11 November 2031

Timeline

  1. 1924.04.01. Defendants in the Beer Hall Putsch trial
  2. 1924.12.20. Adolf Hitler on his Release from Landsberg Prison
  3. 1928.10.11. Showa Emperor (Hirohito) at his coronation 1928
  4. 1933.09.14. Hitler Tours Destruction of Oeschelbronn, Germany
  5. 1934.00.00. Vickers Light Tank Mark III
  6. 1934.04.01. Panzerkampfwagen I Ausf A (SdKfz 101)  
  7. 1935.07.17-21. Adolf Hitler Laughing at a Vacation in Harz Mountains
  8. 1936.01.01. Italian Troops March Past Mussolini Poster in Ethiopia
  9. 1936.04.05. Hermann Göring and His Lion Cub 
  10. 1936.05.30. Japanese Buddhist monks during gas mask drill
  11. 1936.06.13. Picture of People Giving a Nazi Salute, with August Landmesser Refusing to do so
  12. 1936.06.27. Chinese generals Chiang Kai-Shek and Long Yun
  13. 1936.07.02. Heinrich Himmler and SS Generals in Quedlinburg 1936
  14. 1937.08.13. Japanese troops passing the Chinese city of Peiping
  15. 1937.10.22. The Duke and Duchess of Windsor Visited Adolf Hitler at the Berghof 
  16. 1938.00.00 Junkers Ju 87 A of “Legion Condor”
  17. 1938.09.30. German and Italian Officials at Münich Conference
  18. 1938.09.30. Neville Chamberlain's 'Peace of Our Time'
  19. 1938.10.12. Panzer-Regiment 11 Celebrates its First Birthday
  20. 1939.02.24. Vought-Chance SB2U-2 Vindicator
  21. 1939.05.31. Legion Condor Award Ceremony in Hamburg
  22. 1939.08.25. U-25 a Few Days Before the Outbreak of the War
  23. 1939.09.03. German panzers in Poland
  24. 1939.09.18. A Destroyed Panzerkampfwagen 35(t) in Poland 
  25. 1939.09.19. The Remain of Prinz von Ratibor's Panzer IV After the Battle
  26. 1939.09.25. Hitler arrived at an airfield near Warsaw in Poland
  27. 1939.09.29. British soldiers going to the front
  28. 1939.12.18. British POW with Luftwaffe Soldiers
  29. 1939.12.20. Press Conference after the Air Battle in Wilhelmshaven
  30. 1940.01.01. Soviet BT-5 Tanks Knocked Out During the Winter War
  31. 1940.03.10. Germany's Heroes Remembrance Day 1940
  32. 1940.03.11. The Sinking of U-31 off Wilhelmshaven 
  33. 1940.03.16. Luftwaffe Attack on Scapa Flow
  34. 1940.04.00. Skoda 35 tank Kompanie wait in a wood for the opening of Blitzkrieg 
  35. 1940.04.01. Crusader Mark I Cruiser Tanks  
  36. 1940.04.13. Junkers Ju 52 After Landing on the Hartvigvann-Lake
  37. 1940.04.30. Dutch Military Motorcyclists during Parade
  38. 1940.05.00. Messerschmitt Bf 109 of LG 2 Belly Landed at Liege
  39. 1940.05-06.00. 6. Panzer-Division Tanks in France 1940  
  40. 1940.05.10. Dutch soldiers surrender at Lutterhoofdwijk
  41. 1940.05.11. Bombing of Blauwburgwal Canal in Amsterdam
  42. 1940.05.13. LSSAH Troops Crossing the River Meuse Near Mook 
  43. 1940.05.13. Ritterkreuz Award Ceremony for Sturm-Abteilung "Koch"
  44. 1940.05.14. Dutch Soldier negotiating the capitulation in 1940
  45. 1940.05.15. Luftwaffe Kriegsberichter Recorded German Movement at Dinant 
  46. 1940.05.16. German military convoy in Amsterdam
  47. 1940.05.16. Motor units of Leibstandarte SS Adolf Hitler at Amsterdam
  48. 1940.05.26. Tanks of 6. Panzer Division Advance Toward Cassel 
  49. 1940.06.01. Oberleutnant Karl Hanke in a Panzerkampfwagen IV  
  50. 1940.06.01. Panzer 38(t) and Panzer II on the Move
  51. 1940.06.03-06. Hitler With His Staff, June 1940
  52. 1940.06.14. General Kurt von Briesen Reviewing His Troops in Paris Parade
  53. 1940.06.18.Benito Mussolini and Adolf Hitler in Münich, June 1940 
  54. 1940.06.26. Award Ceremony of Pionier-Bataillon 221
  55. 1940.07.19. Newly Promoted Reichsmarschall Hermann Göring
  56. 1940.08.03. 554. Infanterie-Division at Donaueschingen
  57. 1940.08.12. Bf 109s of JG 53 vs Hurricanes of No.145 Squadron
  58. 1940.09.14. Luftwaffe Ace Hauptmann Rolf Pingel
  59. 1940.10.01. German Armored Parade in Oslo
  60. 1940.10.14. Bus Trapped in the Crater at Balham Station
  61. 1940.11.00. U-34 Training Submarine
  62. 1940.11.01. Panzerkampfwagen II ausf C on Manoeuvre
  63. 1940.11.13. Reception for Soviet's Foreign Minister at Hotel Kaiserhof
  64. 1940.11.18. Hermann Göring Visit "Der Sieg im Westen" Exhibition
  65. 1940.12.00. Emblem of U-93
  66. 1940.12.24. Adolf Galland Waiting for the Führer 
  67. 1941.00.00. Member of 250. Infanterie-Division (División Azul)
  68. 1941.01.00. Wilhelm Haehnelt as Generalleutnant in January 1941
  69. 1941.01-08. SS Soldiers Playing with Squirrel
  70. 1941.01.31. Frostbite Experiments of Unit 1855
  71. 1941.03.01. Panzerkampfwagen III in Libya
  72. 1941.03.13. Former German Heavyweight Boxer Max Schmeling as a Fallschirmjäger
  73. 1941.03.15. Stern of Battleship Bismarck 
  74. 1941.03.24. M13/40 Tanks of the VII Battaglione, Ariete Armored Division 
  75. 1941.04-09.00. A column of German Wehrmacht paraded in Paris
  76. 1941.04.05. Panzerkampfwagen III Ausf G and Ausf H in Bulgaria 
  77. 1941.04.09. Panzerkampfwagen III Crews at Rest and Playing Cards  
  78. 1941.04.09. Panzerkampfwagen IV ausf E of 13. Panzer-Division 
  79. 1941.04.13 German victory parade in Belgrade
  80. 1941.04.13. 11. Panzer-Division Rests During Yugoslavian Campaign 
  81. 1941.04.17. First German POWs in North Africa
  82. 1941.04.20. The capitulation of Greek forces to SS Leibstandarte
  83. 1941.05.00. Panzerkampfwagen IV Ausf.D tanks of Panzer-Abteilung 65
