Who is The Most FAMOUS German Soldier of WW2?

[@Kriegter]

And now, he's immortalized in historical RTS games.

[@xptaco2298]

@@JA37Viggen Real Time Straghty

[@tinchorb1340]

@@JA37Viggen i think that means Real Time Strategy

[@super-copter27]

HOI3

[@fuzenudle]

@@super-copter27 yeaaaa

[@eggsbenedict96]

@@super-copter27 glad I'm not the only one who had that game come to mind

[@therealwalter]

Bro I swear 1939 cameras are better than current cctv cameras

[@lorenzob3400]

I can take a picture with my cell phone and make it look like this pic.

[@lightup6751]

This is restored…

[@coolboi1232]

​@@lightup6751r/woooosh

[@lightup6751]

@@coolboi1232 you missed this one, champ

[@coolboi1232]

@@lightup6751 wut

[@wafflepv]

He’s literally on one of the HOI3 Steam backgrounds

[@gvinpiv2.035]

I just realized that Hans was still alive when HOI3 came out… holy crap

[@thee20thdoctor18]

@@gvinpiv2.035 imagine seeing that, as unlikely as that is. How would you feel? Your own personal experiences, the trauma, the struggle, used by mere chance in a piece of simple entertainment. Enraged? Saddened? Glad to move on? Maybe old? So old that people have become emotionally removed from the horrible war you once fought in. Crazy to think about

[@unlikelyatol]

@@thee20thdoctor18 id imagine hed not mind it as it is only a picture of him and not of the acts he committed

[@thee20thdoctor18]

@@unlikelyatol I suppose.

[@australium7374]

@@thee20thdoctor18 if that was me I would probably play the game

[@Drebel503]

He looked more manly in his early 20s than most men in their entire lives.

[@banziattack1354]

Stress will do that to ya

[@omairtech6711]

@@banziattack1354 War is very stressful, but he lived till the age of 95. Amazing.

[@Call_me_daddy6]

@@omairtech6711 and he smoked

[@omairtech6711]

@@Call_me_daddy6 One of my uncles is in his mid 70's and has been smoking since he was a teenager. He's still going strong as well. It's just strange.

[@Bahamut998]

I think genetics and food was simply better in WW2 era. None of that fake GMO shit. Most of these men were farmers who had been raised on real butter and milk and bacon. That's why they looked damn good too. Look at their skin, no skincare whatsoever yet looking great. It's food and genetics.@@omairtech6711

[@waltuh11121]

I don't know why but this is one of my favourite photos of WW2. You can see in his eyes that he is tired

[@manicmartyr69]

Or on that pervitin.

[@chrisfrank1860]

​@@manicmartyr69 That late in the war pervitin was very hard to come by. They mostly gave it to pilots than when they had to fly long missions. They realized very early that pervitin wasn't really effective. It makes sense if you have to stay awake for 1 or 2 days but then the negative effects become to strong. You have to rest a few days before it becomes effective again.

[@ilwa324fg6]

The shock on his face indicates that he is about to enter a real combat

[@Notaghost603]

The kind of tired that sleep won’t fix

[@boozbeatzproductionz]

And scared

[@SugarKalamay]

Since nobody wants to do it, let me. HANS, GET THE FLAMMENWERFER!! 🔥

[@laurenceandrewmislos1300]

Jawohl!

[@HerrLindstrom]

Hans: "I couldn't find the flammenwerfer so I brought the panzer division instead!"

[@Random_chaos_diver]

@@HerrLindstrom good enough

[@lunaz_here]

@@Random_chaos_diver yea, but its not a war crime anymore. we need that warcrime for extra flavor!

[@Random_chaos_diver]

@@lunaz_here ah I see carry on we need more spice in the dish that is this bloody god forsaken war

[@pizzacutter5469]

Apparently his real name is Heinz Mäger. There is an interview with him on KZbin.

[@pitch1691]

Where can I find that

[@skyninjaslayer337]

Send link

[@pizzacutter5469]

@@skyninjaslayer337 kzbin.info/www/bejne/bHjVdYSqYrubja8 its in German tho

[@pizzacutter5469]

Minute 5:30

[@christoph3187]

@Pizza Cutter: thanks for the link, some really tough content to watch, worthwhile but sad

[@Huh-c3m]

He’s known as ✨H A N S✨

[@Someone-vq6jk]

What is this from?

[@NySx_lol]

And for his special, He Carries a Flammen Werfer.

[@No_fritz01]

​@@NySx_lolI hope you're joking.

[@Zelurpio]

@@TASwims Unfunny. If you make stupid "Hans, get ze..." jokes, you are 90% an american wehraboo who has no roots in Germany

[@vetnome]

@@No_fritz01 what did he say

[@raugasai9135]

Can't really point my finger as to why WW2 German soldiers looked so badass. Their photos made them look battle-hardened & tough as nails --- kudos to their propaganda department. Then again, they almost single-handedly brought Europe to its knees so their performance matched their image & reputation. Their black uniforms (especially the Waffen-SS) & their Stahlhelm helmets made you feel as if you're facing off against a battalion of Darth Vaders 😂

[@kenwaltson7113]

The truth about WW2 is antisemitic

[@tahnolikessharing]

You’re seriously glorifying a regime & its atrocities because they looked cool? Is it cool to be invaded, treated as subhuman, have half your family murdered in front of you, sent to a camp to be worked like a dog, starved, gassed, or executed for any reason these people see fit? You can say these soldiers were just doing their duty and didn’t know about all that, but YOU know better, and yet you still applaud them. So you either support that ideology, or you’re too immature to understand the horror of war & genocide. And make no mistake, it wasn’t just war/imperialism, it was genocide.

