Bio of General der Panzertruppe Walther Nehring (1892-1983)

Walther Nehring (15 August 1892 – 20 April 1983) was born on 15 August 1892 in Stretzin, West Prussia. Nehring was the descendant of a Dutch family who had fled the Netherlands to escape religious persecution in the seventeenth century. His father, Emil Nehring, was an estate owner and officer of the Military Reserve. While Nehring was still a child the family moved to Danzig.

Nehring joined the military service on 16 September 1911 in the Infanterie-Regiment 152. He became a commissioned Leutnant on 18 December 1913.

On 26 October 1940 he received command of the 18th Panzer Division at Chemnitz, which he commanded during the operations Barbarossa and Typhoon. The division led by Nehring stands accused of war crimes by numerous accounts.

Nehring took command of the Afrika Korps in May 1942 and took part in the last major Axis offensive (Operation Brandung) of the Western Desert campaign and the subsequent Battle of Alam Halfa (31 August - 7 September 1942), during which he was wounded in an air raid. Between November and December 1942, he commanded the LXXXX Army Corps, the German contingent in Tunisia.

After North Africa, Nehring was posted to the Eastern Front where he commanded first the XXIV Panzer Corps, and then from July to August 1944 the Fourth Panzer Army. Nehring then returned to the XXIV in August 1944 and led the Corps until March 1945 when he was made commander of the 1st Panzer Army. During 1944 he was also the commanding officer of the XXXXVIII Panzer Corps.

Following the end of the war, Nehring wrote a comprehensive history of the German panzer forces from 1916 to 1945, Die Geschichte der deutschen Panzerwaffe 1916 bis 1945. He also wrote the foreword to Len Deighton's Blitzkrieg: From the Rise of Hitler to the Fall of Dunkirk.

Awards
Iron Cross (1914) 2nd Class (27 January 1915) & 1st Class (25 November 1917)
Clasp to the Iron Cross (1939) 2nd Class (11 September 1939) & 1st Class (29 September 1939)
Knight's Cross on 24 July 1941 as Generalmajor and commander of the 18. Panzer-Division
383rd Oak Leaves on 8 February 1944 as General der Panzertruppe and commanding general of the XXIV. Panzerkorps
124th Swords on 22 January 1945 as General der Panzertruppe and commanding general of the XXIV. Panzerkorps
Bundesverdienstkreuz 1st Class (27 July 1973)

Source :
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Walther_Nehring
https://waralbum.ru/336845/

German Soldiers on the March

German soldiers on the march. No further details known, although as there appear to be some flowers by the side of the road, and by the general look of the countryside, this could be somewhere on the Western Front in late spring or early summer 1940. Interestingly, the NCO on the left and the officer on horseback have distinctive light-colored tunics. There appear to be two civilians on bicycles on the right-hand side of the image. This slide was in reasonable condition, but with some of the usual cyan/blue colour shift, damage and staining. With this kind of restoration, I never know what to expect, but I am pleasantly surprised at how it has turned out. The look of the ‘Agfacolor’ edge marking is not correct, and this is a consequence of the manipulation that was required. Drum scan of an original Agfacolor slide. Not previously published.

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https://www.facebook.com/AnalogueCalendarium/photos/a.160150789449622/314561730675193/

Color Photo Album of a German Soldier in Netherlands

280 35mm slides in five boxes were donated to Dutch Nationaal Monument (National Monument) Kamp Vught in 2002. These slides were left by a German soldier who was billeted in Vught, Netherlands. These private pictures are taken in Germany, Den Bosch, Vught and the surrounding area.

 

German soldier playing with a dog.

At the office of the NSDAP.

Group portrait in front of an NSDAP office building.

NSDAP officials.

NSDAP ceremony.

RAD (Reichsarbeitsdienst) members in a ceremony.

NSDAP funeral ceremony.

NSDAP funeral ceremony.

Group portrait of German soldiers with sheep.

Source :
https://beeldbankwo2.nl/nl/beelden/?mode=gallery&view=horizontal&rows=45&page=1&fq%5B%5D=search_s_keywords_poolparty:%22Duitse%20strijdkrachten%22&q=280%20kleinbeelddia%27s&reverse=0&filterAction

German Soldier Playing with a Dog

 

German soldier playing with a dog. This picture was part of 280 35mm slides in five boxes, which were donated to National Monument Kamp Vught in 2002. These slides were left by a German soldier who was billeted in Vught, Netherlands. These private pictures are taken in Germany, Den Bosch, Vught and the surrounding area.

Source :
https://beeldbankwo2.nl/nl/beelden/detail/865d3dda-025a-11e7-904b-d89d6717b464/media/703e10bf-ba1d-c33d-644e-4a9d0958fda5?mode=detail&view=horizontal&rows=1&page=1&fq%5B%5D=search_s_keywords_poolparty:%22Duitse%20strijdkrachten%22&sort=random%7B1639847377120%7D%20asc&filterAction

The flag of the Netherlands

The Dutch flag is flying. The picture was taken by J.A.H. de Haan in the period of 1945-1947. Every year at 8 pm on 4 May, the Dutch commemorate civilians and soldiers who have died in the Kingdom of the Netherlands or elsewhere in the world since the outbreak of the Second World War, both in war situations and in peacekeeping missions, with two minutes of silence. Prior to this homage, a commemorative service is held at the National Monument on the Dam square in Amsterdam, with speeches and the laying of wreaths. On May 4th, Remembrance Day, flags everywhere in the Netherlands are at half-mast as a sign of mourning from 6 p.m. until sundown. The next day, the flag is hoisted again everywhere to celebrate Liberation Day.

