From the Kriegsberichter's Eyes: A study in German Press Photos

[Todd Gylsen]

2745b/ Well camouflaged and well-aimed.
Suddenly, 6 men come running into this quiet countryside and hustle to make it obvious.
4 July 1943 Atlantic PK-Pincornelly

[Todd Gylsen]

2745d/ Well camouflaged and well-aimed.
Wham! The first round from the barrel goes out and finds its way into the Soviet positions.
4 July 1943 Atlantic PK-Pincornelly

[Todd Gylsen]

2830/ The end of a British terror attack.
The Canadian terror bomber lies wrecked and torn in the dunes off the Dutch coast.
9 July 1943 Atlantic PK-Grathoff

[Todd Gylsen]

2912/ From the battle south of Orel.
The messenger troop must contact the battalion command post before moving the cable further. The success of the attack depends on the fast work of signalmen rapidly transmitting messages and commands.
15 July 1943 Atlantic PK-Sepp Jäger

[Todd Gylsen]

2942c/ The officer in an observation position.
17 July 1943 Atlantic PK-Scheerer

[Todd Gylsen]

2942d/ Hit! The Soviet munition camp is hit.
17 July 1943 Atlantic PK-Scheerer

[Todd Gylsen]

3097/ Gauleiter Bohle 40th year.
On 28 July 1943, the head of the Foreign Organization of the NSDAP, Gauleiter Bohle celebrated his 40th birthday.
26 July 1943 Atlantic PK-Strelow

[Br. James]

A great portrait of Ernst Wilhelm Bohle for his birthday! Many thanks, Todd!

Br. James

[Todd Gylsen]

Anytime Br James. I'm glad to show what I have found over the years. I'm still working on the pile I purchased last year. I haven't even touched the stuff from this year yet.

[Todd Gylsen]

3159/ Torpedo away! A rare view of a successful launch.
One of the weapons most feared by the enemy, the torpedo. Continual improvements have constantly increased its effectiveness. The torpedo mechanic has "fired the tube" and already the eel leaves the tube. Minutes of great expectation now follow and everyone thinks: "Has the eel made it?"
1 August 1943 Atlantic PK-Böttger

[Todd Gylsen]

3361/ With a battle squadron in the high north.
These men boldly fly against their prey like the Eagle. The squadron’s coat of arms is the bold animal. In few minutes, they will embark on their JU-88 to engage an enemy convoy.
15 August 1943 Atlantic PK-Hirschfelder

[Todd Gylsen]

3409/ And another Soviet tank is blown into the air.
German armor-piercing weapons boldly engage a Soviet tank. A giant cloud rises to heaven from the bright burning steel colossal.
19 August 1943 Atlantic SS-PK-Büschel

[Todd Gylsen]

3728b/ Fortress Crimea.
Units of the Kriegsmarine, along with units of the Wehrmacht and Luftwaffe, protect Fortress Crimea. Here, a measuring device is utilized at a dominant level on the Black Sea coast.
13 September 1943 Atlantic PK-Rumbacher

[Todd Gylsen]

3830/ Just as on the Atlantic – also on the Black Sea.
German and Romanian units are side by side on coast watch on the Black Sea.
19 September 1943 Atlantic PK-Steininger

[Todd Gylsen]

3958b/ State funeral for the murdered Generalkommissar in Belarus, Gauleiter Wilhelm Kube.
In the mosaic walls of the new Reich Chancellery in Berlin, the State funeral was held for the for the General Commissioner, Gauleiter Wilhelm Kube, who was murdered on 22 September 1943 in Russia. The Minister for the occupied eastern territories, Alfred Rosenberg, gave the speech during the commemorations. The Reichsminister for the occupied eastern territories presents the last greetings for the deceased.
27 September 1943 Atlantic PK-Boesig
(At 1:20 am on September 22, 1943 Kube was assassinated in his Minsk apartment by a time device hidden in his mattress in Operation Blow-Up.)