[@kedanClipse]

@@tahnolikessharing holy shit snowflake. Did you run out of milk and have to use water in your cereal this morning?

[@OhioYANKEE1865]

@@tahnolikessharing let’s ignore the Japanese detention camps here in America during that time and the fact that Jim Crowe existed the waffen SS was the most diverse army on the planet at the time 😂😂😂

[@pogofgreed3707]

@@tahnolikessharing at what point was he glorifying. He literally said they just looked badass. Stop putting words into his mouth.

[@A.RandomGuy]

Surviving a war just to become a Meme On Reddit. And considering he lived until 2011, HE PROBABLY KNEW ABOUT IT!

[@dankengine5304]

He was old so maybe not

[@karlsnow5281]

95 years old

[@Poodleinacan]

I doubt it. I've only started seeing it a few years ago on some Discord servers and communities that some would call racist. It's not a mainstream shared or memed image.

[@madarauchiha_6262]

Not A war the biggest war you mean

[@ilovepopeyesbiscuitswithno7981]

@@madarauchiha_6262 it's still a war though

[@manhavai]

He was holding a 1911 and smoking a lucky strike, LEGEND

[@misterm5011]

I think it's a high power

[@riograndedosulball248]

It's a Browning High Power, they were manufactured in Belgium before the war. The factory was eventually captured by the Germans, who started issuing them to their troops It is arguably a superior gun to the 1911

[@luger_Mann]

I believe it's a hi-power, the hi-power was one of the only handguns manufactured by both allied and axis forces during the war and most hi-powers were issued to ss troops, plus they are in Belgium, where the hi-power was being manufactured

[@mattlf9120]

Without a doubt, it's a FN Browning Hi-Power.

[@anaklngameplayer2549]

He also lost the war

[@zacharymaat1662]

Man it’s crazy I’m 23 and just out of college looking to start a career, he’s 23 and probably one of the older members of the group who has only known war since his teen years…. Glad he survived and hope he had some sort of normal life after the war

[@stumble_leiner]

Uh... Do you realise who he was fighting for? 😅

[@Von_99Slingshot]

​@@stumble_leiner for his country.

[@1dkWhatToWrite]

@@Von_99Slingshot Not exactly, while this is probably true, he is in the SS which swears allegiance to Hitler, not Germany itself, though it could just be that he’s fighting for both.

[@wowimtrash5443]

​@@1dkWhatToWritess doesn't explicitly mean he was a hard core nazi. There were many different ss units. Most were infantry or attached to armor units as special forces if you will or shock troopers.

[@justicartiberius8782]

@@1dkWhatToWrite Everyone, even the Wehrmacht, had to swear allegiance to Hitler. And no, you were not able to choose, they just enlisted you and made you swear your oath. Also; The SS also just drafted regular germans soldiers into their ranks because of their high losses. The fighting SS was just like the fighting german soldier. The guys that guarded the Concentration Camps, on the other hand, are a totally different matter. But even among those there are stories of compassion and helpfulness. We don't know anything about him, except that he was a soldier during the second world war who fought for germany. That's it. Everything else are assumptions.

[@C254D]

Rest easy Hans, your Flammenwerfer will forever werf flammen.

[@justinbieber8028]

Imagine saying rest easy to a nazi

[@1223-k5r]

@@justinbieber8028 imagine thinking every German soldier was a nazi...

[@ragingcamper3967]

@@justinbieber8028 imagine being dumb

[@-sixy-]

@@justinbieber8028 most German soldiers didn’t want to fight for hitler soooo

[@babyyoda3497]

@@justinbieber8028 Imagine being american

[@glennbrymer4065]

I've been looking at this picture for years. The knife he is carrying in the center of his combat harness always caught my eye.

[@SD78]

Presumably he's a MG42 gunner and the knife is for cutting links.

[@__.santos.__61]

Fala português alien

[@ktiger1766]

He carry Browning HP rather than P38 !

[@josephstabile9154]

German close combat knife. 'Nahkampfmesser'

[@__.santos.__61]

@@josephstabile9154 fala português alien

[@davidthomspson9771]

I painted this scene in oils....it's not a meme..it is one of the greatest images of WW2

[@freckleheckler6311]

I’d love to see! Can you send me a link for it? Or take a picture of it. I too am pursuing artistry.

[@Jdsofar]

you have a photo? id like to see

[@DBNobleman]

The picture of the proned-out German infantryman ready to throw a grenade is powerful, too.

[@hhhzzz7015]

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[@Kimchiboy08]

That ambush area can still be visited today. Same road and nothing much changed.

[@chavoncoleman9187]

wow seriously dam!

[@Kimchiboy08]

@@chavoncoleman9187 yes bro, saw it on a battlefield tour on KZbin somewhere.

[@mullythebully5557]

You could probably find brass there still

[@corylemons7242]

Where is this location?

[@fuckinliveinsin]

what is the exact location?? pls

[@soundblaweiterbla]

He looks worn out. But he lives, he feels it. "If I get through this, I'll get through anything."

[@TheBuckeyeHistoryGuy1776]

Dude giving sympathy to a SS soldier😂😂

[@soundblaweiterbla]

@@TheBuckeyeHistoryGuy1776 No, just sympathy for a young man who was forced by fascists to be burned in a war. Don't you want me to feel sympathy for soldiers of the US empire who are not the slightest bit different from this soldier?

