On July 12, 1943, SS Lieutenant Rudolf von Ribbentrop led his Panzer IVs into a storm of Soviet armor at Prokhorovka. What followed was one of the most chaotic and ferocious tank battles in history: ...

Formed from teenage recruits and hardened NCOs, the 12th SS Panzer Division Hitlerjugend entered WWII’s final phase with a ...

The 12th SS Panzer Division was ”Hitler Jugend” (Hitler Youth), named after the youth organization that every young German had to join. The unit did not enter service until April, 1944.

Defending the sector were grenadier units of the 12th SS Panzer Division (Hitler Jungen) supported by elements of the Panzer Lehr Division and from the east, the 21st Panzer Division.

The three are believed to have been members of the 12th SS Panzer Division "Hitler Youth," which was responsible for the massacre of 86 men in Ascq, France, in 1944.

They grew up under the Nazi regime. They pledged to give their lives for Hitler. They were fanatics who would not be stopped. They were the 20,000 teenagers who made up the 12th SS Panzer Division ...

We celebrate 96-year-old Harry Miller of Washington, D.C. who served in World War II, Korea, and Vietnam and confronted Hitler’s elite SS Panzer Division. Warning: Some of the images in this ...

This is a picture of Rudolf von Ribbentrop in his uniform. My great uncle (Rudolf von Ribbentrop) was in the Waffen-SS during the second world war. When he was in Russia he destroied 14 enemy ...