How fit was the average German (Wehrmacht) soldier during ww2?
How fit was the average German (Wehrmacht) soldier during ww2?
Benjamin Hill
Zachary Morales
Sneed feed and seed
Formerly Chuck’s fuck and suck
Logan Martin
Probably the same as most other nations but not as skinny as a Russian soldier
Ryder Cruz
He's not Wehrmacht. In general, SS men (at the beginning of the war) had requirements to get in, some of them being quite stringent (no false teeth, over 6 foot for Hitler's bodyguard). Generally they were a cut above the rest, except for SS leaders, which Wehrmacht generals often lamented was a loss of the best manpower.
Average Wehrmacht soldier at the end would've been a conscript, and average SS soldier at the end could've been anyone from all over europe, including lithuanian, estonian, latvian, french, italian etc.
Tyler Torres
>asks about the Wehrmacht posts ss
They were pretty solid at the beginning of the war but after battles at the eastern front it all went down hill. They went from the average Arno Breker sculpture to lanklet track athletes
Grayson Butler
FItter than you
Jaxon Evans
Charles Parker
I heard somewhere that politically the NSDAP had a cultlike attitude towards physical fitness.
Michael Lopez
Depends on the year
Brody Brown
This.
Robert Reyes
There are still a few you can ask.
Brody Bennett
>tfw you were just following orders
Charles Jackson
I know, my grandfathers, one italian and one british soldier, spoke highly of the germans that they'd had the chance to meet before and after the war. There is one bad story that my italian grandfather gave from 1943 but there were reasons for that. Sadly both of them are resting in peace now.
Justin Martin
Wasn't Italy just a comedy relief character?
Jaxon Young
'The German soldier has impressed the world, but the Italian soldier has impressed the German Soldier' - Erwin Rommel.
In general, Italy did not have a lot of morale for the war, and they had bad equipment, but the soldiery themselves weren't bad. They performed admirably in certain areas, like for example the charge at Izhbushensky on the Eastern front.
Noah Ross
Its navy wasn’t. But yeah, it lacked the support of most of the country, which wasn’t the case with Germany (one big strong proud nation, at the time of course). Lacked discipline, good generals, training, etc etc
Charles Turner
Their optimal weight corresponded with their height at an estimated 15% body fat.
They did lots of calisthenics and natural strength lifting via hiking/marching with gear. Cardio was done as well with hiking/marching.
Noah Brooks
TIL even Hitler worked out. Apparently he used some kind of arm extender machine because he wanted to develop his biceps.
Elijah Gray
What is optimal weight for 5'10" guy according to them?
Logan Sanchez
Great endurance, which is the most important attribute on the battlefield.
Daniel Clark
together with bucketloads of pervitin.
Gavin Cruz
After most of them got fucked to death the only ones left were 15 year old skinny conscripts.
Lots of genetic factors can go into this that could change the optimal weight