What is the youngest age soldiers could be for the Germans?
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What is the youngest age soldiers could be for the Germans?
I want to get into re-enactments playing a Waffen-SS troop in 1944-45, but I don't know how young they would accept males for it to be historically accurate.
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Re: What is the youngest age soldiers could be for the Germa
17 years was the norm., after they'd done the compulsory 12 month stint with R..A.D.
...how old are you?
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...how old are you?
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Re: What is the youngest age soldiers could be for the Germa
17, but sometimes younger within the SS and later the Heer and Lufwaffe as the war dragged on.
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Re: What is the youngest age soldiers could be for the Germa
Well, that's the thing. I'm fourteen years of age but I'm still working on my SS uniform. So maybe by the time I'm finished I might be 16 or 17... I am also from West Virginia USA.
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Do 12th SS then as stated and act as the "bubi" of the group, meaning the baby faced one
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Lol but if you saw my face you would swear i look like I'm older!
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Even if you look 16, you'd still be "bubi"
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Don't let the age fool you 10 year old Hitler Youth kids killed Russians........ Even if they didn't kill very many LOL
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It's not the age that matters, but the look, one thing that makes a huge difference is the haircut!
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Very true. I have been slicking my hair back like people did back then for a while now
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Re: What is the youngest age soldiers could be for the Germa
Some reference work for you
http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2446 ... rgrenadier
If you can get past his slightly dubious political affiliations that he had in later life.
http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2446 ... rgrenadier
If you can get past his slightly dubious political affiliations that he had in later life.
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It looks like a very interesting book! I will have to read it. I still have 2 years before I'm 16, by then hopefully I will have my 12 SS Uniform ready to go.
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