  84. 1941.05.01. Panzerkampfwagen IVs of the Afrika Korps
  85. 1941.05.11. Dutch SS ceremony in Utrecht Netherlands
  86. 1941.05.20. German Paratrooper during Operation Mercury
  87. 1941.05.20. German Paratroopers rests at Crete
  88. 1941.05.31. Fallschirmjäger Officers at Heraklion
  89. 1941.06-12.00. Leutnant Helmut Ritgen Collecting his Lunch from Field Kitchen
  90. 1941.06.00. Panzerkampfwagen III Ausf.J Medium Tank Negotiating a River Crossing
  91. 1941.06.21. Erich Brandenberger and Erich von Manstein a Day Before Operation Barbarossa
  92. 1941.06.21. German Tank Convoy Near the Soviet Border
  93. 1941.06.23. Char B1 Flammenwerfer Before Operation Barbarossa
  94. 1941.06.26. German Soldiers Move into Burning Russian Villages
  95. 1941.06.30. Execution of Brave Russian Prisoners
  96. 1941.07.00. Cheerful Divisional Personnel Pose with a Wrecked Soviet T-28B tank
  97. 1941.07.00. Oberstleutnant Erich Freiherr von Seckendorff Observes The Battlefield
  98. 1941.07.01. German Troops Prepare to Clear Houses
  99. 1941.07.01. Panzerkampfwagen 35(t) of 6. Panzer-Division
  100. 1941.07.01. Sturmgeschutz III ausf B (SdKfz 142) Fords a River
  101. 1941.07.02. Erwin Rommel visiting Sollum Front
  102. 1941.07.06. Tank-Infantry Cooperation with Panzer 35(t) at Pskov
  103. 1941.07.18. German Troops Remove Communist Red Star
  104. 1941.07.19. U-553 Returned From Successful Patrol
  105. 1941.07.26. Damaged Aircraft of Feldwebel Heinrich Klöpper
  106. 1941.08.00. Generaloberst Hoepner With Officers of 6. Panzer-Division in Leningrad
  107. 1941.08.10. LSSAH NCO Helmut Burose Attack A Soviet Armoured Vehicle
  108. 1941.08.12. RAF Blenheim After Bombing Goldenburg Power Station, Cologne
  109. 1941.08.12. RAF Blenheims Attack Fortuna Power Station in Cologne
  110. 1941.08.25. Ritterkreuz Award Ceremony for Hyazinth Graf Strachwitz von Gross-Zauche
  111. 1941.09-11. Front-Line Conference of Wolfram von Richthofen and Richard Koll
  112. 1941.09.00. Red Army Soldiers Ride Panzer III  
  113. 1941.09.01. Generale Adolf-Friedrich Kuntzen and Otto von Knobelsdorff 
  114. 1941.09.01. German Motorcycle Immobilized by Russian Mud
  115. 1941.09-10. U-83 in the North Atlantic During its Second Patrol
  116. 1941.10.00. 6. Panzer-Division Panzer Convoy
  117. 1941.10.00. Messerschmitt Bf 109 F-4 of Feldwebel Fritz Dinger
  118. 1941.10.00. Oberst Richard Koll in his Panzerbefehlswagen III 'RO6'
  119. 1941.10.00. Tanks of Panzer Brigade Koll
  120. 1941.10.02. A Column of Armour from Panzer-Brigade "Koll" at Vyazma 
  121. 1941.10.02. Panoramic View of the Battle of Vyazma
  122. 1941.10.02. Panzerbefehlswagen III 'RO6' of Oberst Richard Koll in a Russian Village
  123. 1941.10.02. PzBefw.III of Oberst Richard Koll at the Battle of Vyazma 
  124. 1941.10.06. Luftwaffe POW officer with British Sergeant
  125. 1941.10.07. Wounded SS With StuG and Destroyed T-34
  126. 1941.10.09. Royal Air Force Avro Lancaster I Flying in the Sky 
  127. 1941.10.16. German Troops Inspect Soviet Trenches Along the Volkhov River
  128. 1941.10.20. Hans-Ulrich Rudel at the Honor Goblet Presentation
  129. 1941.11.01-06. French soldiers of the Légion des Volontaires Français  
  130. 1941.11.24. Rommel With 15. Panzer-Division Between Tobruk and Sidi Omar 
  131. 1941.12.01-09. The Youngest Soldier of French Legion
  132. 1941.12.03. German tank crew surrendered to New Zealand troops
  133. 1941.12.07. Radiogram "Air Raid, Pearl Harbor, This Is Not Drill"
  134. 1941.12.07. Nakajima B5N2 Type 97 Attack Bomber Shot Down at Hospital Point, Pearl Harbor
  135. 1941.12.07. Small Boat Rescues Sailor from USS West Virginia (BB-48)  
  136. 1941.12.07. USS Maryland (BB-46) and Capsized USS Oklahoma (BB-37)  
  137. 1941.12.07. USS Shaw (DD-373) Destroyed in Floating Drydock YFD-2
  138. 1941.12.07. "Battleship Row" after Pearl Harbor Attack
  139. 1941.12.07. Wrecked B-17C Flying Fortress at Hickam Field
  140. 1941.12.08. President Franklin D. Roosevelt Signs the Declaration of War Against Japan 
  141. 1941.12.20. Award ceremony of Romanian medal to Carl Gustaf Mannerheim
  142. 1941.12.23. Panzer-Regiment 201 Receives its First German Tanks
  143. 1941.12.25. Generalmajor Ramcke with His Family in the Christmas of 1941
  144. 1942.01.00. Panzerkampfwagen III During the Soviet Winter 
  145. 1942.01.01. 14th Engineers (Philippine Scouts) Wire Railroad Bridge For Demolition 
  146. 1942.01.01. Crusader Tanks in North Africa  
  147. 1942.01.01. Japanese Imperial Army During The Advance On Luzon
  148. 1942.01.01. M13/40 of Italian XX Armored Corps in North Africa
  149. 1942.01.01. RAF 15 Squadron Short Stirlings in Flight
  150. 1942.01.12. Ritterkreuz Recipient Heinrich "Hein" Springer  
  151. 1942.01.16. Indian Sailor Begs for Water After his Ship was Sunk
  152. 1942.01-03. A Messerschmitt Me 210 from Ergänzungsstaffel Zerstörergeschwader 1 (ZG 1)
  153. 1042.02.11. Adolf Hitler and Ion Antonescu at the Führerhauptquartier Wolfsschanze
  154. 1942.03.01. KNIL soldiers with captured Japanese flag
  155. 1942.03.08. The surrender of the Dutch forces to the Japanese at Kalidjati
  156. 1942.03.13. Japanese American Grocery Proclaims "I Am An American"
  157. 1942.04.05. San Petro Internees Arrive at Santa Anita Assembly Center
  158. 1942.04.06. Japanese Americans Queue for Transport to Santa Anita Assembly Center
