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From the Kriegsberichter's Eyes: A study in German Press Photos
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50500-1/ Ernst Udet in the company of World War flying comrades.
This historic photo from September 1918 shows Germany’s most successful pilots. Ernst Udet died during the testing of a new weapon in the fulfillment of his duty at the Johannisthal Airfield where a new type of fighter aircraft was being tested. (From the left) Ritter von Schleich, Bruno Loerzer, Herman Göring, Ernst Udet, Heinrich Bongartz.
20 November 1941 HoffmannAttached Files
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2388a/ German Sturmgeschütz rammed a Soviet tank.
The duel between a German Sturmgeschütz and a Soviet tank began with the reciprocal firing of the heavy weapons. Soon the Soviet tank began to show heavy damage. Its rate of fire decreased. With the accelerator completely open, it went towards the enemy, rammed it, and caused a severe gash in its belly making it unable to fight. The German spirit of attack.
21 November 1941 Atlantic PK-BöhmerAttached Files
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Todd, FYI, Friedrich Zschäckel was probably with (Das) Reich in 1941, during the advance on Moscow. My files indicate that he was with the Nord Division during early 1942, and then with LAH in France that summer. During 1943, he seems to have covered Totenkopf at Kharkov, and then Das Reich at Kursk. He was with the Hitlerjugend Division in Normandy, and is believed to have died during October 1944 (a translated German document that accompanies the contact sheets at the US National Archives says precisely that, "believed to have died during October 1944," without elaborating.
Zschäckel was a holder of the Iron Cross I, and was promoted to Obersturmführer on April 20, 1943. This makes him one of the highest-ranking Waffen-SS combat photographers, as well as one of the most well-traveled.
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