Adolf Hitler Studying The Allied Landing at D-Day

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Date: Wednesday, 7 June 1944 (16:55-18:15)
Place: Schloss Klessheim, Salzburg, Wals-Siezenheim, Austria
Photographer: Unknown

Meeting of German and Hungarian officials at Schloss Klessheim to discussed the Allied landing at Normandy which happened a day before. Standing from left to right: Reichsminister Joachim von Ribbentrop (Reichsministers des Auswärtigen), General der Flieger Günther Korten (Chef des Generalstabes der Luftwaffe), General der Artillerie Walter Warlimont (Stellvertretender Chef des Wehrmachtführungsstabs), Reichsmarschall Hermann Göring (Oberbefehlshaber der Deutsche Luftwaffe), Generalfeldmarschall Wilhelm Keitel (Chef des Oberkommandos der Wehrmacht), Generaloberst Alfred Jodl (Chef des Wehrmachtführungsstabes im Oberkommando der Wehrmacht), Generaloberst János Vörös (Hungarian Chief of Army Staff), and General der Infanterie Hans von Greiffenberg (Militärattaché an der deutschen Botschaft in Budapest und Bevollmächtigten General der Deutschen Wehrmacht in Ungarn). Sitting from left to right: Döme Sztójay (Hungarian Prime Minister) and Adolf Hitler (Führer und Reichskanzler). Bespectacled Hitler ( a rare!) studies the map of France as General Jodl points to landing beaches. In this meeting, a "happy" Hitler announces to everyone that gathered around him: "The messages could not be better! As long as they were in Britain, we could not catch them. Now, finally we have them there where we can beat them... These dummköpfe! Thank God they have finally made a landing!" The reality was far from that: After the Allied invasion, meetings at the Führer's headquarters often seemed unreal. The fronts were breaking up and planned operations were almost unthinkable.

Source:

http://weltkrieg2.de/Geschichte/Personen/Deutsche/Fuehrer/Hitler.htm