Prince Umberto of Italy in 1944

HRH Prince Umberto conferring with officers over a map table at an Italian camp during his visit to the Italian Corps of Liberation, Sparanise, Italy, 31 May 1944. The picture was taken by Captain A.R. Tanner, British War Office official photographer. Umberto was the only son among the five children of Victor Emmanuel III of Italy and Elena of Montenegro. As heir apparent to the throne, he received a customary military education and pursued a military career afterwards. He commanded an army group during the brief Italian invasion of France shortly before French capitulation. In 1942, he was promoted to Marshal of Italy but was otherwise inactive as an army commander during much of the Second World War. Umberto turned against the war following Italian defeats at Stalingrad and El Alamein, and tacitly supported the ouster of Benito Mussolini. In 1944, Victor Emmanuel, compromised by his association with Italian fascism and desperate to repair the monarchy's image, transferred most of his powers to Umberto. He transferred his remaining powers to Umberto later in 1944 and named him Lieutenant General (Luogotenente) of the Realm; Victor Emmanuel retained the title of King.

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Umberto_II_of_Italy
https://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/object/205188903

Hitler and Mussolini at Salzburg Train Station

German Chancellor Adolf Hitler (1889-1945) meets with Italian Prime Minister Benito Mussolini (1883-1945) and Axis officers at Salzburg railway station. This picture was taken by Walter Frentz on 22 April 1944 during the two-day meeting between Hitler and Mussolini at Schloss Kleßheim near Salzburg, Austria. The meeting also attended by Joachim von Ribbentrop, Wilhelm Keitel, Rudolf Rahn and Karl Wolff on the German side and Serafino Mazzolini, Rodolfo Graziani, Filippo Anfuso and general Umberto Morera for the Italians. Mussolini and his delegation presented a list of problems the Italian Social Republic was having which they attributed to the lack of cooperation with German authorities, but the German delegation no longer respected Mussolini who by now resembled a shadow of his former self.

 Adolf Hitler shaking hands with the Italian and German officials. SS-Obergruppenführer Karl Wolff saluting at right.



SS-Obergruppenführer Karl Wolff saluting to Hitler, while at right standing General der Infanterie Rudolf Toussaint

Adolf Hitler ready to shaking hands with SS-Obergruppenführer Karl Wolff, while at far right is General der Infanterie Rudolf Toussaint

Benito Mussolini with German officials in Italy. At far left is General der Infanterie Rudolf Toussaint (Bevollmächtigten General der deutschen Wehrmacht in Italien), followed to the right by Oberst Heinz Heggenreiner (Verbindungsoffizier zum Marschall Graziani in den Stab des Bevollmächtigten General der deutschen Wehrmacht in Italien), and Oberstleutnant i.G. Hans Jandl (Chef des Verbindungsstabes in Bevollmächtigten General der deutschen Wehrmacht in Italien).

 Adolf Hitler shaking hands with Oberstleutnant i.G. Hans Jandl (Chef des Verbindungsstabes in Bevollmächtigten General der deutschen Wehrmacht in Italien).

 Adolf Hitler and Benito Mussolini walks past through saluting German and Italian officials.

 Adolf Hitler and Benito Mussolini walks past through saluting German and Italian officials.

Adolf Hitler and Benito Mussolini saluting each other

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Aboubakre Boukhris photo collection
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/April_1944#April_22,_1944_(Saturday)
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Benito Mussolini Visits Tobruk in 1942

In the summer of 1942, Il Duce Benito Mussolini (marked with arrow) visits Tobruk, Libya, not long after its recaptured from the Commonwealth forces by "The Desert Fox" Erwin Rommel. In this picture, Mussolini is surrounded by his officers: the first officer from left is Vice Admiral Giuseppe Lombardi (Superior Naval Commander in Libya, with headquarters in Tobruk), then another Admiral (or maybe an Air force general). The third and fourth is Army generals. Mussolini himself have the peculiar rank insigna of Primo Maresciallo dell' Impero (a rank only for him and the King). The two officers at far right were Germans, from left to right: General der Infanterie Enno von Rintelen (Bevollmächtigten Deutschen General beim Hauptquartier der italienischen Wehrmacht) and Oberst Hans Hecker (Pionierführer Panzerarmee Afrika). Look at the ribbon bar (italian decorations), the Spange zum Eisernes Kreuz I.Klasse, and Kriegsverdienstkreuz I.Klasse mit Schwertern in Rintelen's uniform, while Hecker (a Ritterkreuzträger) wearing Spange zum Eisernes Kreuz I.Klasse, Verwundetenabzeichen in Silber, and Allgemeines-Sturmabzeichen.

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https://forum.axishistory.com/viewtopic.php?t=41411
https://forum.axishistory.com/viewtopic.php?f=75&t=238546