Herbert Otto Gille with Wiking Officers in 1945

From left to right: SS-Obersturmbannführer Hans Bünning (Kommandeur SS-Panzer-Artillerie-Regiment 5 / 5.SS-Panzer-Division "Wiking"), SS-Standartenführer Karl Ullrich (Kommandeur 5. SS-Panzer-Division "Wiking"), and SS-Obergruppenführer und General der Waffen-SS Herbert Otto Gille (Kommandierender General IV. SS-Panzerkorps). The picture was taken in Hungary in 1945. John P. Moore photo collection.

Source :
https://www.wehrmacht-awards.com/forums/forum/wehrmacht-uniforms-and-equipment/tony-barto-ss-uniforms-and-insignia-forum/215735-unusual-wiking-sleeve-band-story#post2459092

Herbert Gille, Josef Swientek and Johannes Mühlenkamp

From left to right: SS-Gruppenführer und Generalleutnant der Waffen-SS Herbert Otto Gille (Kommandierender General IV. SS-Panzerkorps), SS-Standartenführer Josef Swientek (Kommandeur SS-Panzer-Artillerie-Regiment 3 / 3.SS-Panzer-Division “Totenkopf”), and SS-Standartenführer Johannes-Rudolf Mühlenkamp (Führer 5. SS-Panzer-Division "Wiking"). This photo was taken in August 1944 on the Eastern Front. At that time Gille's SS-Panzerkorps was in charge of the Totenkopf and Wiking Divisions. The picture is Courtesy of Günther Lange Archive and 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 :
http://alifrafikkhan.blogspot.com/2014/03/album-foto-herbert-otto-gille.html

Dietrich von Saucken and Herbert Otto Gille

Generalleutnant Dietrich von Saucken (center, Kommandierender General XXXIX. Panzerkorps), confers with SS-Gruppenführer und Generalleutnant der Waffen-SS Herbert Otto Gille (left, Kommandierender General IV. SS-Panzerkorps) and his chief of staff, SS-Obersturmbannführer Manfred Schönfelder (right) during the opening stages of the tank battle at Praga, 31 July 1944. The picture is Courtesy of Günther Lange Archive and 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 :
"From the Realm of a Dying Sun (Volume 1): IV. SS-Panzerkorps and the Battles for Warsaw, July-November 1944" by Douglas E. Nash.

Hermann Priess, Herbert Gille, Walter Krüger and Sepp Dietrich

Commanders of the first four Waffen-SS division engaged in conversation during the lull of the fighring in the Eastern Front. From left to right: SS-Oberführer Hermann Priess (Kommandeur SS-Panzergrenadier-Division "Totenkopf"), SS-Brigadeführer und Generalmajor der Waffen-SS Herbert Otto Gille (Kommandeur SS-Panzergrenadier-Division "Wiking"), SS-Gruppenführer und Generalleutnant der Waffen-SS Walter Krüger (Kommandeur SS-Panzergrenadier-Division "Das Reich"), and SS-Obergruppenführer und General der Waffen-SS Josef "Sepp" Dietrich (Kommandeur SS-Panzergrenadier-Division "Leibstandarte SS Adolf Hitler'). The picture was taken by SS-Kriegsberichter Weill on 7 June 1943.

Source :
https://od43.com/product/original-photo-album-page-signed-by-four-ss-generals/

Hasso von Manteuffel and Otto von Knobelsdorff

This picture was taken in France in September 1944 and it shows: a.General der Panzertruppe Hasso von Manteuffel (Oberbefehlshaber 5. Panzerarmee), b.General der Panzertruppe Otto von Knobelsdorff (Oberbefehlshaber 1. Armee), c.Oberst Otto-Ernst Remer (Kommandeur Führer-Begleit-Brigade), d.unknown, and e.Generalleutnant Georg Jauer (Kommandeur 20. Panzergrenadier-Division).

