Showing posts with label Reichenau - Walther von. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Reichenau - Walther von. Show all posts

Sunday, April 12, 2026

Hans von Obstfelder and Walther von Reichenau


From left to right: General der Infanterie Hans von Obstfelder (Kommandierender General XXIX. Armeekorps) and Generalfeldmarschall Walther von Reichenau (Oberbefehlshaber 6. Armee). The picture was taken in the summer 1941 during Unternehmen Barbarossa by Kriegsberichter Harschneck, and was first published on 17 September 1941.


Source :
https://www.ea-militaria.com/ritterkreuztrager-geneneral-von-reichenau-von-obstfelder-press-photo.html

Sunday, October 2, 2022

Walther von Reichenau Decorating SS Soldiers


Generalfeldmarschall Walther von Reichenau (Oberbefehlshaber 6. Armee) during Eisernes Kreuz II.Klasse award ceremony for Waffen-SS personnel. The SS-Obersturmbannführer in the top picture is Carl Sattler (Führer SS-Infanterie-Regiment 10). Notice the picture on which von Reichenau placed his field marshal baton behind the belt of the SS soldier to decorate him! Von reichenau was commander of the 6th Army during the campaign in Belgium and France. He also commanded the 6th Army during Operation Barbarossa capturing Kiev, Charkow, Kursk,... and was later promoted to Oberbefehlshaber der Heeresgruppe Süd. He died the 17th of January 1942 because of heart attack.

Source :
https://www.kometmilitaria.com/product-page/2x-pictures-ek2-ceremony-waffen-ss-with-walter-von-reichenau

Sunday, September 5, 2021

Hitler Monitoring the Situation Around 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 Kliem 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 and other Wehrmacht officials are monitoring the situation around the besieged city of Warsaw through fernglas (binoculars) and scherenfernrohr (scissor binoculars). From left to right: Reichsleiter Martin Bormann (Persönlicher Sekretär bzw. Stabsleiter des Stellvertreters des Führers Rudolf Hess), Adolf Hitler (Führer und Oberster Befehlshaber der Wehrmacht), Generalmajor Erwin Rommel (Kommandeur Führer-Begleit-Kommando), General der Artillerie Walther von Reichenau (Oberbefehlshaber 10. Armee), and Generalmajor Friedrich Paulus (Chef des Generalstabes 10. Armee).

Source :
Bundesarchiv Bild 101I-013-0064-35
http://alifrafikkhan.blogspot.com/2016/09/kunjungan-adolf-hitler-ke-front.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

Sunday, September 6, 2020

Walther von Reichenau and Friedrich Paulus

Generaloberst Walther von Reichenau (wearing leather mantel, Oberbefehlshaber 6. Armee) visiting his Propaganda-Kompanie HQ, February 1940. In the middle is Generalmajor Friedrich Paulus, his chief of staff.

Source :
https://forum.axishistory.com/viewtopic.php?p=2289835#p2289835

Thursday, March 5, 2020

Walther von Reichenau in Russia

Generalfeldmarschall Walther von Reichenau (facing the camera, Oberbefehlshaber 6. Armee) in the summer of 1941 during Unternehmen Barbarossa - German invasion of Soviet Union. The picture was taken by Alois Beck, a Parish priest and amateur photographer in the Second World War on the Eastern Front and in Stalingrad. After the war Beck gave many lectures on the Battle of Stalingrad and tried to clarify the fate of fallen or missing German soldiers in Russia.


Source:
https://www.akg-images.com/Package/2UMEBMJZRZRZ