Hermann Göring Visit "Der Sieg im Westen" Exhibition

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Date: Monday, 18 November 1940
Place: Heldenplatz, Vienna, Ostmark (Austria)
Artist: Unknown

This photo was taken on 18 November 1940, and it shows Nazi and Wehrmacht officials as guests at the Wehrmacht exhibition entitled "Der Sieg im Westen" (Victory in the West), which were held at Heldenplatz, Vienna, Ostmark (Austria). This exhibition features a series of propaganda relating to the resounding victories of German troops in the invasion of France and the Lower Countries a few months earlier. The identification of the persons pictured here are, front row from left to right: Hugo Jury (Gauleiter Reichsgau Niederdonau und Reichsstatthalter Niederösterreich), Baldur von Schirach (Gauleiter und Reichsstatthalter Reichsgau Wien), Reichsmarschall Hermann Göring (Oberbefehlshaber der Luftwaffe), and Generalfeldmarschall Wilhelm List (Oberbefehlshaber 12. Armee). Some additional identification: in the back row between Jury and Schirach is Character als Generalmajor Edmund Glaise-Horstenau (General z. B.V. beim Oberkommando der Wehrmacht); whose head blocked by Göring is SS-Gruppenführer Dr.jur. Ernst Kaltenbrunner (Höherer SS- und Polizeiführer Donau); between Göring and List is General der Kavallerie Eberhard von Mackensen (Chef des Generalstabes 12. Armee); and at the far right behind List is Generalleutnant Hans Graf von Sponeck (Kommandeur 22. Luftlande-Infanterie-Division).

Source :

https://forum.axishistory.com/viewtopic.php?p=1385037#p1385037

https://ww2colorfarbe.blogspot.com/2020/08/goring-at-wehrmacht-exhibition.html

German Generals Captured in Tunisia

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Date: Thursday, 13 May 1943
Place: Maison Blanche aerodrome, southeast of Algiers, Algeria
Cameraman: J.F. Gunn of U.K. War Office Film Unit

German high ranking officers arrested by the Allies in Tunisia were seen as having just arrived at Maison Blanche aerodrome, Algeria, on 13 May 1943. Their identities were later checked by the authorities. Afterwards, these generals boarded the plane that would take them to a temporary POW camp in England. Some faces that can be recognized include: General der Panzertruppe Gustav von Vaerst (Oberbefehlshaber 5. Panzerarmee. Arrested on 9 May 1943 in Bizerte), Generalleutnant Karl Bülowius (General der Pioniere Heeresgruppe "Africa" ​​und Kommandeur Panzer-Division "Von Manteuffel". Arrested on 9 May 1943 in Tunis), Generalleutnant Willibald Borowietz (Kommandeur 15. Panzer-Division. Arrested on 10 May 1943 in Tunis), Generalmajor Fritz Krause (Kommandeur 334. Infanterie-Division. Arrested on 9 May 1943 in Bizerte), Generalmajor der Luftwaffe Dipl.Ing. Gerhard Bassenge (Kommandant Festungsbezirks Tunis-Bizerte. Arrested on 9 May 1943 in Methelin), Generalmajor der Luftwaffe Georg Neuffer (Kommandeur 20. Flak-Division. Arrested on 10 May 1943 in Tunis), and Oberst im Generalstab August-Viktor von Quast (Chef des Generalstabes 5. Panzerarmee. Arrested on 9 May 1943 in Bizerte). Three of them were Ritterkreuzträger: Gustav von Vaerst, Willibald Borowietz and Georg Neuffer, while only one is Eichenlaubträger: Willibald Borowietz.

Source :
https://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/object/1060034955