Source :
https://beeldbankwo2.nl/nl/beelden/?mode=gallery&q=J.A.H.%20de%20Haan&page=1&record=e87d4474-025a-11e7-904b-d89d6717b464&view=horizontal
https://www.holland.com/global/tourism/activities/events/remembrance-day.htm

A Disabled Sherman Near Nederweert

The Liberation of Belgium and the Netherlands : British Sherman tank of the Royal Scots Grays (4th Armories Brigade) - equipped with a 'Culin Hedgerow Device' because of the fighting in the bocage in Normandy - is disabled at a cornfield in or near Nederweert, 1944. Note an entry wound on the front left 1/4 of the hull. Looks like the driver and loader had no chance. Photo by J.A.H. de Haan.

Source :
https://beeldbankwo2.nl/nl/beelden/?mode=gallery&q=J.A.H.%20de%20Haan&page=1&record=e87d4474-025a-11e7-904b-d89d6717b464&view=horizontal
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German and British Soldiers with Danish Freedom Fighter

British soldiers in conversation with Wehrmacht soldiers with horses in Sønderbrogade in Vejle after the German Capitulation, 1945. One of the German soldiers still has a rifle over his shoulder. To the left, a Danish freedom fighter with armbands is also armed. The German soldiers gathered at the social security office to register as unemployed. The British army was handling the registration and the freedom fighter went to pickup the permit for his B&B appartment. War just ended and all parties are already acting in a civilised manner. The germans were only disarmed when crossing the border to Germany, in most cases. Due to luck of manpower and a clear process. Very unique photo; even though several combatants are armed, they just all want to see the killing stopped and return home!

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https://arkiv.dk/
https://www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=619329529335875&set=gm.1891639284354819

Bio of General Ivan Petrov (1896-1958)

 

Soviet Army General Ivan Yefimovich Petrov in Moscow, Russia 1945. Photo by Mark Redkin / FotoSoyuz

Ivan Yefimovich Petrov (30 September 1896 – 7 April 1958) was born in Trubchevsk in 1896. He began his military service in the Red Army in 1918, the year when he also joined the Bolshevik Party. Petrov fought in the Russian Civil War near Samara, the Polish Soviet War of 1920 and the Basmachi rebellion in 1922. In the late 1920s and 1930s Petrov served in Central Asia.

During World War II, Petrov participated in the Battle of Odessa, Battle of Sevastopol and was noted for heading the Separate Coastal Army from October 1941 to July 1942 and in November 1943-February 1944, 44th Army in August–October 1942, Black Sea Group of Forces, North Caucasus Front, 33rd Army in 1944, 2nd Belorussian Front, 4th Ukrainian Front, and several other units. In April–June 1945 Petrov was a chief of the 1st Ukrainian Front Staff.

On May 29, 1945 Petrov was awarded the title of the Hero of the Soviet Union. The United States awarded him the Distinguished Service Cross in War Department General Order No. 3 of 1944.

After the war Petrov commanded the Turkestan Military District and was inspector general of land forces. Petrov died in Moscow in 1958 and is buried in the Novodevichy Cemetery.

Honours and awards
    Hero of the Soviet Union
    Five Orders of Lenin
    Order of the Red Banner, four times
    Order of Suvorov, 1st class
    Order of Kutuzov, 1st class
    Order of the Red Star
    Order of the Red Banner of Labour of the Turkmen SSR
    Order of Red Banner of Labour of the Uzbek SSR
    Order of the Red Banner of Labour
    Order of Merit, 1st class (Hungary)
    Military Order of the White Lion "For Victory", 2nd class (Czechoslovakia)
    War Cross, 1939 (Czechoslovakia)
    Cross of Grunwald, 3rd class (Poland)
    Medal of Victory and Freedom 1945 (Poland)
    Distinguished Service Cross (USA)
    Jubilee Medal "XX Years of the Workers' and Peasants' Red Army"
    Medal "For the Defence of Odessa"
    Medal "For the Defence of Sevastopol"
    Medal "For the Defence of the Caucasus"
    Medal "For the Victory over Germany in the Great Patriotic War 1941–1945"
    Medal "For the Capture of Berlin"
    Medal "For the Liberation of Prague"

 

Source :
https://diletant.media/articles/35899466/
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ivan_Yefimovich_Petrov
https://www.facebook.com/groups/237076659811098/posts/1889504567901624/?__cft__[0]=AZWFxi4N0ZJaFrPIiHvF8jL2q2mBgxj8JDP61U8WOAVqn-n-vsXupGgcusXREDmtzuOTkqMeHabciadsQxVc4Lj4-iU357n3uBc0duSorRrKj9m9dfPlcEaIdLCyW8UJ5DwBoA4PIZ_7U45Fns-ChcCmNnk49DyqQ12hMm58QtXaXZLRHM_M4k1j6872YVm5cR8&__tn__=%2CO%2CP-R

Examination of Kuril Island Photographs

U.S. Army Captain John Noll makes notes from natural colored photographs of the Kuril Islands as Major J.V. Smythe awaits the results. The Kuril Islands are a chain of islands that stretch between the Japanese island of Hokkaido at their southern end and the Russian Kamchatka Peninsula at their northern end. The islands separate the Sea of Okhotsk from the Pacific Ocean.

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https://www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=5290077311079039&set=gm.1890854931099921
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kuril_Islands_dispute