Source :
https://forum.axishistory.com/viewforum.php?f=5

Hasso von Manteuffel with His Subordinates in Jassy

Generalleutnant Hasso von Manteuffel (right, Kommandeur Panzergrenadier-Division "Grossdeutschland") sitting in front of the entrance to the shelter with his subordinate officers during the war in the Eastern Front around Jassy, Romania, 15 June 1944. Wearing black Panzer uniform with back to the camera is Oberst Willy Langkeit (Kommandeur Panzer-Regiment "Grossdeutschland"), while facing the camera second from right is Oberst Horst Niemack (Kommandeur Panzer-Füsilier-Regiment "Grossdeutschland"). The latter had just received the Schwerter for his Ritterkreuz 11 days previously (4 June 1944) for his brilliant achievements during the battles of Niemen and Sereth.

Generalleutnant Hasso von Manteuffel (right, Kommandeur Panzergrenadier-Division "Grossdeutschland") sitting in front of the entrance to the shelter with his subordinate officers during the war in the Eastern Front around Jassy, Romania, 15 June 1944. Wearing black Panzer uniform at left is Oberst Willy Langkeit (Kommandeur Panzer-Regiment "Grossdeutschland"), while standing second from right is Oberst Horst Niemack (Kommandeur Panzer-Füsilier-Regiment "Grossdeutschland"). The latter had just received the Schwerter for his Ritterkreuz 11 days previously (4 June 1944) for his brilliant achievements during the battles of Niemen and Sereth.

Generalleutnant Hasso von Manteuffel (second from right, Kommandeur Panzergrenadier-Division "Grossdeutschland") observes the course of the German attack northwest of Jassy, Romania, 15 June 1944. At far left is Oberleutnant der Reserve Diddo Diddens (Kommandeur Sturmgeschütz-Abteilung "Grossdeutschland"), while between Diddens and Von Manteuffel is Hauptmann der Reserve Dr. Otto Ritter (Ic Dritter Generalstabsoffizier Panzergrenadier-Division "Grossdeutschland"). The picture was taken by Kriegsberichter Göttert.

Source :
Bayerische Staatsbibliothek photo archive (Image-No.: 50070457)
https://beeldbankwo2.nl/nl/beelden/detail/da42312c-0259-11e7-904b-d89d6717b464/media/8d4290b1-6bf0-e1e4-cef3-f2d3f4d41580?mode=detail&view=horizontal&q=manteuffel&rows=1&page=3
https://www.ebay.de/itm/395411467685?itmmeta=01HY87B366DQ0V9RKZGPH8SVAF&hash=item5c105c2da5:g:oKgAAOSwdFlmR69n

Hasso von Manteuffel in the War Manoeuvre Before the War

Pre-war images of Hasso von Manteuffel are very rare. He is seen here, sometime in the mid 1930s, right - center of frame, back to camera, in a rather formal pose as staff officers and commanders meet during a pause in an FTX. The personnel wearing arm bands or engineer tape on their sleeves or hats, to include Manteuffel, are umpires. True to their cavalry heritage, many of the men pictured wear spurs.

Source :
http://www.eaglehorse.org/home_station/hidden_stories/60s/iron_crosses/iron_crosses.htm

Alexander von Pfuhlstein and Brandenburger

The visit of Generalmajor Alexander von Pfuhlstein (second from left), who succeeded Oberstleutnant Paul Haehling von Lanzenauer and commanded the Division "Brandenburg" from 1 April 1943 until 11 April 1944. Imprisoned after being implicated in the 20 July 1944 bomb plot, he would survive the war, surrendereing to American forces at Wertheim, Germany, on 2 April 1945.