  159. 1942.04.09. Banzai Celebration of Japanese Forces at Bataan
  160. 1942.04.10. Lieutenant Edward Henry “Butch” O’Hare in His Cockpit
  161. 1942.04.11. Allied Prisoners of War Sort Confiscated Equipment on Bataan
  162. 1942.04.24. Japanese-Americans at Manzanar War Relocation Center
  163. 1942.05.01. P-40E Warhawk of 11th Fighter Squadron
  164. 1942.05.06. Japanese Tanks on Corregidor 
  165. 1942.05.22. Four of the Best Pilots From Jagdgeschwader 51 (JG 51) "Mölders"
  166. 1942.05.27. Doris Miller Receives the Navy Cross from Admiral Chester W. Nimitz
  167. 1942.05.31. American POWs Reenact Surrender of Corregidor to Imperial Japanese Army
  168. 1942.06.01. M3 Medium Tanks at Fort Knox
  169. 1942.06.03. Marines at General Quarters, Dutch Harbor, Alaska
  170. 1942.06.04. Destroyers Stand By to Pick Up Survivors as USS Yorktown is Abandoned
  171. 1942.06.04. USS Yorktown After Bomb Hits in the Battle of Midway
  172. 1942.06.04. USS Yorktown (CV-5) Lists After Two Torpedoes
  173. 1942.06.04. Flight Deck of USS Yorktown After Being Hit by the Japanese
  174. 1942.06.05. Renzo Kita, Last Moment of Admiral Yamaguchi
  175. 1942.06.16. U-455 Return From Her Patrol At St. Nazaire
  176. 1942.06.18. German Pioneer Attempting to Demolish Turret No.2 of Fort Maxim Gorky
  177. 1942.06.18. The Remains of Russian Tanks Collected by the Germans  
  178. 1942.06.21. Small Briefing of German Officers Before Stalingrad
  179. 1942.06.28. Portrait Photo of Hans-Joachim Marseille
  180. 1942.07.01. Panzer IVs Pass Knocked Out Universal Carrier 
  181. 1942.07.01. Panzerkampfwagen III Ausf.N During a Lull in Combat  
  182. 1942.07.04. American Prisoners of War Celebrate the Fourth of July at Camp Casisang
  183. 1942.07.12. Politruk Alexey Yeremenko Counterattacking Enemy Positions  
  184. 1942.07.16. German Soldier Playing With a Cat
  185. 1942.08.00. A column of German POWs on the Nevsky Prospekt in Leningrad
  186. 1942.08.01. German Soldiers March To The Front In Fall Blau
  187. 1942.08.09. 1. Panzer-Armee Advances on the Caucasus Mountains
  188. 1942.08.10. German and Finnish Officers at a Ferry on Lake Ladoga
  189. 1942.08.10. "Wake - Beach of Bayonets" Propaganda Poster 
  190. 1942.08.24. Japanese Bomb Impacts USS Enterprise During Battle of the Eastern Solomons
  191. 1942.08.25. U-218 in Kiel Harbor Leaving for Kristiansand
  192. 1942.09.00. New Focke-Wulf Fw 190 For JG 51
  193. 1942.09.03. Johannes-Rudolf Mühlenkamp with his Fox Terrier dog 
  194. 1942.09.15. Victory Marking of U-155
  195. 1942.09.16. HZL Aircrew Celebrating the Unit's 1,000th Sortie Over the Eastern Front
  196. 1942.09.19. Luftwaffe Troops at Stalingrad
  197. 1942.09.21. German Soldier Rides a Camel on the Russian Front  
  198. 1942.09.24. Award Ceremony of Croatian Volunteers in the Outskirts of Stalingrad
  199. 1942.09.29 Maneuvers of British Armored Division
  200. 1942.10.00. P-51 Mustang being prepared for test flight
  201. 1942.10.01. B-17F Flying Fortress at Douglas Aircraft's Long Beach Plant
  202. 1942.10.01. Unteroffizier Gerhard Proske from Jagdgeschwader 54 (JG 54)
  203. 1942.10.08. Ritterkreuz award ceremony for Alexander von Hartmann at Stalingrad
  204. 1942.10.15. Ritterkreuz award ceremony of Wilhelm Knetsch at Stalingrad
  205. 1942.10.16. German Pioneer Officer at the Ruins of Stalingrad
  206. 1942.10.16. German troops push into Barrikady Gun Factory in Stalingrad
  207. 1942.10.26. Nakajima B5N2 Passes USS Northampton (CA-26)
  208. 1942.11.01. Sergeant William Watts Manning B-24D Liberator Tunnel Machine Gun
  209. 1942.11.01. Soldiers in Bunks on Army Transport S.S. Pennant
  210. 1942.11.01. US Marine Mortar Squad on the Matanikau
  211. 1942.11.04. General Wilhelm Ritter von Thoma Surrender to Bernard Montgomery 
  212. 1942.11.06. U-125 Returning to Lorient
  213. 1942.11.11. Oberleutnant Winkler Gives Order Near the Barrikady Factory Stalingrad
  214. 1942.11.23. Panzerkampfwagen III Ausf N Unloaded in North Africa
  215. 1942.11.27. German Armour Entering the French harbour of Toulon  
  216. 1942.11.30. The grave of Oberleutnant Joachim Sonntag at Rzhev
  217. 1942.12.01. "Fuzzy Wuzzy Angels" Watch American Wounded Rest
  218. 1942.12.01. Panzerkampfwagen IV Ausf G Abandoned by Their Crews 
  219. 1942.12.01. USS Alabama (BB-60) Anchored at Lynn Haven
  220. 1942.12.12-23. Panzergrenadiers with the Wrecked T-34 
  221. 1942.12.25 The first Christmas of SS Division "Prinz Eugen"
  222. 1943.01.00. Karl Dönitz Studying Maps at Kriegsmarine Headquarter
  223. 1943.01.00. Messerschmitt Bf 109 of Feldwebel Hans Döbrich
  224. 1943.01.00. Oberst Walther von Hünersdorff Discussing Strategy
  225. 1943.01.01. M3 Stuart Light Tank in North Africa
  226. 1943.01.01. Panzerkampfwagen III Ausf N of Schwere Panzer-Abteilung 501
  227. 1943.01.18. British SAS Just Back From a Three Month Patrol
  228. 1943.01.20. Captain Robert L. Faurot, 39th Fighter Squadron, US Army Air Corps 
  229. 1943.01.20. Men of SS Prinz Eugen Riding On a Hotchkiss H-39 During Operation Weiss
  230. 1943.01.22. General Montgomery Planning the Final Assault on Tripoli
  231. 1943.01.24. Giraud and de Gaulle Shaking Hands at Casablanca Conference
  232. 1943.01.31. Generalleutnant Carl Rodenburg Photographed at Stalingrad