[@seanoreilly915]

I won an art contest for a photo realistic drawing I did of that soldier when I was in high school.

[@Yea___]

Nice

[@clementbianchini8651]

Thank god you won I can’t start to imagine the horrors of WW3 that we would have had otherwise !

[@777XGang]

Peaked in high school huh?

[@FemboyLegendGD]

@@777XGang He just said that he draw this specific picture. U must be mad cuz u didnt peak then, nor now.

[@VitoScaletta1951]

@@777XGangWhat’s up your ass bro

[@face4682]

I've seen this picture in several books and documentaries over the years, and I've always wondered who he was and if he survived the war. Very interesting picture; he looks exactly like what he became: a warrior. I love the ammo belt draped around his neck, and the look on his face. Very authentic!💯💪🏿

[@Barkbatosu]

Bro he was SS let’s not glorify him too much lol

[@rokassan]

As a military history guy I’ve seen this picture countless times. You see these pictures and wonder who is this and did they survive.

[@tbd6682J]

Russians are Red My fingers are Blue We’re stuck in Stalingrad HANS, GETS ZE MG42

[@Streloski]

That actually is very good 😂

[@groundworkcivils7506]

😂😂😂❤❤❤ That's a belter!!

[@groundworkcivils7506]

😂😂😂❤❤❤ That's a belter

[@sven4641]

👏👏

[@itsconnorstime]

AcKtUaLy the sixth army was equipped with the 34 and not the 42. *bucktoothed grin*

[@svyatozar]

Hans was born 1921 and joined the LAH when he was 17. He fought from the first day until the last day of WWII. Specially Greece was very emotional for him, loosing many close friends. Also he has served every front in the war except Africa. About the pictures he only told me that he remembers that day. They had an ambush and after the fight was over, they took food and cigaretts from us vehicles. Guys from the "Propagandakompanie" came by, stopped and asked if they can take pictures. Thats all...nothing spectacular. I think they just liked the heavy armed guys after the fight smoking US Cigaretts. Hans never realised, that the pictures are so famous. We surrendered to US Troops close to Vienna after the US Army promised them, not to deliver them to the Russians. Well, he and many of his comrades where given to the Russians, so he had not a very good opinion about promises of the US Army. After he returned from Russia he suffered many problems because he has served in the Waffen-SS, specially LAH. He had the Iron Cross 2nd class and the silver Close Combat Medal, Assault Badge. He was woundet several times and a russian shrapnell was still in his back until he passed away. He was a great guy, a truly legend!

[@thegermanfool8953]

That's fucking sad man

[@ravenblood1954]

The Waffen SS was one of the most vicious army groups. It’s no wonder he was looked at with suspicion

[@danielgreen3715]

Yes ..Someone who has got his facts right!

[@MikeStuchbery_]

A... great guy? A legend? WTAF?

[@howtoremovealias]

@@MikeStuchbery_ ?

[@andreasiversen3440]

True European warrior. Legend.

[@georgeatkinson1210]

He was SS they were like the main Nazis

[@andreasiversen3440]

@@georgeatkinson1210 What does it mean to be a "main nazi"?

[@fuxihutterer8088]

​@@georgeatkinson1210better herose defenders of europe

[@georgeatkinson1210]

@@fuxihutterer8088 racism, mass murder, rape and genocides are heroic? But I might be misunderstanding this statement because it's fucking wack!

[@paullooney2522]

@@Reggiestreet The evil is the US empire who conducts the evil hordes.

[@traningday]

The young will always be the pawns fighting for the ideals and interest of the old. Rest easy warrior.

[@eisleyism]

It’s really sad Americans and Europeans were killing each other. We need a war against the elite and rich.

[@pohjantuulet247]

War is a necessary tragedy. One does not have to condone it, but acknowledging the violent nature of humans, we will never be truly rid of conflict.

[@rubenchico4931]

a willing and fervently idealogical nazí- he's being tortured in hell for all eternity

[@johkupohkuxd1697]

@@pohjantuulet247 War is not necessary, to even suggest that is asenine. Conflict is inevitable, but for great amounts of time devestating war has been avoided. We are living in such an era in the West atleast, though Putin is rapidly changing that.

[@leonardkurland2982]

SS troops were not drafted, they had to be diehard Nazis. They also ran the Concentration Camps.

[@kilofoxtrotdelta6112]

The picture is famous because of the pistol he had in his hand, the 9mm Browning Hi power, this picture has been reproduced in every modern firearms book. To show the advanced technology of the Germans in 1944.

[@PedroCosta-po5nu]

Meanwhile the Germans had to stick with experimental weapons prone to break down, the american GI had tested and upgraded firearms that were also easy on maintenance.

[@ShiftySheriff2]

@@PedroCosta-po5nu ah yes the mg 42 the most unreliable weapon ever. Even so unreliable that it is used until today. And the Americans, with their... M1 Garand. Yes very reliable.

[@timo4463]

@@ShiftySheriff2 don't forget the kar98 what a shit rifle Cant even shoot 10 meters

[@felixholzhey5026]

@Timo yes, very unreliable, can't even use it for around 40 years

[@legionaryprimedecanus4081]

@@timo4463 uh

[@genericaccount2871]

When I was 23 I was wasting my life and money on whiskey and strippers. These fighting boys were real men.

