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For a comprehensive understanding of military records, study the article Germany Military Records.
Online Resources
- Name directory to the muster rolls of the Bremen Town Soldiers,1722 - 1791 and 1738 - 1811. Index ($)
- King's German Legion, 1806-1811. Index ($)
Germany Nationwide Records Websites
- Germany & Austria, Directories of Military and Marine Officers - at Ancestry.com ($). 1500-1939. Index. In German.
- Germany and Austria, Military and Marine Unit Histories - at Ancestry.com ($). 1760-1933. Index and images. In German.
- Germany, Military and Marine Weekly Publications - at Ancestry.com, 1816-1942. Index and images. In German.
- German Navy Crew Chronicle - at Ancestry.com ($). 1891-1918. Index. Incomplete.
- Germany, Torpedo Personnel Register - at Ancestry.com, 1911. Index. Incomplete.
- German Casualties in the Franco-Prussian War - at Ancestry.com ($). 1870-1871. Images, no index. In German. Incomplete.
Service Records
- Histories of Two Hundred and Fifty-One Divisions of the German Army which Participated in the War (1914-1918)
- Histories of German and Austrain Division,1917-1918. NAID 6487553 National Archives
- Bavaria, Germany, WWI Personnel Rosters, 1914-1918 (Ancestry) ($) - requires Ancestry Worldwide subscription. Over 8 million records. Records are in German.
Casualty Records
- Germany, World War I Casualty Lists, 1914-1917 (Ancestry) ($) - requires Ancestry Worldwide subscription. Over 5 million records. Records are in German.
- Germany, Navy Casualty List, 1914-1915 (Ancestry) ($) - requires Ancestry Worldwide subscription. Records are in German.
- Genwiki World War I Casualty Lists.
- The World Remembers - WWI Deaths
Prisoners of War
- Numerical Lists of German Prisoners of War Interned by the American Expeditionary Forces in France, 1918-1919 NAID 6706704
- Organizational Lists of German Prisoners of War Interned by the American Expeditionary Forces in France, 1918-1919 NAID 1918-1919
- Lists of German Prisoners of War Assigned to Prisoner of War Company Commanders when Labor Companies were Formed, 1918-1919 NAID 6455801
Cemetery Records
- Database of war graves from WW I and WWII German War Cemetery records database
World War II, 1939 to 1945
1939-1945: World War II. Many German records were destroyed.
Prisoner of War Records
- Prisoner of War Rosters, 1942-1947, National Archives NAID 849166 This collection contains records of prisoners of war interned in the United States
- Records Relating to Prisoners of War, 1942-1927, National Archives NAID 865093 Includes deaths lists sent to the International Red Cross.
- Records Relating to German Prisoners of War, 1943-1952, National Archives NAID 876973
Cemetery Records
- Database of war graves from WW I and WWII German War Cemetery records database