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Tuesday, December 12, 2023

II.Abteilung / SS-Panzer-Regiment 1 LSSAH in Kursk


SS-Sturmbannführer Martin Gross (left, Kommandeur II.Abteilung / SS-Panzer-Regiment 1 "Leibstandarte SS Adolf Hitler") reviews a map with SS-Obersturmführer Rudolf von Ribbentrop (wearing glasses, Führer 6.Kompanie / II.Abteilung / SS-Panzer-Regiment 1 "Leibstandarte SS Adolf Hitler"). This picture was taken by SS-Kriegsberichter Max Büschel - who was attached to the Leibstandarte during the Battle of Kursk, July 1943 - and shows a moment in time when the company commanders regrouped after an earlier tank battle.


While conducting photo research for the George Nipe book "Blood, Steel, and Myth" in the summer of 2011, author Remy Spezzano came across a roll of film that had some rare never before seen shots showing panzer crewmen and officers from II.Abteilung / SS-Panzer-Regiment 1 / SS-Panzergrenadier-Division "Leibstandarte SS Adolf Hitler" during the Battle of Kursk, July 1943.

The images were scanned from an original 35mm contact sheet. Unfortunately the quality of the images are not worthy of reproducing in a book due to all the scratches. However they are of interest to share with fellow enthusiasts on line.

The photos were taken by Waffen-SS Kriegsberichter (war correspondent) Max Büschel who was attached to the Leibstandarte during the summer offensive. Büschel managed to capture a moment in time when the company commanders regrouped after an earlier tank battle.

The photos are shown in the sequence they were taken.




SS-Sturmbannführer Martin Gross (right, Kommandeur II.Abteilung / SS-Panzer-Regiment 1 "Leibstandarte SS Adolf Hitler") reviews a map with his men. This picture was taken by SS-Kriegsberichter Max Büschel - who was attached to the Leibstandarte during the Battle of Kursk, July 1943 - and shows a moment in time when the company commanders regrouped after an earlier tank battle.



SS-Sturmbannführer Martin Gross (right, Kommandeur II.Abteilung / SS-Panzer-Regiment 1 "Leibstandarte SS Adolf Hitler") reviews a map with his men. This picture was taken by SS-Kriegsberichter Max Büschel - who was attached to the Leibstandarte during the Battle of Kursk, July 1943 - and shows a moment in time when the company commanders regrouped after an earlier tank battle.



Men of II.Abteilung / SS-Panzer-Regiment 1 "Leibstandarte SS Adolf Hitler" during the Battle of Kursk, July 1943. This picture was taken by SS-Kriegsberichter Max Büschel - who was attached to the Leibstandarte during the Battle of Kursk - and shows a moment in time when the company commanders regrouped after an earlier tank battle.



Tank crewmen from the 7.Kompanie / II.Abteilung / SS-Panzer-Regiment 1 "Leibstandarte SS Adolf Hitler" refuel their Panzer IV during the Battle of Kursk, July 1943. This picture was taken by SS-Kriegsberichter Max Büschel - who was attached to the Leibstandarte during the Battle of Kursk - and shows a moment in time when the company commanders regrouped after an earlier tank battle.



Having just returned from a tank battle, a panzer crew member receives first aid by having his forearm bandaged up. This picture was taken by SS-Kriegsberichter Max Büschel - who was attached to the Leibstandarte during the Battle of Kursk, July 1943 - and shows a moment in time when the company commanders regrouped after an earlier tank battle.



In this last shot from the sequence of photos, SS-Kriegsberichter Max Büschel snaps a shot of tank crewmen loading 8.8cm shells on the deck of their Tiger tank. This picture was taken during the Battle of Kursk, July 1943 and shows a moment in time when the company commanders from II.Abteilung / SS-Panzer-Regiment 1 "Leibstandarte SS Adolf Hitler" regrouped after an earlier tank battle.


Source :
Remy Spezzano photo collection
https://www.wehrmacht-awards.com/forums/forum/wehrmacht-era-militaria/photos-and-paper-items-forum/545822-rare-photos-lah-pz-rgt-in-kursk-july-43#post4825686

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