[@chrisfrank1860]

Oh yes they were. The SS came to my great grandfather and took him with them while 14 years old. He served on the western front and was a Flak Vierling 38 gunner. We was in Frankfurt when the war ended and walked over 150 km home. The grandfather of a friend of me was still somewhere in russia at the end of the war. He walked from russia all the way back to western Germany while evading capture by the russians. Just imagine the strength and determination this man had to get back to his family. Walking hundreds of miles to be with his family again. Germans back than had a great sense for duty no matter if they really believed in the Ideology or not. Where i live in germany there were 80 American casualties in the last days of the war. No matter that there were no ammo anf supplies left they fought with everything they had till their death.

[@boejiden7093]

So same thing soldiers do.....

[@terryadams2652]

No, he would have been a real man if he recognized the evil, and NOT fight. Wasting your money on whiskey is a LESSER evil than fighting a war to exterminate non-Germans. Genericaccount is a cheap date.

[@lorenzob3400]

And when they weren’t fighting they were doing the same thing.

[@davidsphere]

@@chrisfrank1860 No chance I am going to accept any of that. The SS were jackals. A German moved next door to our family. We found out he had to register with the police every Friday ...this was 1976. My parents asked why? He apologised for being in the SS to my mother and father, wth tears in his eyes. My dad who had served in the second world war and lost two brothers in an SS ambush in Holland punched him full in the mouth. Only babies cry. Men have to take responsibility said my dad to the police. There was no charge. The Police respected my dad, not SS scum.

[@georgewilkie3580]

My sincere Thank You to the producers of this Video. Many German Troops fought bravely and honorably. And, they too deserve to be remembered. Allow me to also add the I am an American combat Veteran (U.S. Army 505th PIR 82nd Airborne Division), and my Father fought in the WW2 "Battle Of The Bulge" (The Germans designated this Battle, "Operaton North Wind")

[@Aigamebots]

Миллионы гражданских правда сожгли, а так да храбро и достойно. Вот так и оправдываются фашисты в наше время.

[@janw.8978]

Danke für deine Worte.... DANKE🙏

[@jimmyf8847]

Ngl this bruh look so gangsta 😭😭😭🔥🔥🔥🔥

[@JACKAL98]

For real looks like a guy you don't wanna fuck with

[@nihilisticbarbie]

He got that shit ON

[@BARBARYAN.]

Foreaaal The dudes drip is on another level especially since this was after he and his boys wasted some mericans…and he’s smoking one of their cigarettes like an OG haha such a badass bruh

[@LayneStaley-zl2iq]

@@BARBARYAN. He was forced to do so. He hardly looks like some mindless "g." Who would enjoy killing people.

[@Bahamut998]

In reality he was probably exhausted and tired of this fucking war, but yeah, he does look badass. He would probably tell people not to wish for war if he lived today. Greatest generation.

[@him1016]

He looks so tired, not just physically, but tired of the war

[@TheBuckeyeHistoryGuy1776]

For a SS soldier?

[@pulpoGallego27]

​@@TheBuckeyeHistoryGuy1776 Why not?

[@PaintDropMVP]

Damn, If you think "German soldier" this is the image that pops in your head, That war had great soldiers.

[@Ethan.YT.]

And great engineers, they made a rocket

[@prosaic.7944]

@@Ethan.YT. And for Americans they did many😁

[@davidoftheforest]

he was SS

[@lesduffey6032]

Sure, a handsome German soldier in battle is great for propaganda purposes, but according to U.S. soldiers captured German soldiers were nothing like the blue eyed blond hair killers they were expecting, instead they got tiny, ugly, beady eyed S.O.B.'s

[@ishmael1555]

@@lesduffey6032 are you describing yourself? Lmao

[@koz449]

Of coarse he s tired. He s been in battle. My Dad was a ww2 vet. Saw battle. But also guarded German soldiers because coming from the Dutch country in Penn. He spoke German. He played cards with them. My Dad was a card shark. Brought home all kinds of German jewlery, rings , weapons, etc.

[@joshuabacharach8124]

Idk what it is about his face that just speaks so sincerely for their dire situation

[@jacksaunders325]

If they saw how call of duty vanguard portrayed their struggles they would be disgusted

[@sexhaver32_31]

yes, the struggles of not being able to wipe an entire race off the face of the earth

[@mariosmatzoros3553]

@@sexhaver32_31 It wasn't just one race they were trying to wipe out...

[@mariosmatzoros3553]

Also no game or movie has ever portrayed war in a realistic way, that would be boring and uninteresting to those who are not deeply interested in history.

[@danilapolesciuk4316]

@@sexhaver32_31 you don't deserve to talk about anything to do with WW2 if you think the N@zis wanted to eradicate only 1 race

[@keck4022]

@@danilapolesciuk4316 it’s more like they wanted to just keep one race

[@TheLordNovo]

Rest In Peace brother. You served your country honorably. Truly the greatest generation

[@tequilawatcher2177]

He was an SS…

[@TheLordNovo]

@@tequilawatcher2177 I’m well aware. I see no reason that should change things. The only ones that don’t deserve respect are the Bolshevists

[@fuxihutterer8088]

@@tequilawatcher2177 even better real Chad

[@Twin_Turbo]

@@tequilawatcher2177 he still loyally served

[@bastian9693]

@@tequilawatcher2177 did he really have a choice 🤷🏼‍♂️ The German people and youth were brainwashed into believing they were morally right and the allies were fighting to destroy their German nation.

