Showing posts with label Halder - Franz. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Halder - Franz. Show all posts

Saturday, February 28, 2026

Ion Antonescu at the Communication Room of Führerhauptquartier Wolfsschanze


The visit of Romanian Marshal Ion Antonescu to the Führerhauptquartier Wolfsschanze, 11 February 1942. The two generals at left is Generaloberst Franz Halder (Chef des Generalstabes des Heeres) and General der Nachrichtentruppe Erich Fellgiebel (Chef des Wehrmachtnachrichten-Verbindungswesen).


Source :
https://www.walter-frentz-collection.de/fotoarchiv/personenarchiv-a-z/personen-a-b/

Adolf Hitler and Ion Antonescu at the Führerhauptquartier Wolfsschanze


This picture was taken by Walter Frentz at the Führerhauptquartier Wolffschanze, 11 February 1942. From left to right: General der Artillerie Alfred Jodl (Chef des Wehrmachtsführungsamtes), Marshal Ion Antonescu (Romanian dictator and Prime Minister), Paul Otto Schmidt (interpreter), Adolf Hitler (Führer und Oberster Befehlshaber der Wehrmacht), Generalfeldmarschall Wilhelm Keitel (Chef der Oberkommando der Wehrmacht), Major Eckhard Christian (persönlicher Luftwaffen Generalstabsoffizier des Chef Oberkommando der Wehrmacht), and Generaloberst Franz Halder (Chef des Generalstabes des Heeres).


Source :
https://www.walter-frentz-collection.de/fotoarchiv/personenarchiv-a-z/personen-a-b/

Sunday, October 29, 2023

Walther von Brauchitsch and Wehrmacht Officers in 1940


From left to right: Admiral Günther Lütjens (Flottenchef), Generaloberst Franz Halder (Chef des Generalstabes des Heeres), General der Panzertruppe Heinrich von Vietinghoff (Kommandierender General XIII. Armeekorps), Generalmajor Otto von Knobelsdorff (back to the camera, Kommandeur 19. Infanterie-Division), and Generalfeldmarschall Walther von Brauchitsch (Oberbefehlshaber des Heeres). There is no information about when or where this photo was taken, but at least after the end of the war on the Western Front in 1940, possibly during war manoeuvre.


Source :
http://alifrafikkhan.blogspot.com/2018/10/foto-walther-von-brauchitsch-panglima.html

Sunday, October 16, 2022

Map Discussion of Walther von Brauchitsch and XIII. Armeekorps

This photo was taken during the German military campaign in Poland in September 1939, and shows, front row from left to right: Generaloberst Walther von Brauchitsch (Oberbefehlshaber des Heeres), Generalleutnant Rudolf Kaempfe (Kommandeur 31. Infanterie-Division), and General der Artillerie Franz Halder (Chef des Generalstabes des Heeres). Meanwhile, the two people standing in the back were, from left to right: General der Kavallerie Maximilian Reichsfreiherr von Weichs (Kommandierender General XIII. Armekorps) and Generalmajor Wilhelm Stemmermann (Chef des Generalstabes XIII. Armekorps).




Source :
http://alifrafikkhan.blogspot.com/2018/10/foto-walther-von-brauchitsch-panglima.html

