Facing the camera, from left to right: SS-Sturmbannführer Werner Ostendorff (Ia Erster Generalstabsoffizier SS-Verfügungstruppe Division), General der Artillerie Georg von Küchler (Oberbefehlshaber 18. Armee), and SS-Gruppenführer und Generalleutnant der Waffen-SS Paul Hausser (Kommandeur SS-Verfügungstruppe Division). This photo was taken between May 10 and 14, 1940, during the German invasion of the Netherlands. At that time, the SS-Verfügungstruppe was under the command of the 18th Army.


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