Sunday, July 7, 2024

Herbert Otto Gille Arrived at Lublin


SS-Gruppenführer und Generalleutnant der Waffen-SS Herbert Otto Gille (nearest to the camera, Kommandeur 5. SS-Panzer-Division "Wiking") upon arrival at the airfield in Lublin, Poland, in May 1944 along with, from left to right: SS-Obersturmbannführer Manfred Schönfelder (Ia Operations Officer 5. SS-Panzer-Division "Wiking"), SS-Sturmbannführer Hans Scharff (Ib Quartiermeister 5. SS-Panzer-Division "Wiking"), SS-Hauptsturmführer Hermann Kaufmann (O5 Aide de Camp Kommandeur 5. SS-Panzer-Division "Wiking"), and SS-Sturmbannführer Karl-Willy Schulze (IIa Adjutant Kommandeur 5. SS-Panzer-Division "Wiking"). The picture was taken from the book "From the Realm of a Dying Sun (Volume 1): IV. SS-Panzerkorps and the Battles for Warsaw, July-November 1944" by Douglas E. Nash.

Source :
https://www.amazon.com/Realm-Dying-Sun-SS-Panzerkorps-July-November-ebook/dp/B082T2HPSG
https://reibert.info/threads/5-a-tankova-divizija-ss-viking-ss-division-wiking-5-ss-panzer-division-wiking.24489/page-13

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