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Saturday, December 16, 2023

Erwin Rommel in France with Guard


Generalfeldmarschall Erwin Rommel (Oberbefehlshaber Heeresgruppe B und Generalinspekteur der Küstenbefestigungen West) in France, 1944. After Heeresgruppe B was pulled out of the Eastern Front, its remaining staff elements were combined on 19 July 1943 with another staff, Task Force Rommel (German: Arbeitsstab Rommel), named after its leading officer Erwin Rommel (whose Army Group Afrika had recently been decisively defeated with the ends of the Tunisian campaign). Rommel on the same 19 July became the commander of Heeresgruppe B. The army group was deployed to northern Italy, where much of its staff was restructured into Heeresgruppe C ("Supreme Commander South West") on 26 November 1943. On the same day that the staff of Army Group B was dissolved in Italy (26 November 1943), an army group high command by the same name was created in German-occupied France with Rommel as the leading man.



Source :
https://www.ebay.de/itm/145487418963?hash=item21dfb9d653:g:1KYAAOSwTXhlcu~k&autorefresh=true
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Army_Group_B

Sunday, June 4, 2023

Erich Topp Presented Gifts to War Correspondent

In an unofficial ceremony, Kapitänleutnant Erich Topp (second from left, Kommandant U-552) together with two of his officers presented a commemorative gift to Rundfunkberichter (Radio Journalist) Heinrich Schwich (left), who had accompanied and covered the fifth sea patrols of U-552 which took place from September 4 to October 6 1941. Two of Topp's subordinate officers in this photo later became U-boat commanders as well: Oberleutnant zur See Siegfried Koitschka (right, II. Wachoffizier U-552) who later became Commander of U-616, and Oberleutnant zur See Götz Baur (second from right, I. Wachoffizier U-552) who later became Commander of U-660. This photo itself was taken by Kriegsberichter Kurt Schlemmer (Marine Propaganda-Abteilung West) at the German Naval base complex in Saint Nazaire, France, on October 9, 1941.















Source :
http://alifrafikkhan.blogspot.com/2011/12/album-foto-terbaik-erich-topp.html
https://imagesdefense.gouv.fr/fr/a-saint-nazaire-une-ceremonie-non-officielle-lors-de-laquelle-le-commandant-du-sous-marin-u-552-erich-topp-et-ses-deux-lieutenants-offrent-un-cadeau-au-reporter-heinrich-schwich-1.html#

Tuesday, November 15, 2022

Kurt Student Leaving his HQ in Greece

The first German headquarters in Crete, in the former British consulate in Chania, June 1941. In the foreground is General der Fallschirmtruppe Kurt Student (Kommandierender General der Fallschirmtruppe). The car looks like an American made circa 1938-39, possibly a 1939 DeSoto. For four long years of occupation the building was a command centre for the German army in Crete.

Source :
https://forum.axishistory.com/viewtopic.php?p=2440725#p2440725
https://www.forum-der-wehrmacht.de/index.php?thread/47298-%CE%BAommandanturen-der-wehrmacht-in-griechenland/
https://www.greece-is.com/historic-doma-hotel-re-opens-in-crete/