Source :
"Brandenburger: Wartime Photographs of Wilhelm Walther" by Anthony Rogers

Rudolf von Ribbentrop with His Visiting Father

This picture was taken in May 1940 in Artois, France, during the German offensive in the West. SS-Sturmman Rudolf von Ribbentrop is facing away from the camera. He is talking to his father who is sitting in the car and smiling. At that time, the stubborn young Ribbentrop joined the 11.Kompanie / SS-Infanterie-Regiment "Deutschland" / SS-Verfügungstruppe and participated in the French campaign. Previously, on the night of 9 May 1940, in order to join the war and postponed the course at the officer candidate school in Braunschweig, he called his father. His father replied: "If you want to join the war, I naturally agree with your decision." When his father’s intervention with Himmler failed to change his status, Rudolf simply called a taxi and took off for the front to find his regiment, which he did on May 10-11, 1940, just as the attack in the West was launched!

Source :
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-7077471/Joachim-Von-Ribbentrops-son-shares-unseen-photos-family-gatherings-Hitler.html
http://loveread.me/read_book.php?id=69746&p=165
https://zhuanlan.zhihu.com/p/68385806

Rudolf von Ribbentrop in the Battle of Kharkov

SS-Untersturmführer Rudolf von Ribbentrop (Zugführer 1.Zug / 6.Kompanie / II.Abeilung / SS-Panzer-Regiment 1 / SS-Panzergrenadier-Division "Leibstandarte SS Adolf Hitler") during the street fighting in Kharkov in March 1943. Ribbentrop is wearing a fur winter coat in the middle. The Soldier pointing is SS-Unterscharfuhrer Paul Klose (Zugführer in 8.Kompanie / II.Bataillon / SS-Panzergrenadier-Regiment 1 / SS-Panzergrenadier-Division "Leibstandarte SS Adolf Hitler"), who went on to serve in schwere SS-Panzer-Abteilung 501. Ribbentrop's 6th Company of SS-Panzer-Regiment 1 LSSAH was supporting the Kampfgruppe led by SS-Sturmbannführer Max Hansen.

Source :
https://dzen.ru/media/id/5a5141281410c318a507fee5/prohorovskoe-srajenie-glazami-komandira-7i-roty-divizii-leibshtandart-ss-5fad8bdc4278375e7e84abc2
https://www.warrelics.eu/forum/cloth-headgear/rudolf-von-ribbentrop-783266-5/
https://zhuanlan.zhihu.com/p/68385806

Visit of Heinrich von Vietinghoff to the HQ of SS Division Hohenstaufen

This picture was taken by SS-Kriegsberichter Damm-Jensen in the first half of 1943 when General von Vietinghoff visiting the newly created SS-Panzergrenadier-Division "Hohenstaufen" in Ypres, Belgium. The guests and Divisionstab were entertained by the the Musikzug in the terrace of the château that being used as Division's HQ. From left to right: SS-Obersturmbannführer Thomas Müller (Kommandeur SS-Panzergrenadier-Regiment 20 "Hohenstaufen"), SS-Hauptsturmführer Wilfried Schwarz (Adjutant SS-Panzergrenadier-Division "Hohenstaufen"), Generalmajor Rudolf Eibenstein (Kommandeur 16. Flak-Division), SS-Obersturmbannführer Gustav Wiehle (Kommandeur SS-Artillerie-Regiment 9 "Hohenstaufen"), SS-Gruppenführer und Generalleutnant der Waffen-SS Wilhelm "Willi" Bittrich (Kommandeur SS-Panzergrenadier-Division "Hohenstaufen"), SS-Sturmbannführer Walter Harzer (Ia SS-Panzergrenadier-Division "Hohenstaufen"), and General der Panzertruppe Heinrich von Vietinghoff (Oberbefehlshaber 15. Armee).

This picture was taken by SS-Kriegsberichter Damm-Jensen in the first half of 1943 when General der Panzertruppe Heinrich von Vietinghoff (Oberbefehlshaber 15. Armee) visiting the newly created SS-Panzergrenadier-Division "Hohenstaufen" in Ypres, Belgium. The general (saluting) just arrived to the château that being used as Division's HQ.