[@1889AP]

RIP Hans, a Hero of his time

[@jclevine9266]

He was an ss??

[@1889AP]

@@jclevine9266 And? He was apart of an elite fighting division. Even better.

[@jclevine9266]

@@1889AP yea but I wouldn’t really say rest in peace, he supported genocide. And I wouldnt call him a hero. If you’re a Nazi than yes he was a hero. But not to an American.

[@emilianbizga1492]

​@@jclevine9266 you laughable Hollywood cowboy.... you still think that americans liberated Europe? This was the very last knights fighting for the classic Christian Europe. Stop chewing the juice propaganda.

[@lightup6751]

@@1889APhe wasn’t a hero. he supported the death of millions if innocent and unarmed families. no difference between nazis and slave traders

[@tizanikandothers]

Fun fact: the American convoy was composed by M4A1 SHERMAN'S 76 M8 GREYOUND and many armored cars

[@jpmonkman]

Ive been seeing this picture for more than 20 years,its good to know who he was.

[@schmegoogie]

He's my great grandfather and his name was "Homer Franz Obszarski" and I named my son after him.

[@Inderastein]

January 2011... He would see his face everywhere in youtube and die happy knowing he made a big popular legacy

[@schmegoogie]

He didn't die on 2011. He's my great grandfather and his name was "Franz Obszarski" and I named my son after him.

[@alejandrofallas9734]

His eyes could tells thousands stories...that young man saw hell inside out and back and forth. And yes without a doubt is one of the most iconic photographs of WW2.

[@IzayaTijisPrincess]

Sure he did. Gunninh down american children and massacring prisoners in a field, guy had some shit on his soul

[@DudeMan2805]

And he’s got a Browning High Power in his hand

[@Grim-uu8dr]

He’s got taste

[@DudeMan2805]

@@Grim-uu8dr indeed he does

[@havingfun5636]

Or an FB Radom, which is badically a better Version, which was produced in poland pre war, and when germany took over, production was still going on

[@DudeMan2805]

@@havingfun5636 pretty sure it’s historically acknowledged to be a High Power they were producing them in Belgium at the time and this photo was taken during the battle of the bulge literally look up “browning high power ww2” and this pic will show up

[@Matt_J98]

The Waffen SS used lots of foreign weapons because at first they were on the police budget, and had to repurpose a lot of captured equipment. When Belgium fell in 1940 the factory that made the Hi-Power was acquired by the SS.

[@mitchallen5819]

I remember around 2011-2013 I was walking out of Sam's club and walked past a WWI vet. To this day I wish I had spent more time with him.

[@gangiskhan6948]

There was only one world war 1 veteran left in 2011 and none after that…

[@mitchallen5819]

@@gangiskhan6948 I guess I seen the last then 🤷‍♂️

[@fakeFeetus]

My friend s gramps served as a pilot on DDay. It was the only day of action he saw. His plane went down and his arm blown off below the elbow, as the plane fell(lost its tail) his rear gunner climbed down the plane strapped him into a chute the carried him up to the hole and threw him out. They both survived the war in a german pow camp

[@jakemocci3953]

I talk to the old timers every chance I get, I volunteered at the VFW with my Scout troop when I was real young, just when all the WW2 vets were starting to pass away. Listening to their stories was some of the most fulfilling time I’ve ever spent, I’m incredibly thankful that I did. There’s a 94 year old at my gym who was at the Chosin, he’s my buddy right now.

[@mitchallen5819]

@@fakeFeetus reminds me of what I learned about George Bush Sr. From watching Mr. Ballen on here (he's a retired navy seal).

[@superhakker3198]

Dec 18th on my birthday. I'm an American of German decent so it's neat to see things like this

[@gaborszadai1992]

Decent...?

[@Rif_Tv_Gaming]

His Name was Johann. He died 7. Januar 2011 in Erbach/Odenwald and is burried in Michelstadt/Odenwald. He was, so to speak, my neighbor.

[@sofiigarietti7340]

1942: Hans is a good soldier of the reich 2018: Hans is a good Port picture 2019: HANS GET ZE FLAMMENWERFER 2020: Hans is a good meme 3019: Hans is a good religion 489931: Hans is a good GOD

[@HeinVonderweid]

WTF is wrong with you? 😬😅

[@Omar-oe7jr]

Only allah is god

[@Saadto2K]

@@Omar-oe7jr fax

[@Carbon-fan]

​@@Saadto2K bot

[@alexander.b.2023]

Richtig gesagt. So läuft es.....

[@rionjames]

Is this lad an historian or is he just narrating someone’s hard work and effort of someone else finding out who this soldier is?

[@greenstatue46]

Yes he is a historian I found him react to vanguard I think.

[@weakestbutterscotchenjoyer]

He's a historian buff

[@mrvensgaming8864]

You know they're legitimate when they hold their headphone mic like that 🤣 dislike and don't recommend as soon as I see that shit 🤓

[@theleetworldbest]

Most likely narrating, as there still is debate about the identity. The name Hans Tragarsky is from a post that claimed he met the man, but there was nothing to back this up. Allegedly the man is now dead, from old age.

[@DizzleOfficial]

Just cause he has a history channel doesn’t mean he is claiming to be a historian or that this is his personal research

[@peppybobanny1157]

I had this picture in some WW11 history books my mother purchased for me when I was young. I had the one with the cigarette. Although the enemy, he looks badass battle hardened, ready for action.