Ceremony for New Generaloberst in 1940

The ceremony for the appointment of the new generals and marshals of Germany which was held on 19 July 1940 in Krolloper, Berlin. This photo shows Hitler greeting the new Generaloberst appointed on the same day. From left to right: Großadmiral Erich Raeder (Oberbefehlshaber der Kriegsmarine), Generalfeldmarschall Walther von Brauchitsch (back to the camera, Oberbefehlshaber des Heeres), and Generalfeldmarschall Erhard Milch (Generalinspekteur der Luftwaffe als Vertreter des Oberbefehlshabers Göring). Next is the officers who were promoted to Generaloberst: General der Artillerie Franz Halder (Chef des Generalstabes des Heeres), General der Artillerie Friedrich Dollmann (tidak kelihatan, Oberbefehlshaber 7. Armee), General der Kavallerie Ewald von Kleist (not visible, Kommandierender General XXII. Armeekorps [motorisiert]), General der Kavallerie Maximilian Reichsfreiherr von Weichs (Oberbefehlshaber 2. Armee), General der Artillerie Georg von Küchler (Oberbefehlshaber 18. Armee), General der Infanterie Eugen Ritter von Schobert (shake hands with Hitler, Kommandierender General VII. Armeekorps), General der Infanterie Ernst Busch (Oberbefehlshaber 16. Armee), General der Panzertruppe Heinz Guderian (Kommandierender General XIX. Armeekorps [motorisiert]), and General der Infanterie Hermann Hoth (Kommandierender General XV. Armeekorps). Interestingly, the new Generaloberst (from Halder to Hoth) stands according to the order of seniority. Other Generaloberst appointed on the same day but not seen in this photo are (in order from left to right after Hoth): General der Infanterie Adolf Strauß (Kommandierender General II. Armekorps), General der Artillerie Curt Haase (Kommandierender General III. Armekorps) ), General der Infanterie Nikolaus von Falkenhorst (Oberbefehlshaber Armeegruppe XXI), General der Kavallerie Erich Hoepner (Kommandierender General XVI. Armekorps [motorisiert]), and General der Artillerie Friedrich "Fritz" Fromm (Chef der Heeresrüsheeber und Erfesatzheeber und Befehlerie). There are 14 new Generalobers in total!

Source :
http://alifrafikkhan.blogspot.com/2018/10/upacara-marsekal-baru-tahun-1940.html

Saturday, September 4, 2021

Hitler Arrived at an Airfield near Warsaw


On 25 September 1939, Adolf Hitler flew from Zoppot to the area around Warsaw, Poland. He made visits to the 8. Armee (General der Infanterie Johannes Blaskowitz) and 10. Armee (General der Artillerie Walther von Reichenau), as well as the German army headquarters in Grodjisk Mazowieki. After that he returned to Godentow-Lanz by airplane. The next day (26 September 1939 at 09:30 am), Hitler returned to Berlin boarding the Führersonderzug "Amerika". He arrived in the German capital at 17:05 in the afternoon. The Führer only returned to Poland again on 5 October 1939 to take part in the German victory parade. This photo was taken by Kriegsberichter Falk from Propaganda-Kompanie 367 (Ost) on 25 September 1939 in the area of 10. Armee, which located between Bzura and the Vistula River (facing west of Warsaw), and shows the moment Hitler had just arrived at the nearest airfield at Alexandrow. For the identification, front row from left to right: General der Artillerie Franz Halder (Chef des Generalstabes des Heeres), Reichsleiter Martin Bormann (Persönlicher Sekretär bzw. Stabsleiter des Stellvertreters des Führers Rudolf Hess), Generaloberst Gerd von Rundstedt (Oberbefehlshaber Heeresgruppe Süd), Generaloberst Walther von Brauchitsch (Oberbefehlshaber des Heeres), Generaloberst Wilhelm Keitel (Chef Oberkommando der Wehrmacht), Adolf Hitler (Führer und Oberster Befehlshaber der Wehrmacht), Generalmajor Erwin Rommel (Kommandeur Führer-Begleit-Bataillon), General der Artillerie Walther von Reichenau (Oberbefehlshaber 10. Armee), Generalmajor Friedrich Paulus (Chef des Generalstabes 10. Armee), and SS-Gruppenführer Karl Wolff (Verbindungsoffizier zwischen dem Reichsführer-SS und dem Führerhauptquartier).

Source :
Bundesarchiv Bild 101I-013-0060-20
http://alifrafikkhan.blogspot.com/2016/09/kunjungan-adolf-hitler-ke-front.html

Friday, May 14, 2021

Map Discussion of Generals during Poland Invasion

This photo was taken during the German military campaign in Poland in September 1939, and showed, front row from left to right: Generaloberst Walther von Brauchitsch (Oberbefehlshaber des Heeres), Generalleutnant Rudolf Kaempfe (Kommandeur 31. Infanterie-Division), and General Der Artillerie Franz Halder (Chef des Generalstabes des Heeres). Behind Kaempfe stands General Der Kavallerie Maximilian ReichsfreIerr Von Weichs (General XIII Commanderender. Armekorps).


Source :
http://alifrafikkhan.blogspot.com/2018/10/foto-walther-von-brauchitsch-panglima.html