This picture was taken by SS-Kriegsberichter Damm-Jensen in the first half of 1943 when General von Vietinghoff visiting the newly created SS-Panzergrenadier-Division "Hohenstaufen" in Ypres, Belgium. The performance of the division's Musikzug in front of the audience. Sitting from left to right: Generalmajor Rudolf Eibenstein (Kommandeur 16. Flak-Division), SS-Gruppenführer und Generalleutnant der Waffen-SS Wilhelm "Willi" Bittrich (Kommandeur SS-Panzergrenadier-Division "Hohenstaufen"), and General der Panzertruppe Heinrich von Vietinghoff (Oberbefehlshaber 15. Armee).

Source :
NARA photo archive
https://forum.axishistory.com/viewtopic.php?f=38&t=210475&hilit=heinrich+von+vietinghoff
https://www.kriegsberichter-archive.com/picture.php?/1839/category/12

Emil Schuler in the Parade of Jäger-Regiment 206

Soldiers of II.Bataillon / Jäger-Regiment 206 marches past the commander, Major Emil Schuler, during the parade held in Brody, Galicia, on 19 October 1941. The regiment belonged to the 7. Gebirgs-Division, formerly 99. leichte-Division. On 15 November 1941 it was renamed to Gebirgsjäger-Regiment 206. The picture was taken by Kriegsberichter Vinzenz Engel.

Source :
Bayerische Staatsbibliothek photo archive (Image-No.: 50107955)

Erwin Rommel with His Italian Allies

General der Panzertruppe Erwin Rommel (center, Befehlshaber Panzergruppe "Afrika") with his Italian allies. At left with black glasses is his Operations Officer (Ia), Oberstleutnant im Generalstab Siegfried Westphal. There is no information about when and where this picture was taken, but possibly in 1941.

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https://forum.axishistory.com/viewtopic.php?p=2025515#p2025515

Planning for the Ardennes Offensive

German generals during the planning for Unternehmen "Wacht am Rhein" (Watch on the Rhein) a.k.a. the Ardennes Offensive or Battle of the Bulge. This picture was taken on 1 December 1944, two weeks before the start of the operation. From left to right: Generalfeldmarschall Walter Model (Oberbefehlshaber Heeresgruppe B), Generalleutnant Siegfried Westphal (Chef des Generalstabes Oberbefehlshaber West), Generalfeldmarschall Gerd von Rundstedt (Oberbefehlshaber West), and General der Infanterie Hans Krebs (Chef des Generalstabes Heeresgruppe B).

German generals during the planning for Unternehmen "Wacht am Rhein" (Watch on the Rhein) a.k.a. the Ardennes Offensive or Battle of the Bulge. This picture was taken on 1 December 1944, two weeks before the start of the operation. From left to right: Generalfeldmarschall Walter Model (Oberbefehlshaber Heeresgruppe B), General der Infanterie Hans Krebs (Chef des Generalstabes Heeresgruppe B), Generalleutnant Siegfried Westphal (Chef des Generalstabes Oberbefehlshaber West), and Generalfeldmarschall Gerd von Rundstedt (Oberbefehlshaber West).

Source :
Süddeutsche Zeitung photo archive
Markus Bertram photo collection
http://alifrafikkhan.blogspot.com/2011/11/album-foto-unternehmen-wacht-am-rhein.html
https://www.mbertram.de/en/search?search=walter%20model

Waldemar Riefkogel, Fritz Biermeier and Erwin Meierdrees

Panzer officers of SS-Panzergrenadier-Division "Totenkopf" in conversation. On the far left is SS-Obersturmführer Waldemar Riefkogel (Chef 1.Kompanie / I.Abteilung / SS-Panzer-Regiment 3 "Totenkopf"), then with the sunglasses is SS-Hauptsturmführer Fritz Biermeier (Führer II.Abteilung / SS-Panzer-Regiment 3 "Totenkopf"), and on the right is SS-Hauptsturmführer Erwin Meierdrees (Kommandeur I.Abteilung / SS-Panzer-Regiment 3 "Totenkopf"). The picture was taken in 1943.