[@Asyraf738]

Rest easy Hans, thanks for your service

[@revanamell1791]

Dude was in an SS Division...

[@Asyraf738]

@@revanamell1791 That dude not killing a jew bro, he buzy gunning Yankees

[@revanamell1791]

@@Asyraf738 as much as dead Americans tickles me, the Nazis were awful and nobody in the Wehrmacht was clean.

[@davemathew5236]

@@revanamell1791 The guys that write those comments probably don't even know what the SS was lol

[@BARBARYAN.]

@@revanamell1791 before you judge, first seek to understand the education most western nations teach are all simply delusional lies and far from truthful. But if you search for the honest truth then be prepared to look at this worlds current downfall in darker lenses then you’re probably comfortable with. Good luck friend.

[@DDCCO61]

When I was in the Military I was handed a book by an NCO and it was written by an American war correspondent and it was a very good break down of about 14 weeks of combat. It was very interesting to see how the Allied NCO tacticians began surviving and generating predictable scenarios of initial encounters of first contact with German positions. Some German units began to change their gameplay but often it was too late. In several of the accounts it seemed they were heavily reliant on support systems that were never coming but had little or no response to such shortages. Tit-for-Tat warfare did not suit their tactics.

[@RobertWF42]

Were Allied tacticians able to predict where the Germans would next attack or lay ambushes?

[@trolltalwar]

They were reliant on support systems that never came because it was the end of the war and they were absolutely depleted after fighting for 6 years. Would of been a different story if USA and germany went head to head in 1939

[@FilipMarzec_]

Do you remember the title of that book?

[@realisticww1gaming-thegrea525]

Rest In Peace to him, Hans 🕊

[@theomorsdorf5897]

He's a nazi tho

[@crabrangoon2493]

No he was a nazi

[@user-su6ts9wm1h]

piss* nazis

[@theskiypdee]

Follow your leader🤯🔫

[@Sturmsoldat400]

@@theskiypdee lösch dich

[@bluecher1233]

My ancestor was in the First Waffen SS Panzerdivision he died i the age of 17. He was the driver of the Phanter( in the famous battle where 1 Tiger and 1 Phanter hold of the entire american army until thier ammo and fuel ran out)i belive and he was the only survivor. Later he was found dead in france.

[@julius7146]

May he rest in Piss 🙏

[@bluecher1233]

@@julius7146 thanks

[@rwps3677]

@@julius7146 You too 🙏

[@Phonehomefool]

@@julius7146 Same to you.

[@imveryepic2577]

The Waffen-SS wanted to see the world burn. Except for the SS conscripts toward the end of the war. The schutzstaffel was a paramilitary organization formed originally to guard Hitler’s meetings before the Nazi’s took over. During the war, they were the organization responsible for the holocaust, This man’s ancestor was an SS tanker. I’m going to hope he was a conscript, if not it is high likely that he is a die-hard nazi.

[@MarcDevereaux1959]

Being a WWII history buff, I’ve seen this photograph in war films and photographs many times in my lifetime.

[@dionlarman7489]

So happy to hear he made it

[@Htchhgjhhchc45]

My boy HANS 🖤

[@baneblade48]

He's now immortalized in many gamer profile pictures

[@holgerlinke98]

his actual name was johann from the Sudetenland, so the guy didn't just lose the war but also his family home, home town, home region. He died in Erbach (Odenwald) on 7. January 2011.

[@andreraymond6860]

The title of this video is somewhat misleading. I was expecting something about Otto Schorzeny.

[@DudeMan2805]

Otto was one very sexy looking man

[@deadmangaming2535]

Nah, you'd know if it was old scar face Schorzeny himself.

[@jakemocci3953]

Strangest thing is that he worked for the Mossad post-war

[@caleb2507]

@@jakemocci3953 he worked for everyone after the war. Though I believe he was a die hard NS, it is interesting that he worked with them. I think he knew that freedom was lost forever and chose to make his remaining years as “easy” as possible. Sad to see that they were right and people still cant see that 🥲

[@andreatomasi3755]

And now hans is a meme

[@mikeguy72]

:0

[@tailung9841]

You mean the name Hans, or this guy?

[@Tanknuggets217]

@@tailung9841 Both

[@alifr4088]

@@tailung9841 Both

[@samgibson7881]

The information regarding this soldiers name and post war testimony is based off a erroneous 2000s forum post. Some guy claims to have known and talked to the solider in the photo.This guy provided zero evidence to support his claim (as is usual on the particular forum) and disappeared to never post again afterwards. We don’t actually know who the person is nor when he died and if he even survived the war.

[@schmegoogie]

He was my great grandfather and his name was Franz Obszarski. I named my son after him.

[@vincentrobinson9325]

Years ago I tried all I could, to find out who this dude was .now I know good work . 🤘🏻🙂 looking forward to more of your segments

[@fluffybunny510]

"Hans, it's a machine gun"

[@soundblaweiterbla]

EEEERIKA................

[@donjuanmckenzie4897]

Baaaased Long life has been granted to this hero Achilles reborn

[@internetstrangerstrangerofweb]

FINALLY I’ve been looking for some confirmation

[@schmegoogie]

He was my great grandfather and his name was "Franz Obszarski" I named my son after him.

[@galaxywolf969]

The look in his eyes is haunting. We see it so often amongst soldiers of WW2. War with no let up. What a piece of work is man? How noble in reason! How infinite in faculty! in action how like an angel. in apprehension how like a god! the beauty of the world! the paragon of animals! What a terrible shame is war.