  233. 1943.02.10. B-24D Liberator of 308th Bomb Group Passes P-40Ks of 23rd Fighter Group
  234. 1943.02.14. Crew of C-47 "Early Delivery"
  235. 1943.02.27. Captured Afrikakorps after the Battle of Sened Station
  236. 1943.03.04. Messerschmitt Me 210 A-1 “2N+LT” Crash Landed at Gerbini
  237. 1943.03.06. Extraordinary Tank Hunter Werner Wrangel
  238. 1943.03.06. Günther Rall and His Men with Unit Mascot
  239. 1943.03.17. B-17 Flying Fortress "Invasion 2nd" at Training Session
  240. 1943.03.19. Adolf Hitler Inspecting Dora
  241. 1943.03.21. Marder II "Kohlenklau" of Unteroffizier Helmut Kohlke
  242. 1943.03.22. Artur Phleps and Kurt Waldheim at Yugoslavia
  243. 1943.04.00. Oberstleutnant Karl-Gottfried Nordmann, Luftwaffe Ace  
  244. 1943.04-05. Panther Ausf.D Medium Tanks on Rail Cars Waiting to be shipped to the Front 
  245. 1943.04-10. Panzer Commanders of Das Reich and LSSAH
  246. 1943.04.04. Adolf Hitler Inspecting Gustav
  247. 1943.04.12. Adolf Hitler and Ion Antonescu at the Schloss Kleßheim
  248. 1943.04.17. U-Boat Crew Yelled for Help after his Ship was Sunk
  249. 1943.04.18. U-37 Returned to the Base at Wilhelmshaven 
  250. 1943.04.20. Ritterkreuz award ceremony for Major Wilhelm Eggemann
  251. 1943.04.21. Ritterkreuz Award Ceremony for Gefreiter Werner Rausch
  252. 1943.04.27. Heinz Guderian Visiting Tiger Company of SS Leibstandarte
  253. 1943.05.09. Launching of US Submarine USS Robalo (SS-273)  
  254. 1943.05.12. German prisoners at Enfidaville Tunisia
  255. 1943.05.13. German Generals Captured in Tunisia
  256. 1943.05.17. Sir Arthur Harris Debriefing Guy Gibson's Crew After Dambusters Raid
  257. 1943.06.01. Boeing XB-29 Superfortress in Flight
  258. 1943.06.07. Visit of General Lüters to Prinz Eugen Division
  259. 1943.06.14. KNIL marching in Australia
  260. 1943.06.30. US Army 43rd Infantry Division, 172nd Regiment Lands on Rendova
  261. 1943.07.01. Self-Propelled Howitzer "Hummel" at the Battle of Kursk
  262. 1943.07.06. Panzerkampfwagen IV ausf G tanks on the Move 
  263. 1943.07.09. B-25D Mitchell "Lady Jane" of 23rd Antisubmarine Squadron
  264. 1943.07.11. Robert Rowan explodes off the coast of Gela Sicily
  265. 1943.07.19. Benito Mussolini Speaks with Wilhelm Keitel at Feltre Airfield
  266. 1943.07.22. Wing Commander Guy Gibson (Dambusters Raid) With His Crew
  267. 1943.07.23. Australian soldiers at the Battle of Mount Tambu
  268. 1943.07.30. Corporal Bull Allen carrying wounded soldier at Mount Tambu
  269. 1943.08.13. Tiger Commander of sPz.Abt.503 Confers With "Totenkopf" Panzergrenadiers
  270. 1943.09.00. Children Playing with Panzer Tiger in Italy
  271. 1943.09.04. Canadian tanks landed at Reggio Calabria
  272. 1943.09.07. VMF-214 "Black Sheep" at Espiritu Santo
  273. 1943.09.10. Hans Lex Award Ceremony
  274. 1943.09.27. Tank of SS Division Prinz Eugen in Split Croatia during Operation Axis
  275. 1943.10.01. German Fallschirmjäger on the Italian Front 
  276. 1943.10.04. Tiger #332 Stuck in the Mud (Recovery Training)
  277. 1943.11.09. Muslim Members of Handschar Division at Prayer during their Training in Germany
  278. 1943.11.12. RAF Supermarine Spitfire Vb at Kenley Airfield 
  279. 1943.11.24. M3 Medium Tank Crew of 1st Armored Division Displays 75mm Ammunition
  280. 1943.11.28. WASPs Receive Final Instructions Before Flying B-26 Marauder
  281. 1943.12.31. B-17 Flying Fortresses Strike Bois-Colombes
  282. 1943.12.24. Coast Guard LST Heads for Cape Gloucester with Elements of 1st Marine Division
  283. 1944.00.00. A Rider Delivers Mail to Nashorn Crew
  284. 1944.00.00. Crew of B-24J 44-40783 Photographed in Front of "Tough Titti"
  285. 1944.01.01. Churchill AVRE with Small Box Girder Bridge and Churchill Crocodile  
  286. 1944.01.01. Memorial Service in Prisoner of War Heito Camp #3, Formosa
  287. 1944.01.01. NCR N-530 Bombe Enigma Decryption Machine
  288. 1944.01.02. 44 Squadron Lancaster Warms Up  
  289. 1944.01.10. 1st Marine War Dog Platoon and 2nd Marine Raider Regiment on Bougainville
  290. 1944.01.14. Marine War Dog and Handler
  291. 1944.01.14. Ritterkreuz award ceremony for panzer ace Michael Wittmann and Bobby Woll
  292. 1944.01.28. Pilots of Tuskegee Airmen Discusses Air Action Over Anzio 
  293. 1944.02.19. 22nd Marines Get Coffee Aboard USS Middleton
  294. 1944.02.19. A Marine with Thousand Yard Stare
  295. 1944.03.01. German self-propelled gun Sturmpanzer IV "Brummbär"
  296. 1944.03.19. A-20G Havoc attacks Japanese Taiei Maru ship
  297. 1944.03.31 Two US ground crew paint Easter message to the bomb
  298. 1944.04.01. Prototype 37mm Flakpanzer IV "Möbelwagen"
  299. 1944.04.05. New Zealand soldiers drinks tea in Cassino
  300. 1944.04.11. Crew of B-17G "Flatbush Floogie" is Captured
  301. 1944.04.20. Adolf Hitler and Hermann Göring at the Demonstration of Hetzer
  302. 1944.04.20. Crew of U-198 Before Her Second Patrol
  303. 1944.05.00. Panther from Wiking Bogged Down in Thick Mud
  304. 1944.05-06. Panthers of Wiking Division in Maciejewo 
  305. 1944.05.12. US Marines Disembark from LVT-1 Amtrac at Guam Landing Training 
  306. 1944.05.13. Practice jump before D-Day
  307. 1944.05.14. French Troops During the Fighting of the Italian Campaigns
  308. 1944.05.14. Panther of Wiking Division at SS-Truppenübungsplatz Heidelager
  309. 1944.05.15. Major Jimmy Stewart Receives Air Medal
