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Includes Hesse-Nassau (Hessen-Nassau) and Waldeck and Pyrmont

For a comprehensive understanding of military records, study the article Germany Military Records.

Hesse (Hessen)

"Ahead of the 200th Anniversary of the American Declaration of Independence finally began Eckhardt G. Franz and Otto Fröhlich a project at the Marburg Archives School, which was later continued by Inge Auerbach and in the course until 1987 almost 90,000 records for the approximately 19,000 soldiers from Hesse-Kassel, Waldeck and Hesse Hanau collected and printed was published in six volumes. In these publications, the campaign participants are ordered by regiments or battalions and below in turn arranged alphabetically by surname." --Cyndi's List

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

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

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 *[http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liste_der_hessen-kasselschen_Regimenter_der_Fr%C3%BChen_Neuzeit Military Regiments of Hessen-Kassel]
 *[https://www.lagis-hessen.de/en/subjects/index/sn/hetrina '''Hessian Troops in America''']
-::"Ahead of the 200th Anniversary of the American Declaration of Independence finally began Eckhardt G. Franz and Otto Fröhlich a project at the Marburg Archives School, which was later continued by Inge Auerbach and in the course until 1987 almost 90,000 records for the approximately 19,000 soldiers from Hesse-Kassel, Waldeck and Hesse Hanau collected and printed was published in six volumes. In these publications, the campaign participants are ordered by regiments or battalions and below in turn arranged alphabetically by surname." --[http://www.cyndislist.com/germany/military/ Cyndi's List]
+{{Block indent|"Ahead of the 200th Anniversary of the American Declaration of Independence finally began Eckhardt G. Franz and Otto Fröhlich a project at the Marburg Archives School, which was later continued by Inge Auerbach and in the course until 1987 almost 90,000 records for the approximately 19,000 soldiers from Hesse-Kassel, Waldeck and Hesse Hanau collected and printed was published in six volumes. In these publications, the campaign participants are ordered by regiments or battalions and below in turn arranged alphabetically by surname." --[http://www.cyndislist.com/germany/military/ Cyndi's List]|2}}
 ===Germany Nationwide Records Websites===
-*[http://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=1649 Germany &amp; Austria, Directories of Military and Marine Officers] - at Ancestry.com, ($). 1500-1939. Index. In German. <br>
+*[http://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=1649 Germany &amp; Austria, Directories of Military and Marine Officers] - at Ancestry.com ($). 1500-1939. Index. In German. <br>
-*[http://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=2184 Germany and Austria, Military and Marine Unit Histories] - at Ancestry.com, ($). 1760-1933. Index and images. In German.<br>
+*[http://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=2184 Germany and Austria, Military and Marine Unit Histories] - at Ancestry.com ($). 1760-1933. Index and images. In German.<br>
 *[http://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=2199 Germany, Military and Marine Weekly Publications] - at Ancestry.com, 1816-1942. Index and images. In German. <br>
-*[http://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=2390 German Navy Crew Chronicle] - at Ancestry.com, ($). 1891-1918. Index. Incomplete.
+*[http://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=2390 German Navy Crew Chronicle] - at Ancestry.com ($). 1891-1918. Index. Incomplete.
 *[http://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=2407 Germany, Torpedo Personnel Register] - at Ancestry.com, 1911. Index. Incomplete.<br>
-*[http://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=1292 German Casualties in the Franco-Prussian War] - at Ancestry.com, ($). 1870-1871. Images, no index. In German. Incomplete.
+*[http://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=1292 German Casualties in the Franco-Prussian War] - at Ancestry.com ($). 1870-1871. Images, no index. In German. Incomplete.
 ====Service Records====