[@yudiamond1437]

Glad to hear he survived. I've always wondered what happened to him any time I see this picture

[@Ajet_]

He has finest german engineering on his side

[@Sal_283]

Ma impugna una Browning HP 35 calibro 9mmparabellum

[@Arnor2207]

His name is really hans lol

[@slickrick8279]

HaAaAans Get zeh Flammenwerfer !

[@TR33ZY_CRTM]

What did you expect? Hans is a very common German name.

[@ad220588]

Nope His name is Johannes aka Hans, John

[@jessestout8646]

Great job figuring out this information! 👍🏻🙂

[@paolochang4142]

Hans...get ze zigaretten

[@kevinm1827]

Omg he is on the cover of my world history textbook!!!

[@NguyenLyubyuStrana]

Rest easy Hans,you and your flammenwerfer will alway be remember

[@alexsmith-ob3lu]

Wow, thank you for posting! Amazing story!

[@shaider1982]

His image is either said to be at the close to the start or at the end of ww2. Thanks for the clarification.

[@mikeyoung8293]

I've seen his photo many times and often wondered. Thank you

[@schmegoogie]

He was my great grandfather and his name was Franz Obszarski. I named my son after him.

[@BeefyEmpanada]

At least as young man like him got a second chance at life and lived it to the fullest.

[@antoneckhart6004]

I love that pic so much.

[@2close4missiles88]

Imagine all the innocent people his company killed who didn’t get a second chance. Bummer.

[@Ali.MMA.]

War is not images, it is not feelings, it is not for heroes, and it is not for cowards. War is a hell that devours everyone, and in it everyone is equal

[@BARBARYAN.]

The dudes drip is on another level especially since this was after he and his boys smoked some mericans and he’s smoking one of their cigarettes like an OG haha such a badass bruh

[@timh6792]

A true Chad and a true hero. Thank so! You and the other soldiers who fought for our people‘s freedom will always be remembered. Rest in Peace✝️🖤🤍❤️

[@adailydaughter6196]

Who's "freedom"?

[@johnmcloughlin5275]

​@@adailydaughter6196 The freedom of the German people. As it had been so late in the war it was obvious what would happen to Germans under allied "liberation" if you look into the mass rapes and murder of innocent civilians by the allies after they liberated towns and villages it is no wonder they fought so hard for their country. To any German soldier or civilian still living at this stage of the war the thought of allied victory was a nightmare and that nightmare became a reality.

[@needmoredan]

@@johnmcloughlin5275 cope harder

[@johnmcloughlin5275]

@@needmoredan what?

[@kozmokramer7398]

​@@johnmcloughlin5275cope harder

[@pappilboy]

He's also the most popular pfp used by 8th graders in Discord

[@waffen72894]

Yep that includes me

[@MrTubbymarshall]

Whoever he was, he’s a handsome young soldier. And I’m glad he survived. Too many did not. Respect those soldiers, friend or foe, fighting for what they believed in, and survival.

[@patrickbaumhahn3555]

A true hero

[@oldtruthteller2512]

What makes him a hero?

[@ConspiracytardHunter420]

He's a nazi wtf is wrong with you

[@johnmcloughlin5275]

​@@oldtruthteller2512 The truth

[@BARBARYAN.]

@@oldtruthteller2512 oh my friend I hope you continue to discover the reality and truth. I believe in you, keep digging and you’ll have a sudden realization of wtf is happening right now worldwide and WHY it’s happening. Just don’t pass judge until you understand every aspect as to why Germany was the last hope for the world before the entire planet invaded their home and laid waste to all Germans not just soldiers but so many innocent civilians suffered horribly at the hands of the reds and “allied” forces. Fyi, there were sikh, African, Muslim, Japanese, South Americans, and many other units in the German military that did their part and knew Germany wasn’t evil. There are so many pictures of non white soldiers in German uniforms not just Wehrmacht uniforms but indeed there were special battalions in waffen uniforms who had extraordinary importance to Germany and were treated very nicely.

[@juicedbeetlejuice4572]

Literal Nazi

[@jakemocci3953]

He’s a hero

[@dr.woozie7500]

He was in a unit that massacred civilians in Poland and Ukraine. Not a hero in my book.

[@jakemocci3953]

@@dr.woozie7500 Civilians or communist partisans? My girlfriend’s grandma lived in the Ukraine during the war, she said the Germans treated them very well, and were handsome too.

[@dr.woozie7500]

@@jakemocci3953 SS-Panzergrenadier Regt 1 "LSSAH": en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/1st_SS_Panzer_Division_Leibstandarte_SS_Adolf_Hitler They were responsible for numerous war crimes during the war including killing of civilians, burning and looting villages under Joachim Piper. They were also responsible for the Malmedy massacre (84 surrendered US soldiers machine gunned in a field) and Wereth 11 (11 African American soldiers tortured and killed) during the Ardennes offensive, which is when the image was taken.

[@dr.woozie7500]

@@jakemocci3953 Your anecdotal evidence of the Germans treating them well is distant from the reality of the war, unfortunately. I have numerous relatives on my mother’s side who had their villages burned by Germans and friends killed for being suspected partisans.

[@aidan883]

@@dr.woozie7500 sounds like they deserved it if you’re this annoying

[@ronlackey2689]

This was the beginnings of the Battle of the Bulge. He looks like a fierce opponent. Respect.

[@robertstrachan3828]

One of the most famous picture of ww2, never seen the picture before

[@Lawrence_L1]

Really? Wow, that’s pretty impressive to be fair.

