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
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Gathering of Marine-NSKK

NSKK Truppführers gathering

 A Marine-NSKK Hauptsturmführer and his medal bar (he looks like the Gestapo guy from Indiana Jones Raiders of the lost Ark!). You can see an Olympic cross 2nd class.  The German Olympic Decoration (German: Deutsche Olympia-Ehrenzeichen or Deutsches Olympiaehrenzeichen) was a civil decoration of Nazi Germany awarded to administrators of the IV Olympic Winter Games in Garmisch-Partenkirchen and the Games of the XI Olympiad in Berlin 1936. The award was not intended for actual participants in the Olympic Games, but rather in recognition of those who had orchestrated the "behind the scenes" preparations and work for the events.

 These slides were taken on the corner "Zimmerstraße/Wilhelmstraße", Berlin. This is a comparison photo from today, presented by Axel Urbanke. In the time of the Cold War there was the Berlin wall. At this place Peter Fechner was shoot in May 1962 by DDR bordertroops. This incident is well known in germany.

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Akira Takiguchi photo collection
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Marine-NSKK Hauptsturmführer

 A Marine-NSKK Hauptsturmführer and his medal bar (he looks like the Gestapo guy from Indiana Jones Raiders of the lost Ark!). You can see an Olympic cross 2nd class.  The German Olympic Decoration (German: Deutsche Olympia-Ehrenzeichen or Deutsches Olympiaehrenzeichen) was a civil decoration of Nazi Germany awarded to administrators of the IV Olympic Winter Games in Garmisch-Partenkirchen and the Games of the XI Olympiad in Berlin 1936. The award was not intended for actual participants in the Olympic Games, but rather in recognition of those who had orchestrated the "behind the scenes" preparations and work for the events.

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Akira Takiguchi photo collection
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Leutnant der Infanterie

Profile of an infantry Leutnant, decorated with Eisernes Kreuz II.Klasse. The shoulder board indicates that he belonged to Infanterie-Regiment 72 of 46. Infanterie-Division.

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Akira Takiguchi photo collection
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5. KdF-Reichstagung Hamburg, July 23, 1939

The opening of 5. KdF-Reichstagung in Hamburg, 23 July 1939. The event was held from 23 to 27 July 1939.

Sitting at the VIP tribune are, from left to right: Reichsorganisationsleiter Dr. Robert Ley (Leiter Deutsche Arbeitsfront, DAF), Generalfeldmarschall Hermann Göring (Oberbefehlshaber der Luftwaffe), and Gauleiter Karl Kaufmann (Gauleiter von Hamburg).

 The Heer general with Göring is Generalleutnant Erich Lüdke (Kommandierender General Wehrkreis X in Hamburg), while the Luftwaffe officer standing at left is Oberstleutnant Paul Conrath (Chefadjutant Oberbefehlshaber der Luftwaffe).

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Akira Takiguchi photo collection
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The 51st Fighter Group at the U.S Airfield base in Dinjan, India (1943)

The 51st Fighter Group spent most of the Second World War defending the two ends of the "Hump", the air supply route between India and China. The unit had been activated in January 1941, nearly a year before American entered the war. It was one of the first groups dispatched from the United States after Pearl Harbor, traveling west to India via Australia and Ceylon.

In 1942 the Tenth Air Force was responsible for both India and China. The first 51st FG unit to actually see service was the 16th Fighter Squadron, which was detached to serve with the 23rd FG.

The rest of the group moved forward to Dinjan, in Assam, in September 1942, beginning operations in October. Dinjan was well within range of Japanese aircraft, and so the 51st spent part of its time defending the "Hump" and part defending its own bases. It also took part in the fighting during the Japanese offensive in northern Burma in 1943.

In October 1943 the 51st FG was transferred to the Fourteenth Air Force, and to China. Its duties now involved defending the Chinese end of the "Hump" as well as supporting the Chinese army. It also carried out attacks on Japanese shipping. The unit returned to India in September 1945, and then to the United States in November.

Photos by Ivan Dmitri/Michael Ochs Archives

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Walter Model and Hans Zorn at Rzhev

Generaloberst Walter Model (Oberbefehlshaber 9. Armee) walks during his inspection tour, followed by General der Infanterie Hans Zorn (Kommandierender General XXXXVI. Panzerkorps). In the summer of 1942, XXXXVI. Panzerkorps were under the command of 9. Armee and operates in and around the Rzhev region. Rzhev lies 140 miles (230 kilometres) west of Moscow and was captured by the German Wehrmacht in Operation Typhoon in the autumn of 1941, which took them to the gates of Moscow. When the Soviet counteroffensive drove them back, Rzhev became a cornerstone of the Germans' defense. By mid-1942, the city stood at the apogee of a salient that protruded from the front lines, pointing in the general direction of Moscow. In July and August 1942, Stalin tasked two of his front commanders, General Georgy Zhukov (commanding Western Front) and General Ivan Konev (commanding Kalinin Front), to conduct an offensive to recapture Rzhev and strike a blow against Heeresgruppe Mitte that would push them away from Moscow. The attack would fall upon one of their main opponents of the winter battles, General Walter Model's 9. Armee, which occupied the majority of the Rzhev salient. The high losses and few gains made during the two-month struggle left a lasting impression on the Soviet soldiers who took part. The Red Army suffered massive casualties for little gain during the fighting, giving the battle a notoriety reflected in its sobriquet: "The Rzhev Meat Grinder". In October, the strategic balance in the centre of the Eastern Front remained essentially unchanged. However, the German army had also suffered grievous losses, and whilst its defence had been tactically successful, it had achieved little more than maintaining the status quo. And although the offensive failed, Zhukov was given another chance to crush the Rzhev salient soon afterwards.

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Akira Takiguchi photo collection
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Panzergruppe 2 during Operation Barbarossa

Generaloberst Heinz Guderian (Oberbefehlshaber Panzergruppe 2)

These are color slides that was broken-up at eBay back in 2007. It shows Panzergruppe 2 (Generaloberst Heinz Guderian) in the Eastern Front during Unternehmen Barbarossa, July 1941. The slides were taken at the Panzer-Abteilung (Flamm) 100 which operated in the first part of Operation Barbarossa together with 18. Panzer-Divison. The corpulent officer is Oberst Gerhard-Peter von Zezschwitz (Kommandeur Panzer-Abteilung 100) which were later killed on 24 June 1941. The photographer was Bildberichterstatter Heinz Eckert.

Sonderführer Z Grey collar tabs , possibly PK (Propaganda-Kompanie), or even Heinz Eckert himself

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Aaron Starr photo collection
Akira Takiguchi photo collection
Axel Urbanke photo collection
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