Showing posts with label Krebs - Hans. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Krebs - Hans. Show all posts

Saturday, October 7, 2023

Visiting Officials at Wolfsschanze after the Failed 20 July 1944 Bomb Plot


When they heard about the failed assassination attempt on Hitler on 20 July 1944, a large number of party and military officials visited the Führerhauptquartier Wolfsschanze in Rastenburg, East Prussia, in order to express their sympathy and support for the Führer. This photo shows, front row from left to right: two unidentified staff officers, Generalleutnant Hans Krebs (Chef des Generalstabes Heeresgruppe Mitte), Generaloberst Alfred Jodl (Chef Wehrmacht-Führungsamt), and Generalleutnant Siegfried Westphal (Chef des Generalstabes beim Oberbefehlshaber Südwest). In the back row between Krebs and Jodl is General der Infanterie Walter Buhle (Chef vom Heeresstab im Oberkommando der Wehrmacht).

Source :
http://alifrafikkhan.blogspot.com/2011/09/album-foto-plot-20-juli-1944.html

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

Thursday, September 29, 2022

High Ranking Officers of Heeresgruppe Mitte

Wehrmacht generals pose together in front of a wooden house in the central sector of the Eastern Front. Standing in the front row, from left to right: Generalfeldmarschall Ernst Busch (Oberbefehlshaber Heeresgruppe Mitte), Generaloberst Walter Weiss (Oberbefehlshaber 2. Armee), Generalleutnant Hans Krebs (Chef des Generalstabes Heeresgruppe Mitte), General der Infanterie Friedrich Hoßbach (Kommandierender General LVI. Panzerkorps), General der Artillerie Rudolf Freiherr von Roman (Kommandierender General XX. Armekorps), and Generalleutnant Hans Speth (Führer-Reserve Oberkommando des Heeres). Standing directly behind Weiss is Generalleutnant Gustav Harteneck (Kommandeur 72. Infanterie-Division). This photo was taken in May 1944 by Kriegsberichter Thiemann of Propaganda-Kompanie 670. Just one month later, this area under the command of Heeresgruppe Mitte fell apart after the Red Army launched Operation Bagration!

Source :
Bundesarchiv Bild 101I-088-3724-06A
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Bundesarchiv_Bild_101I-088-3724-06A,_Russland,_Generale_vor_Holzhaus.jpg