  310. 1944.05.18. British Commonwealth troops with captured Nazi flag at Monte Cassino
  311. 1944.05.18. New Zealand tank crew at Cassino
  312. 1944.05.19. B-17G Destroyed by Bomb Strike From Above
  313. 1944.05.20. A change of command ceremony of SS Division Wiking
  314. 1944.05.25. German Glider at Operation Rösselsprung
  315. 1944.05.25. SS Paratroopers with captured British and US flags
  316. 1944.05.27. Consolidated B-24D Liberator "First Sergeant"  
  317. 1944.05.27. Officers of Hitlerjugend Division Posing Together at Fritz Witt's Birthday
  318. 1944.06.03. Italian refugees with New Zealand soldier
  319. 1944.06.03. US Rangers Aboard their Landing Craft Before Normandy Invasion
  320. 1944.06.05. American paratrooper before D-Day
  321. 1944.06.05. General Eisenhower chats with Paratroopers before D-Day
  322. 1944.06.05. German Generals Ernst Philipp, Hans Schlemmer and Helmut Staedke
  323. 1944.06.05. Soldiers of 502nd PIR donning the equipment before D-Day
  324. 1944.06.06. U.S. assault team landing at Omaha Beach
  325. 1944.06.06. Private Jim Flanagan with captured German flag on the morning of D-Day
  326. 1944.06.06. Canadian AA Crew with Bofors Gun in Normandy on D-Day
  327. 1944.06.06. Korean Yang Kyoungjong Captured in Wehrmacht Uniform
  328. 1944.06.06. French Minister Henriot Speech in Berlin
  329. 1944.06.07. Adolf Hitler Studying The Allied Landing at D-Day
  330. 1944.06.07. Panzerkampfwagen IV Ausf H of 12. SS-Panzer-Division 
  331. 1944.06.08. 2nd New Zealand Division's personnel sorting out maps
  332. 1944.06.09. Max Wünsche and 12th SS Soldiers at Rots Normandy
  333. 1944.06.11. Marauder II Bombs Banja Luka Yugoslavia 
  334. 1944.06.14. Tiger #222 Taking Tiger #231 in Tow After a Breakdown
  335. 1944.06.15. Captured Foreign Volunteers in the German Army
  336. 1944.06.17. V-1 Strikes Battersea, London
  337. 1944.06.18. 1944 German Football Championship Final
  338. 1944.06.20. 12. SS-Panzer-Division "Hitlerjugend" Panther Ausf G 
  339. 1944.06.25. John Crocker and Rod Keller in Normandy
  340. 1944.06.26. V-1 Over England
  341. 1944.06.27. The "Last Stand" Defender of Cherbourg
  342. 1944.06.30. V-1 Hits the Aldwych, London  
  343. 1944.07.01. Flakpanzer IV (3.7cm FlaK) Ostwind
  344. 1944.07.01. P-51s of 352nd Fighter Group Escort B-24Js of 458th Bomb Group
  345. 1944.07.02. A Japanese Dive Bomber Shot Down Near Truk
  346. 1944.07.05. Generals Dwight Eisenhower, Omar Bradley and Lawton Collins
  347. 1944.07.07. Finnish Sturmgeschütz crew
  348. 1944.07.08. Oberleutnant Franz Ludwig Discussing Strategy With His Men
  349. 1944.07.11. German soldiers surrender at Vilnius Lithuania
  350. 1944.07.16 Three German commanders in St.-Lô area
  351. 1944.07.18. 26th QMC War Dog Platoon on Biak
  352. 1944.07.22. SS NCO Ferdinand Breitfelder with Captured British Weapon
  353. 1944.07.22. Wiking Officers Strolling at Nurzec rail station
  354. 1944.07.25. Studio Portrait of Luftwaffe Ace Wilhelm Batz
  355. 1944.07.28. British General John Crocker with visiting Soviet delegation
  356. 1944.07.29. American Troops Stand Guard Behind German POW at Le Gast
  357. 1944.07.29. Coast Guard LST Follows LCIs to Cape Sansapor
  358. 1944.07.31. 3rd Marine Division Searches Agana for Japanese Survivors
  359. 1944.07.31. King George VI during award ceremony for Canadian soldiers in Italy
  360. 1944.08.00. Adolf Hitler and Wachtmeister Arthur Adam
  361. 1944.08.00. Reichsbahn Personnel Wearing Camo
  362. 1944.08.01. Adolf Hitler Second Visit to the Victims of the 20 July 1944 Plot
  363. 1944.08.01. Adolf Hitler Visiting His Adjutant Heinrich Borgmann
  364. 1944.08.01. Americans Approach Panther Ausf A in Periers, France 
  365. 1944.08.01. Panzerkampfwagen IV ausf H in Poland
  366. 1944.08.01. Portrait Photo of Karl Ullrich After Award Ceremony
  367. 1944.08.01. Reception of Leading NS Officers by Adolf Hitler
  368. 1944.08.01. Schwertern Award Ceremony For Rainer Stahel
  369. 1944.08.02. Fieseler Fi-103 V-1 in Flight
  370. 1944.08.02. Luftwaffe General Werner Kreipe and Eckhard Christian
  371. 1944.08.02-03. German Soldiers Looking for Low-Flying Enemy Aircraft
  372. 1944.08.03. 155mm "Long Tom" Fires at Japanese on Guam
  373. 1944.08.03. Destroyed Panzerkampfwagen IV Ausf.J in Normandy  
  374. 1944.08.04. Hitler Assembles The Reichsleiter and Gauleiter After July 1944 Attempt
  375. 1944.08.05. Ion Antonescu and Adolf Hitler Met for the Last Time
  376. 1944.08.09. A Young SS Hitlerjugend Soldier Captured by the Canadian at Normandy
  377. 1944.08.09. Otter Scout Car of 4th Armored Division, II Canadian Corps 
  378. 1944.08.10. M-2 Wildcats and F4U Corsairs at Daugherty Field, Long Beach, California
  379. 1944.08.10. RAF 5 Group Lancaster Attacks Bordeaux Refinery
  380. 1944.08.10. Sepp Dietrich Before Brillanten Award Ceremony
  381. 1944.08.10. Sepp Dietrich After Brillanten Award Ceremony
  382. 1944.08.10. Sepp Dietrich Received by Hitler
  383. 1944.08.10. Sepp Dietrich Receiving Brillanten from Hitler
  384. 1943.08.10. Tiger of Großdeutschland with Two Soldiers and Captured Soviet Anti-Tank Guns
  385. 1944.08.11. Jedburgh Special Forces Board B-24D Liberator
  386. 1944.08.15. Panzerkampfwagen IV ausf H (SdKfz 161) of 3.SS Panzer-Division "Totenkopf"
  387. 1944.08.17. General Philippe Leclerc and French Tank Crew
