Captured members of the 12th SS Panzer Division (HitlerJugend)

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POW's of the infamous 12th SS Panzer Division eat a meal provided by their Canadian captors in this picture taken on the 15th of June.

The 12th SS drew its recruits from the Hitler Youth and was perhaps the most fanatical of all SS formations.

These individuals were captured in the Rots area, when it was captured from the 12th SS on the 12th of June by the British 46 Royal Marine Commando and the French-Canadian Régiment de la Chaudière (3rd Cdn ID).

The HitlerJugend lost 122 dead and 15 missing in this battle, on top of captured and wounded.

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