Source :
https://forum.axishistory.com/viewtopic.php?t=127010

Ritterkreuz Award Ceremony for Alfred Wittmann

Ritterkreuz award ceremony for Oberstleutnant Alfred Wittmann (Kommandeur Grenadier-Regiment 546 / 389.Infanterie-Division). Wittmann received the Ritterkreuz des Eisernen Kreuzes on 15 May 1944. The medal was presented by Generalleutnant Walther Hahm (Kommandeur 389. Infanterie-Division), who is also a Ritterkreuzträger and would-be Eichenlaubträger.

Source :
Jim Haley photo collection

Michael Wittmann with His Tank Commanders

Panzer ace Michael Wittmann with his men from 2.Kompanie / Schwere SS-Panzer-Abtailung 101 during training in Northern France, May 1944. From left to right: SS-Unterscharführer Kurt Kleber (Tiger "232"), SS-Hauptscharführer Hans Höflinger (Tiger "213"), SS -Oberscharführer Georg Lötzsch (Tiger "233"), SS-Obersturmführer Michael Wittmann (Chef 2.Kompanie. Tiger "205"), SS-Unterscharführer Karl-Heinz Warmbrunn (Tiger "214"), and SS-Unterscharführer Balthasar "Bobby" Woll (Tiger "212"). They were all tank commanders in the second company and - with the exception of Kompaniechef Wittmann - all of them wore camouflage uniforms of the new SS-Erbsenmuster type (pea-dot pattern). The picture was taken by Kriegsberichter Scheck of PK (Propaganda-Kompanie) 698.

From left to right: SS-Obersturmführer Michael Wittmann (Chef 2.Kompanie / schwere SS-Panzer-Abteilung 101. Tiger "205"), SS-Unterscharführer Karl-Heinz Warmbrunn (blocked by Wittmann, Tiger "214"), SS-Hauptscharführer Hans Höflinger (Tiger "213"), SS-Oberscharführer Georg Lötzsch (Tiger "233"), SS-Unterscharführer Balthasar "Bobby" Woll (Tiger "212"), and SS-Unterscharführer Kurt Kleber (tidak terlihat disini, Tiger "232").

Source :
http://alifrafikkhan.blogspot.com/2012/08/album-foto-michael-wittmann.html
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Bundesarchiv_Bild_101I-299-1802-05,_Nordfrankreich,_Michael_Wittmann,_Panzersoldaten.jpg

Celebration for the Award of the Ritterkreuz for Franz Doff

Bavaria, near Bad Reichenhall - Celebration on the occasion of the award of the Ritterkreuz des Eisernen Kreuzes to Oberjäger Franz Doff, who sits at the front of the table (back to the camera). Doff received the Ritterkreuz des Eisernen Kreuzes on 20 July 1942 as a Gefreiter and Gruppenführer in 10.Kompanie / II.Bataillon / Gebirgsjäger-Regiment 98 / 1.Gebirgs-Division. The picture itself was taken by Kriegsberichter Hochscheidt in August 1942.

Source :
https://www.facebook.com/search/top/?q=franz%20doff

Walter Gericke Listening to the Radio

Major Walter Gericke (left, Kommandeur II.Bataillon / Fallschirmjäger-Regiment 6 / 2.Fallschirmjäger-Division) and a medical officer of his battalion on the heights of the Orsini Palace in Monterotondo, 9 September 1943. The picture was taken by Kriegsberichter Eugen Gremelsbacher from Kriegsberichterzug XI. Fliegerkorps.

Source :
https://imagesdefense.gouv.fr/fr/catalogsearch/advanced/result/?auteur=1509512