  388. 1944.08.20. Captured of General der Infanterie Ferdinand Neuling
  389. 1944.08.20. Jagdpanzer 38(t) "Hetzer" of Heeresgruppe Sudukraine
  390. 1944.08.21. American Soldier Inspects Panther Ausf A
  391. 1944.08.26. Captured German Kübelwagen in the liberation of Paris
  392. 1944.08.28. Heer officer served in Luftwaffe Field Division
  393. 1944.08.29. General Alfred Gutknecht captured by the US
  394. 1944.08.30. Abandoned "Porscheturm" Königstiger of s.Pz.Abt.503 in Normandy
  395. 1944.09-10. A Heinkel He 111 Rolling Towards its Heavily Guarded Revetment
  396. 1944.09-10. A V-1 With Very Unusual Camouflage Pattern
  397. 1944.09-11. SS Anti-Tank in Action at Transylvania
  398. 1944.09.00. PK Cameraman Made a Footage of Fw 190
  399. 1944.09.01. Abandoned Königstiger of schwere SS-Panzer-Abteilung 101
  400. 1944.09.01. Briefing African-American Pilots of the 332nd Fighter Group  
  401. 1944.09.01. Captain Andrew D. Turner, 100th Fighter Squadron, 332nd Fighter Group 
  402. 1944.09.01. Ground Crew Affix Fuel Tank to P-51C Mustang 
  403. 1944.09.01. PFC John T. Fields Checks Ammunition on P-51B Mustang
  404. 1944.09.03. Charles Foulkes and Harry Crerar in Dieppe France
  405. 1944.09.08. General Oliver Leese speaking with Canadian NCO in Italy
  406. 1944.09.15. Jagdpanther of schwere Panzerjäger-Abteilung 559 
  407. 1944.09.17. Two of Eighteen Allied POWs Rescued by USS Queenfish (SS-393)
  408. 1944.09.18. British Paratroopers with German Prisoner at Arnhem
  409. 1944.09.18. German SS Prisoners at Arnhem
  410. 1944.09.19. General Hermann Plocher Arrived at Milsbeek 
  411. 1944.09.28. Nijmegen, Netherlands After Operation Market-Garden
  412. 1944.10.--. Karl Nicolussi-Leck on the Cupola of his Panther #801 
  413. 1944.10.01. British Churchill Mark VIII Tank
  414. 1944.10.14. Panther Ausf A Destroyed by XIX Tactical Air Command 
  415. 1944.10.15. Königstiger Occupying a Street Intersection in Budapest
  416. 1944.10.15. SS Soldiers With Captured Hungarian War Machines in Buda Castle
  417. 1944.10.17. Royal Hamilton Light Infantry During the Battle of the Scheldt
  418. 1944.10.20. Destroyed Catholic Church at Dulag, Leyte
  419. 1944.10.20. Wounded 7th Cavalry Tankers Receive First Aid
  420. 1944.10.21. US Army General Douglas MacArthur's Second Landing on Leyte 
  421. 1944.10.29. British war correspondent in the Netherlands
  422. 1944.11.--. SS-Sturmbannführer Luis Thaler with Waffen-Obersturmbannführer Armando Giorleo
  423. 1944.11.24. The crew of B-29 Superfortress 42-24598 "Waddy's Wagon"
  424. 1944.12.11. M4 Sherman Mine Exploder T1E3 Clears A Road in Beggendorf
  425. 1944.12.16. Wounded SS soldier during the Battle of the Bulge
  426. 1944.12.18. American Soldiers of the 99th Infantry Division March Into Captivity
  427. 1944.12.18. Gloster Meteor F.3 of Royal Air Force 616 Squadron in Flight 
  428. 1944.12.21. PT Boat Crewman Lathers Up with Soap Prior to Salt Water Bath 
  429. 1944.12.22. Luftwaffe Ace Gerhard Tyben Receiving The Knight's Cross
  430. 1944.12.25. Coldstream Guards' Sherman Firefly IC Guards Bridge at Namur
  431. 1944.12.27. Messerschmitt Bf 109 is “Blaue 15” of Leutnant Lehmann
  432. 1944.12.27. Panther Ausf G Abandoned in the Ardennes
  433. 1944.12.29. Destroyed American War Machines Near Bastogne
  434. 1945.01.01. American Armada at Ulithi Atoll
  435. 1945.01.02. Eichenlaub award ceremony for Panzer Ace Otto Carius
  436. 1945.01.06. USS Columbia (CL-56) Hit by Kamikaze Attack
  437. 1945.01.07-12. Fritz Vogt and Fritz Darges in Front of Hegykastely Castle
  438. 1945.01.14. 44th Evacuation Hospital Orderlies Carry Malmedy Victim on Stretcher
  439. 1945.01.18. Abandoned Königstiger of schwere Panzer-Abteilung 506
  440. 1945.01.19. German prisoners trudge past a British Sherman tank at Höngen
  441. 1945.01.24. Sherman Tanks of 7th Armored in St. Vith
  442. 1945.01.26. U.S. M8 Greyhound Near the German Border
  443. 1945.02.01. Reactor B at the Hanford Engineer Works
  444. 1945.02.03. M24 Chaffee of 18th Cavalry Squadron
  445. 1945.02.05. First Ledo Road Convoy to Reach Kunming, China
  446. 1945.02.09. Douglas MacArthur Inspects Damage to Stotsenburg Station Hospital 
  447. 1945.03.16. Coning Tower Test Using U-2330
  448. 1945.02.18. Platoon of 4th Marine Division Briefed on Iwo Jima on Attack Transport 
  449. 1945.02.20. A Marine Artillery Observer on Iwo Jima
  450. 1945.02.20. Marine Naps While War Dog Stands Guard 
  451. 1945.02.20. Wounded Marines Are Helped to an Aid Station by Navy Corpsmen
  452. 1945.02.23. First Flag Raising on Iwo Jima
  453. 1945.02.23. Raising the American Flag on Iwo Jima
  454. 1945.03.20. Adolf Hitler Congratulating Hitlerjugend Boys 
  455. 1945.03.20. M-12 Tank was Called Upon to Blast Enemy Defenses at Siegfried Line 
  456. 1945.03.23. Jagdtiger Abandoned in Neustadt
  457. 1945.03.24. German Town Destroyed During Operation Varsity  
  458. 1945.03.25. B-17G Flying Fortress "Big Yank"
  459. 1945.03.27. USS West Virginia (BB-48) Shoots Down a Japanese Kamikaze Plane
  460. 1945.04.01. A Knocked-Out Jagdpanther Being Examined by an American Soldier
  461. 1945.04.01. 2nd Mixed Brigade Field Hospital Surrenders on Iwo Jima
  462. 1945.04.01. German town Wesel after the bombing
  463. 1945.04.03. 15 Year Old German Soldier Cries After Being Captured

