A photographic survey of a rarely glimpsed side of life in the Nazi Third Reich, reproducing 347 previously unpublished snapshots, some in colour, of the fun-loving, sexually incongruous and work-shy elements of the German military machine. Selected from the Archive of Modern Conflict, these highly personal photographs come from private albums compiled by ordinary soldiers caught up in the Second World War. They record not the bloody battles but the fun snatched by those who would rather be enjoying forty winks, a spot of country dancing or a roll in the hay, and challenge the accepted view of evil men in jackboots.