 686 type bunker build in Denmark during the war. It held a 19,4 cm cannon which was only testfired twice before the war ended.
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Two bunkers, Regelbau 668 I believe, located north

Two bunkers, Regelbau 668 I believe, located north of Søndervig close to my home. They are part of 59. Stützpunktgruppe Söndervig. Swallowed by the ocean.

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