Showing posts with label 8 Uniform Legion Condor. Show all posts
Showing posts with label 8 Uniform Legion Condor. Show all posts

Wednesday, October 4, 2023

Nazi Officials with Hitler at Legion Condor Ceremony


Adolf Hitler (Führer und Oberster Befehlshaber der Wehrmacht) at the welcoming ceremony for the Condor Legion personnel, which were held in Lustgarten, Berlin, on 6 June 1939. Behind Hitler is his Chief Adjutant, SA-Obergruppenführer Wilhelm Brückner; slightly to the right (wearing a brown shirt facing the camera) is one of the commander of Condor Legion, Hellmuth Volkmann (last rank General der Flieger); three men in the center is, from left to right: Großadmiral Erich Raeder (Oberbefehlshaber der Kriegsmarine), Generaloberst Walther von Brauchitsch (Oberbefehlshaber des Heeres) and Generalfeldmarschall Hermann Göring (Oberbefehlshaber der Luftwaffe); the officer walking on the far right wearing a brown shirt and his face covered with a flag is the last commander of the Condor Legion, Generalmajor Wolfram Freiherr von Richthofen (last rank Generalfeldmarschall); behind von Richthofen in a black Allgemeine-SS uniform - you will surely know - is Reichsführer-SS Heinrich Himmler (Chef der SS und deutschen Polizei), while the Luftwaffe general next to him is Generalmajor Otto Deßloch (Kommandeur 6. Flieger-Division). The nameplates in the background contain those from the Condor Legion personnel who had fallen in the battlefields of Spain during Spanish Civil War (1936-1939). The picture was taken by Hugo Jaeger.

 Source :
http://alifrafikkhan.blogspot.com/2017/10/upacara-penerimaan-legion-condor-di.html
https://artsandculture.google.com/search?q=hugo%20jaeger&hl=en

Tuesday, April 18, 2023

Wehrmacht Officials during Legion Condor Welcoming Ceremony


German high ranking officials stands during the welcoming ceremonies for the Legion Condor, which were held at the Lustgarten Square, Berlin, June 6, 1939. For the identification:
1.Unidentified SS General,
2.SA-Obergruppenführer Wilhelm Brückner (Chefadjutant Führer und Reichskanzler),
3.Großadmiral Erich Raeder (Oberbefehlshaber der Kriegsmarine),
4.Generaloberst Walther von Brauchitsch (Oberbefehlshaber des Heeres),
4a.Generaloberst Wilhelm Keitel (Chef Oberkommando der Wehrmacht),
5.General der Flieger Bernhard Kühl (Offizier z.b.V. des Reichsluftfahrtministerium und Obersluftfahrtministerium und der Luftwaffe),
5a.Generalmajor Karl-Heinrich Bodenschatz (Chef Ministeramts im Reichsluftfahrtministerium und Verbindungsoffizier Görings zu Hitler),
5b.Oberst Walter Warlimont (Stellvertreter Chef Wehrmachtsführungsamt),
6.General der Flieger Hugo Sperrle (former 1st Commander of the Legion Condor),
7.SS-Gruppenführer Karl Wolff (Chefadjutant Reichsführer-SS),
8.Generalleutnant Hubert Weise (Kommandierender General Luftgau-Kommando III),
9.Oberstleutnant Rudolf Schmundt (Chefadjutant des Heeres beim Führer und Oberbefehlshaber der Wehrmacht),
10.Reichsführer-SS Heinrich Himmler (Chef der SS und Polizei),
11.SS-Gruppenführer Dr.rer.pol. Otto Dietrich (Staatssekretär im Reichsministerium für Volksaufklärung und Propaganda),
12.SS-Obergruppenführer Josef "Sepp" Dietrich (Kommandeur "Leibstandarte SS Adolf Hitler").



Source :
https://artsandculture.google.com/entity/m064km4b?hl=en

Thursday, January 26, 2023

Wilhelm Ritter von Thoma and Spanish Officer

Oberst Wilhelm Ritter von Thoma (right, Kommandeur Gruppe Imker / Legion Kondor) with fellow Spanish officer. The picture was taken on 27 May 1939 after the end of the Spanish Civil War. From 23 September 1936 to 8 June 1939, at the disposal of the Army High Command, Oberst Von Thoma was appointed as Commander of Group “Imker” (Beekeeper), the ground contingent of the German Condor Legion in Spain. Arriving in Spain in early October 1936, the personnel of Group “Imker” were originally volunteers from Panzer Regiment 6 “Neuruppin” of the 3rd Panzer Division. Tasked with training General Francisco Franco’s Spanish Nationalist officers and men in tanks, infantry tactics, and artillery and signals employment, Group “Imker” maintained two, then three panzer training companies equipped with PzKpfw I light tanks (panzer units were codenamed Group “Drohne” or Drone. After completion of their training, the Spanish troops took custody of the tanks at which time a new shipment of PzKpfw I tanks arrived from Germany. Additionally, Group “Drohne” made use of large numbers of the superior Russian tanks captured from Republican forces (the T-26 tank was particularly prized). While ostensibly in Spain in a training capacity, the German Army instructors also rotated to the front to provide further technical advice to the Spanish and to engage in direct combat operations. Ritter von Thoma was a frequent visitor to the combat zones; he later claimed to have taken part in 192 tank actions in Spain.

Source :
https://onb.digital/result/10D742AD
http://www.specialcamp11.co.uk/General_der_Panzertruppe_Wilhelm_Ritter_von_Thoma.htm

Wednesday, December 30, 2020

Parade of Legion Condor at Hamburg

Parade of the "Legion Condor" in front of Generalfeldmarschall Hermann Göring (Oberbefehlshaber der Luftwaffe) at the Karl Muck-Platz, Hamburg, 31 May 1939. The other identification as follow:

1.Generalmajor Dr.Ing. Wolfram Freiherr von Richthofen (third and last commander of Legion Condor)
2.Generalleutnant Hellmuth Volkmann (second commander of Legion Condor)
3.General der Flieger Hugo Sperrle (first commander of Legion Condor)
4.Generaloberst Erhard Milch (Generalinspekteur der Luftwaffe)
5.Generaladmiral Conrad Albrecht (Marinegruppenbefehlshaber Ost)
6.General der Kavallerie Wilhelm Knochenhauer (Kommandierender General X. Armeekorps)



 

Source :
Photo and ID courtesy of Graveland
https://search.iisg.amsterdam/Record/838364