Identified Persons and Units Photos

[Bill T]

General Siegfried Rasp - Commander of 3rd GJ Div. He spent 3 years in a British POW camp after the war

[rbminis]

My great uncle, Fritz Schlegel. I am unable to identify which infantry unit he was assigned to.
Ralph.

[Scout]

Interesting pics

[Bill T]

11. Panzer Division (Gespenster Div)

A well known Pz Div, fighting in many of the major battles on the Eastern and Western Fronts. Balkans, Kiev (Kresun), Volga/Don Offensive, Krivoi Rog, Rostov, Kursk, also was one of the units surrounded in the Cherkassy Pocket. It then continued on fighting on the Western Front.. Ardennes, Moselle, Remagen, and the Ruhr. Division surrendered in May of 45'.

[Bill T]

Ralph, nice photo. Will have to look in some books to try to ID the cypher. That is an odd looking one tho...interesting.

[rbminis]

Ralph, nice photo. Will have to look in some books to try to ID the cypher. That is an odd looking one tho...interesting.

Thanks Bill!
I have no reference material to look into this, I appreciate it.
Ralph.

[Bill T]

Ralph, PM sent.


Here is a new pic of a Kradmelder from Panzergruppe 3

Panzerguppe 3 (later panzerarmee 3) was used for both French campaign and Operation Barbarossa.

[Bill T]

Panzer Regiment 11 of 6. Panzer Division

Fought in Poland, France, East Prussia, all sectors of the Eastern Front (Kharkov + Kursk), Hungary (Budapest) and Austria in 45' where it surrendered to Soviet forces near Brunn.

[Scout]

Ralph, PM sent.


Here is a new pic of a Kradmelder from Panzergruppe 3

Panzerguppe 3 (later panzerarmee 3) was used for both French campaign and Operation Barbarossa.

Great Kradmelder pic. Certainly brings the dusty (at that time of year) driving conditions across.

[zwerge]

A photo of a luftwaffe "Der Spiess" not really sure what is written on the back?