Oberstleutnant Erwin Rommel

Erwin Rommel as an Oberstleutnant, in the period between March 1935 to July 1937. At that time he served as "Lehrgruppenkommandeur der Lehrgruppe A an der Kriegsschule Potsdam".

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https://www.leo-bw.de/detail/-/Detail/details/PERSON/kgl_biographien/118602446/Rommel+Erwin+Eugen+Johannes

Officers of the Wehrmacht Schools in Berlin

Some of the officers of the Wehrmacht schools in Berlin area posing in a picture taken in the winter of 1937-38. From left to right: Oberst Wolf-Günther Trierenberg (Kommandeur Infanterie-Lehr-Regiment Döberitz. Last rank Generalleutnant), unknown, Oberst Hans-Valentin Hube (Kommandeur Infanterie-Ausbildungsstabes Döberitz. Last rank Generaloberst), Generalleutnant Friedrich Freiherr von Wilmowsky (Inspekteur der Wehrersatzinspektion Potsdam. Last rank Generalleutnant), unknown, unknown, and Major Hasso von Manteuffel (Lehrgangsleiter an der Panzertruppenschule. Last rank General der Panzertruppe). This picture was taken from the album belong to Infanterie-Regiment 2 in Allenstein.

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https://www.ebay.de/b/General-in-Militaria-Fotos-1900-1918-1945/15504/bn_7004515776
https://forum.axishistory.com/viewtopic.php?p=1726526#p1726526

Dietrich Peltz at Furbara Airfield (Italy)

Demonstration of new aircraft in the presence of Reichsmarschall Hermann Göring and Benito Mussolini at Furbara airfield, Lazio, Italy, January 1942. The Eichenlaubträger (recipient of the Eichenlaub mit Ritterkreuz des Eisernen Kreuzes) facing the camera is Dietrich Peltz (Kommandeur Verbandsführerschule für Kampfflieger at Foggia).

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Bundesarchiv Bild 146-1979-155-19

Erwin Rommel at Kriegsschule Potsdam

From left to right: Oberstleutnant Johannes Frießner (Lehrgruppenkommandeur der Lehrgruppe B an der Kriegsschule Potsdam), Oberst Wilhelm Wetzel (Kommandeur Kriegsschule Potsdam), and Oberstleutnant Erwin Rommel (Lehrgruppenkommandeur der Lehrgruppe A an der Kriegsschule Potsdam). There is no description of when and where this photo was taken, but most likely it was in the summer of 1937 when the three men were both serving at the Kriegsschule Potsdam. During his tenure at the German Army's most important war school, Rommel took the time to wrote the book "Infanterie Greift an" (Infantry Attack), which were later being used as a handbook on the training of the foot soldiers in many countries. In 1936 Rommel was served temporarily as Hitler's bodyguard at the Nürnberg Reichsparteitag. The Führer was so impressed by the skills of the talented young officer that he chose Rommel to be the commander of his headquarters and personal bodyguard unit for the period of 1938-1940. The three person depicted in this picture were latter awarded the prestigious Ritterkreuz des Eisernen Kreuzes, with Rommel receive the highest grade: Brillanten.

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https://forum.axishistory.com/viewtopic.php?p=2282081#p2282081