Showing posts with label Photo Alois Beck. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Photo Alois Beck. Show all posts

Saturday, August 22, 2020

Tanks of 24. Panzer-Division: 24/1 (center), 24/2 (left) and 24/3 (right). These three panzers were used by Schutzen-Brigade 24 and were actually outside the structure of Panzer-Regiment 24. This picture is a part of Repro Dias of Dr. Alois Beck. Beck, Divisionspfarrer of 297.Infanterie-Division, took a lot of photographs, color and B/W, during his service in World War II, and his photos were widely distributed. He made several sets (approximately 300 slides each) of optical duplicates (so called "repro") from his original color slides, one of which is in Akira Takiguchi collection. Being a repro, they lack the sharpness of the originall and somewhat contrasty. This image is a crop from slide #234 to show better details within the limitation of Blogger / Blogspot image hosting.

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Akira Takiguchi collection
https://www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=10221603340306314&set=gm.1512667405585344

Monday, November 5, 2018

Oberst Von Drebber and Hauptmann Bender on Field Telephone

Two German officers using Feldtelefon (field telephone) at a position near Stalingrad, autumn 1942. From left to right: Oberst Moritz von Drebber (Kommandeur Infanterie-Regiment 523 / 297.Infanterie-Division) and Hauptmann Bender. In October 1942, the regiment was renamed as Grenadier-Regiment 523. Von Drebber received the rank of Generalmajor on 1 January 1943, and on 22 January 1943 he was appointed as commander of the 297. Infanterie-Division. Three days later he surrendered to the Red Army. The picture was taken by Alois Beck.


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https://www.akg-images.de/CS.aspx?VP3=SearchResult&VBID=2UMESQDIHRM1H&SMLS=1&RW=1280&RH=871&POPUPPN=58&POPUPIID=2UMDHUSBDVJ

Wednesday, July 29, 2015

Field Marshal Von Reichenau with Wehrmacht Officers in the Eastern Front

 Generalfeldmarschall Walther von Reichenau (right, Oberbefehlshaber 6. Armee) during the Russian Campaign, accompanied by Wehrmacht officers. Behind Reichenau is Generalleutnant Max Pfeffer (Kommandeur 297. Infanterie-Division) which subordinated to 6. Armee. During its offensive into Russia, the German army was confronted with a number of superior tank designs. Reichenau inspected the Soviet tanks he came across, entering each tank and measuring its armour plate. According to general staff officer Paul Jordan, after examining a T-34, Reichenau told his officers "If the Russians ever produce it on an assembly line we will have lost the war." On 19 December 1941, Hitler sacked Walther von Brauchitsch as Commander-in-Chief and tried to appoint Reichenau to the post. But the senior Army leaders rejected Reichenau as being "too political", and Hitler appointed himself instead. The picture was taken in autumn 1941 by Alois Beck


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http://www.akg-images.co.uk/C.aspx?VP3=SearchResult&VBID=2UMESQ736PZ8E&SMLS=1&RW=1280&RH=864
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Walther_von_Reichenau
http://forum.axishistory.com/viewtopic.php?f=5&t=14230&start=6435