[@robertstrachan3828]

@@Lawrence_L1 yeah no only seen the second one, and thats with being a big history buff

[@SubaruPieter]

Very impressive. This is one of the first WW2 pics I've seen, years ago.

[@timo4463]

@@robertstrachan3828 same I really love reading or watching stuff about ww2 but never really saw the Pic maybe one or two times but like never Really memoriesd it

[@Lawrence_L1]

I read somewhere in this comments section that it’s not necessarily true, and there’s no actual evidence to support this. It’s based off a claim on a forum. But that doesn’t really matter. This photo could mean anything. It could be of anyone. To me that’s the beauty of it. His expressions are haunting. It doesn’t glorify the war, or war in general. It’s a screenshot in time. And not knowing who this photo is of is, to me at least, a part of the beauty.

[@Ohhiohh]

Ss divisions commited war crimes

[@sinisterisrandom8537]

His name is Heinz Mager

[@yourarseismine1016]

@@Ohhiohh HUR DURR DURR

[@magniwalterbutnotwaltermag1479]

@UPPERCUT 101 yeah and? You really gonna compared a river of blood to an ocean?

[@jakemocci3953]

@@magniwalterbutnotwaltermag1479 I’d be willing to bet that we killed more civilians in our strategic bombing campaigns than the Germans ever did in warcrimes.

[@christinarobleto1786]

I wish we could get the story of the shell shock guy with the sick smile

[@ToasterStrudelFan]

Bro fr got one of the hardest looking pictures in history.

[@NosferatusLair]

It's proven as fact he ISNT Hans

[@schmegoogie]

He was my great grandfather and his name was Franz Obszarski I named my son after him

[@xwinghax]

Most immortalized by edgy fashwave editors

[@lemin_88]

I like fash but edits suck

[@tylergeorge4141]

@@lemin_88 based

[@Yea___]

@@lemin_88 🤨🤨🤨🤨🤨🤔🤔🤔🤔🤔🤔🤔🤔🤔🧐🧐🧐🧐🧐🧐🧐🧐🧐🧐🧐🧐🍷🍷🍷🍷🍷🍷🍷🍷🍷🍷🍷🍷🍷

[@maxmight9533]

heros never die...

[@dr.woozie7500]

He was in an SS unit known for war crimes in Poland and Russia.

[@dr.woozie7500]

@Mental zombies i wouldn’t equate the US army in WWII to the systematic murder or millions of Jews and Slavs by the Nazis.

[@dr.woozie7500]

@Mental zombies yea only issue is that the Nazis committed far more than anyone else in Europe.

[@dr.woozie7500]

@Mental zombies In summary, SS Nazis should not be called heroes

[@JimmyC-lx2hx]

@@DrBased killing other white Europeans is cringe not based, killing commie is based

[@tcretella1]

Thank you for sharing. I was an avid reader of this period and I recall this picture clearly. Now I know the history of him. I hope he was a good soldier and not a Nazi. Rest in peace

[@HeyitsthatguyMatt]

Recognized him from the loading screen in BF1942 Forgotten Hope Mod

[@brysonkuervers2570]

I almost forgot about that mod. It was amazing

[@schmegoogie]

He was my great grandfather and his name was Franz Obszarski I named my son after him

[@badhabit3737]

Brave young men.. When you're having a bad day at work believe me it's probably not that bad..

[@181baddog]

Glorifying SS troops is beyond pathetic. The amount of war crimes the SS committed is unreal

[@Mr.Universe]

Brave sure fighting for on the wrong side of history...definitely.

[@181baddog]

@@Mr.Universe forcing women & children into barns before setting fire to the barn, executing civilians and POWs is the opposite of brave my dude. All while hopped up on Nazi amphetamines, yeah super brave right

[@Mr.Universe]

@@181baddog umm..thats what i meant when i said that in my last comment there's nothing honorable about these SS guys...i was being sarcastic.

[@caleb2507]

@@181baddog Like the allies didnt do anything either? Both sides did messed up things. That doesnt mean you disrespect either side, especially the ones who fought in that hellish war. You have no idea if this man was part of anything, do not assume. You cannot judge the past based on our knowledge now, that is how history is skewed. While I am not condoning the actions of many of the SS, many also fought and did not participate. Have some respect for the dead please

[@snowsoldier_9775]

He's in meme called "Hans get ze Flamethrower"

[@jamesbarca7229]

Whenever I see pictures like this I wonder if the soldier survived the war and assumed he probably didn't. It's good to know this one went on to live a long life.

[@Oozy9Millimeetah]

Don't know whats so "cool" about the picture to me it looks like an exhausted young man.

[@TheRedDevil83]

Ruhe in Frieden 😢

[@TheRedDevil83]

Amen😢🇩🇪

[@zaynevanday142]

This picture is actually part of a video

[@johnb.8622]

Everybody making jokes about "Hans, get ze Flammenwerfer!", and here we actually have Hans from Kampfgruppe Hansen 🤣

[@bobbrowning653]

A True Warrior, just defending his HOMELAND, REST IN peace.

[@lorenzob3400]

WHAT!

[@Call_me_daddy6]

germany invaded whole europe ,north africa and russia .Germany wasnt a defending country they were the attacking invaders.

[@fxlx8248]

Fool

[@bobbrowning653]

@@fxlx8248 You are a Bigger Fool

[@bobbrowning653]

@@fxlx8248 AO,