GERMANY - 1944: Towards the end of the war, the Germans established an entire SS Panzer Tank Division with the majority of its recruits being 16- and 17-year-old boys from the Hitler Youth brigades. In late 1944, the People's Army was formed "Volkssturm" in anticipation of an Allied invasion. Men of all ages, from 16-60 were conscripted into this army. In the photo is young boy wounded on his arm.

GERMANY - 1944: Towards the end of the war, the Germans established an entire SS Panzer Tank Division with the majority of its recruits being 16- and 17-year-old boys from the Hitler Youth brigades. In late 1944, the People's Army was formed ("Volkssturm") in anticipation of an Allied invasion. Men of all ages, from 16-60 were conscripted into this army. In the photo is young boy wounded on his arm.