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Adolf Hitler and Ion Antonescu at the Schloss Kleßheim (1943)


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Date: Monday, 12 April 1943
Place: Schloss Kleßheim, Salzburg, Austria
Photographer: Walter Frentz

This picture was taken by Walter Frentz at the Schloss Kleßheim in Salzburg, 12 April 1943. From left to right: Otto Meißner (Leiter der Präsidialkanzlei), Generalleutnant Walter Warlimont (Stellvertretender Chef des Wehrmachtführungsstabes), Paul Otto Schmidt (interpreter), Marshal Ion Antonescu (Romanian dictator and Prime Minister), unknown Romanian official, Adolf Hitler (Führer und Oberster Befehlshaber der Wehrmacht), and Generalfeldmarschall Wilhelm Keitel (Chef der Oberkommando der Wehrmacht).

By April 1943, World War II had reached a turning point on the Eastern Front following the devastating German defeat at Stalingrad earlier that year. Romania, under Marshal Ion Antonescu's authoritarian rule since 1940, remained a vital Axis ally, supplying troops, oil, and resources to Nazi Germany. However, mounting losses and the advancing Soviet forces strained the partnership. Antonescu sought reassurances from Adolf Hitler regarding Romania's territorial integrity, particularly the return of Northern Transylvania, ceded to Hungary via the 1940 Vienna Award. Hitler, facing wavering commitment from his satellites, convened a series of bilateral summits at Schloss Klessheim, a Baroque palace near Salzburg, Austria, renovated in 1940 as a luxurious guest house for diplomatic receptions. The palace, originally built in the 18th century by Prince-Archbishop Firmian, featured opulent halls, gardens, and conference rooms equipped for high-level discussions, including strategic planning with maps.

These meetings included Italian leader Benito Mussolini, Romanian Marshal Ion Antonescu, and Hungarian Regent Miklós Horthy, each held separately to bolster Axis unity. For Antonescu, the visit on April 12-13, 1943, was an opportunity to address military cooperation, economic strains, and the sensitive "Jewish question," where Germany pressured Romania to accelerate deportations as part of the Final Solution. Despite earlier alignments, Antonescu resisted full compliance, prioritizing Romanian sovereignty.

Marshal Ion Antonescu arrived at Schloss Klessheim on April 12, 1943, amid a backdrop of spring landscapes and heightened security. The palace, serving as a neutral yet grandiose venue for Axis diplomacy, was guarded by SS personnel and equipped with anti-aircraft defenses. Hitler personally welcomed Antonescu, a gesture reflecting the Romanian leader's importance as a key supplier of oil and manpower. Accompanied by German Foreign Minister Joachim von Ribbentrop and other officials, the two leaders exchanged formal salutes and handshakes before proceeding to the palace's interior. Newsreel footage and photographs captured the arrival, emphasizing the ceremonial aspects of the visit.

The two-day summit included private discussions and formal receptions, with Antonescu's delegation including advisors focused on military and economic matters. The atmosphere was tense, as both sides grappled with the war's deteriorating outlook.

The centerpiece of the visit was a strategic conference held in one of Schloss Klessheim's equipped rooms, where Hitler and Antonescu reviewed military maps spread across a large table. Joined by high-ranking officers such as Field Marshal Wilhelm Keitel and Walter Warlimont, the leaders discussed the Eastern Front's challenges, Romania's ongoing contributions, and future operations. Hitler urged Antonescu to maintain commitment despite recent setbacks, criticizing other allies for insufficient effort while praising Romania's role.

A significant portion of the talks addressed the "Jewish question." Germany intensified pressure on Antonescu to deport Romanian Jews to extermination camps in occupied Poland, following earlier plans discussed in 1942. Antonescu, aware of the deportations' lethal implications, resisted, citing Romania's independent approach and refusing to yield without concessions like the return of Northern Transylvania. The discussions also touched on economic cooperation, with Romania's oil fields critical to the German war machine, and territorial assurances against Hungarian and Bulgarian claims.

The map room setting allowed for detailed examination of frontline positions, supply lines, and potential counteroffensives, underscoring the military dimension of the alliance. Follow-up talks on April 14 involved Ribbentrop and Mihai Antonescu, Romania's Foreign Minister, further emphasizing resistance to German demands on deportations.

The April 1943 summit at Schloss Klessheim highlighted the fragility of the Axis coalition. While Hitler sought to rally his allies, Antonescu's visit revealed growing Romanian disillusionment with the war. Antonescu secured no firm commitments on Transylvania but maintained Romania's autonomy on internal policies, notably halting Jewish deportations from core territories. This resistance marked a divergence from full Nazi compliance, influenced by shifting war fortunes.

In the ensuing months, Romania's position worsened, leading to secret overtures to the Allies. By August 1944, King Michael orchestrated a coup, arresting Antonescu and switching sides to the Allies. Antonescu was tried and executed in 1946 for war crimes. Schloss Klessheim, once a hub of Axis diplomacy, now houses a casino and serves as a reminder of wartime intrigue. The meeting exemplifies the personal dynamics between Hitler and his allies, blending strategy, ideology, and pragmatism in the face of impending defeat.


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Adolf Hitler and Ion Antonescu at the Führerhauptquartier Wolfsschanze (1942)


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Date: Wednesday, 11 February 1942
Place: Führerhauptquartier Wolffschanze, Rastenburg, East Prussia
Photographer: Walter Frentz

This picture was taken by Walter Frentz at the Führerhauptquartier Wolffschanze, 11 February 1942. From left to right: General der Artillerie Alfred Jodl (Chef des Wehrmachtsführungsamtes), Marshal Ion Antonescu (Romanian dictator and Prime Minister), Paul Otto Schmidt (interpreter), Adolf Hitler (Führer und Oberster Befehlshaber der Wehrmacht), Generalfeldmarschall Wilhelm Keitel (Chef der Oberkommando der Wehrmacht), Major Eckhard Christian (persönlicher Luftwaffen Generalstabsoffizier des Chef Oberkommando der Wehrmacht), and Generaloberst Franz Halder (Chef des Generalstabes des Heeres).

In the midst of World War II, Romania under the leadership of Marshal Ion Antonescu was a key ally of Nazi Germany. Having joined the Axis powers through the Tripartite Pact in November 1940, Romania contributed significantly to the Eastern Front campaign against the Soviet Union, providing the third-largest Axis army. By early 1942, the war effort was intensifying, with Operation Barbarossa facing harsh winter conditions and logistical challenges. Antonescu's visit to Adolf Hitler's eastern headquarters, the Führerhauptquartier Wolfsschanze (Wolf's Lair), located in the dense forests near Rastenburg in East Prussia (now Kętrzyn, Poland), was a critical diplomatic and strategic engagement. This fortified complex, built in 1940-1941, served as Hitler's primary command center for directing operations on the Eastern Front. The visit on February 11, 1942, aimed to strengthen coordination between the two nations, discuss military contributions, and address territorial concerns involving Romania's neighbors.

The Wolfsschanze was a sprawling, heavily secured site encompassing over 6.5 square kilometers, divided into three security zones. It included bunkers, barracks, a power station, and specialized facilities like a map room for strategic planning and a radio communication center for maintaining contact with field units. The headquarters housed up to 2,000 personnel at its peak, reflecting its role as the nerve center of German operations.

On the morning of February 11, 1942, amid falling snow and frigid temperatures, Marshal Ion Antonescu arrived by train at the nearby Görlitz station. Hitler personally greeted him on the platform, a gesture underscoring the importance Germany placed on the Romanian alliance. Snow blanketed the ground, and the two leaders exchanged salutes before proceeding in a car to the main complex. Accompanied by high-ranking German officials, including General Alfred Jodl, Chief of the Operations Staff of the Armed Forces High Command, they drove through the forested paths to the inner security zone (Sperrkreis 1). This arrival was captured in newsreel footage, highlighting the ceremonial aspects of the visit amid the harsh winter landscape.

Upon entering the headquarters, Antonescu was welcomed by additional officers, setting the stage for substantive discussions. The Wolfsschanze's design emphasized security and functionality, with reinforced concrete bunkers camouflaged to blend into the surroundings. Hitler's personal bunker, along with guest accommodations, ensured that high-level visitors like Antonescu could engage in confidential talks without interruption.

The core of the visit was a strategic meeting held in the map room, a central facility within the Wolfsschanze equipped with large tables covered in detailed military maps and walls adorned with operational charts. Here, Hitler and Antonescu, joined by key advisors such as Foreign Minister Joachim von Ribbentrop and Field Marshal Wilhelm Keitel, reviewed the ongoing war effort. The discussions focused on political and military issues, including Romania's contributions to the Eastern Front and economic cooperation.

A significant outcome was Hitler's personal assurance to Antonescu that Germany would guarantee Romania's territorial integrity post-war, specifically preventing any aggressive actions by Hungary and Bulgaria against Romania. The leaders also critiqued the perceived inadequate war efforts of these two nations, emphasizing Romania's more substantial role. These talks were crucial for Antonescu, who sought to safeguard Romania's interests amid shifting alliances and border disputes, particularly regarding Transylvania. The map room, often used for daily situation briefings (Lagebesprechungen), provided the perfect setting for poring over frontline positions and planning future operations.

As part of the visit, Antonescu was given a tour of the Wolfsschanze's key operational areas to demonstrate German military efficiency and foster closer collaboration. This included an inspection of the radio communication room, a vital component of the headquarters' infrastructure. The communication center, equipped with advanced radio equipment and telegraph lines, was essential for relaying orders to distant fronts and maintaining real-time coordination with Axis forces. Antonescu's inspection highlighted the technological prowess of the German command system, allowing him to observe how Hitler maintained control over vast theaters of war. While specific details of this inspection are sparse in surviving records, such tours were common for high-profile allies to build trust and share insights into operational capabilities. The facility underscored the Wolfsschanze's role as a hub for encrypted communications, ensuring secure links with Berlin and field commanders.

The tour also likely encompassed other elements of the complex, such as the power generation bunkers and anti-aircraft defenses, emphasizing the site's self-sufficiency and defensive fortifications.

Antonescu's visit to the Wolfsschanze on February 11, 1942, reinforced the Axis partnership at a pivotal moment when the Eastern Front was bogged down in winter stalemates. It boosted Romanian morale and commitment to the war, while providing Antonescu with reassurances on territorial matters. However, as the war turned against the Axis, these alliances frayed; Romania would switch sides in August 1944, leading to Antonescu's arrest and execution in 1946.

This meeting exemplifies the personal diplomacy between Hitler and his allies, conducted in the secretive confines of the Wolfsschanze. Despite the site's eventual abandonment and destruction in 1945, it remains a symbol of Nazi wartime strategy, now preserved as a historical site open to the public.



Inspection to the communication room. The two generals at left is Generaloberst Franz Halder (Chef des Generalstabes des Heeres) and General der Nachrichtentruppe Erich Fellgiebel (Chef des Wehrmachtnachrichten-Verbindungswesen).



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