North Africa Front

Uniform einer Propagandakompanie des Afrikakorps . WW2 uniform of Nazi Germany 's Wehrmacht : tunic etc. of a propaganda company of the Africa Corps ca. 1941. Shoulder straps, shirt, necktie, collar patches, National emblem/Nazi style German Imperial Eagle ( Brustadler , Wehrmachtsadler ), breast pockets. Smartphone photo taken on 13 October 2019 at Deutsches Historisches Museum , Berlin, Germany.

Uniform einer Propagandakompanie des Afrikakorps . WW2 uniform of Nazi Germany 's Wehrmacht : Tunic etc. of a propaganda company of the Africa Corps ca. 1941. Shoulder straps, collar patches, National emblem/Nazi style German Imperial Eagle ( Brustadler , Wehrmachtsadler ), Bild Berichterstatter 335 (military press photographer) badge and Propagandakompanie cuff title/arm band on right sleeve. Smartphone photo taken on 13 October 2019 at Deutsches Historisches Museum , Berlin, Germany.

North Africa - Soviet 7.62 cm gun , mounted on a Czech Panzer 38(t) tank chassis (Marder III Ausführung H) was being used by the German until they left it behind when retreating in the desert.

German vehicles on a battlefield (l-r): A captured British Universal Carrier, Sd.Kfz 251/3, a VW Kübelwagen, two motorcycles with sidecars (DKW NZ250/350?) and a Horch Leichter Einheits-PKW. Due to the captured British vehicle and the landscape, the photo was most probably taken in North Africa in 1941.

A captured German 15 cm sFH 13/1 (Sf) auf Geschützwagen Lorraine Schlepper(f) in North Africa, in early 1943.

Uniform einer Propagandakompanie des Afrikakorps . WW2 uniform of Nazi Germany 's Wehrmacht : tunic etc. of a propaganda company of the Africa Corps ca. 1941. Web belt with Wehrmacht belt buckle. Inscription: Gott mit uns . Smartphone photo taken on 13 October 2019 at Deutsches Historisches Museum , Berlin, Germany.

France, Other European Locations Rommel and Other Personalities, Including Lucie Rommel, Guderian, Hitler, British and French Officers DPLA 66151fdd817b9d04fd77dcedc1f067d1 (page 187)

France, Other European Locations Rommel and Other Personalities, Including Lucie Rommel, Guderian, Hitler, British and French Officers DPLA 66151fdd817b9d04fd77dcedc1f067d1 (page 181)

France, Other European Locations Rommel and Other Personalities, Including Lucie Rommel, Guderian, Hitler, British and French Officers DPLA 66151fdd817b9d04fd77dcedc1f067d1 (page 175)

France, Other European Locations Rommel and Other Personalities, Including Lucie Rommel, Guderian, Hitler, British and French Officers DPLA 66151fdd817b9d04fd77dcedc1f067d1 (page 173)

France, Other European Locations Rommel and Other Personalities, Including Lucie Rommel, Guderian, Hitler, British and French Officers DPLA 66151fdd817b9d04fd77dcedc1f067d1 (page 167)

France, Other European Locations Rommel and Other Personalities, Including Lucie Rommel, Guderian, Hitler, British and French Officers DPLA 66151fdd817b9d04fd77dcedc1f067d1 (page 165)

Panzer II of the 15th Panzer Divison in North Africa used as Artillery Observation Tank. Therefore the main gun has been replaced by a simple mockup to create room for the observer.

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You can help by reporting errors and typos at Commons:Bundesarchiv/Error reports . Nordafrika.- Soldat beim Tragen einer Panzerbüchse durch die Wüste; PK Afrika Title Nordafrika, Soldat mit Panzerbüchse Depicted place North Africa Date April 1941 date QS:P571,+1941-04-00T00:00:00Z/10 Collection German Federal Archives Native name Das Bundesarchiv Parent institution Federal Government Commissioner for Culture and Media Location Koblenz (headquarters) Coordinates 50° 20′ 32.71″ N, 7° 34′ 21.22″ E Established 1946 Website www.bundesarchiv.de Authority file : Q685753 VIAF : 137346469 ISNI : 0000000405552728 LCCN : n92025526 NLA : 36455393 OSM : 1844909 WorldCat institution QS:P195,Q685753 Current location Propagandakompanien der Wehrmacht - Heer und Luftwaffe (Bild 101 I) Accession number Bild 101I-783-0123-27A Source This image was provided to Wikimedia Commons by the German Federal Archive (Deutsches Bundesarchiv) as part of a cooperation project . The German Federal Archive guarantees an authentic representation only using the originals (negative and/or positive), resp. the digitalization of the originals as provided by the Digital Image Archive .

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You can help by reporting errors and typos at Commons:Bundesarchiv/Error reports . Nordafrika.- Panzer IV mit Treffer am Geschütz (7,5 cm KwK/L24) bzw. am Turm, Detailaufnahme; PK Afrika Title Nordafrika, Panzer IV, Turm Depicted place North Africa Date April 1941 date QS:P571,+1941-04-00T00:00:00Z/10 Collection German Federal Archives Native name Das Bundesarchiv Parent institution Federal Government Commissioner for Culture and Media Location Koblenz (headquarters) Coordinates 50° 20′ 32.71″ N, 7° 34′ 21.22″ E Established 1946 Website www.bundesarchiv.de Authority file : Q685753 VIAF : 137346469 ISNI : 0000000405552728 LCCN : n92025526 NLA : 36455393 OSM : 1844909 WorldCat institution QS:P195,Q685753 Current location Propagandakompanien der Wehrmacht - Heer und Luftwaffe (Bild 101 I) Accession number Bild 101I-783-0117-113 Source This image was provided to Wikimedia Commons by the German Federal Archive (Deutsches Bundesarchiv) as part of a cooperation project . The German Federal Archive guarantees an authentic representation only using the originals (negative and/or positive), resp. the digitalization of the originals as provided by the Digital Image Archive .

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Nordafrika.- Gefreiter beim Tragen einer Panzerbüchse durch die Wüste; PK Afrika — Nordafrika

Nordafrika.- Soldat beim Tragen einer Panzerbüchse durch die Wüste; PK Afrika — Nordafrika

Nordafrika.- Panzer IV mit Treffer am Geschütz (7,5 cm KwK/L24) bzw. am Turm, Detailaufnahme; PK Afrika — Nordafrika

France, Other European Locations Rommel and Other Personalities, Including Lucie Rommel, Guderian, Hitler, British and French Officers DPLA 66151fdd817b9d04fd77dcedc1f067d1 (page 115)

Nordafrika.- Mittlerer Schützenpanzer (Sd.Kfz. 251/11, "Fernsprechwagen"), PKW in der Wüste; PK "Afrika" — Nordafrika

Panzer II of the 15th Panzer Division in North Africa used as Artillery Observation Tank. Therefore the main gun has been replaced by a simple mockup to create room for the observer.

France, Other European Locations Rommel and Other Personalities, Including Lucie Rommel, Guderian, Hitler, British and French Officers DPLA 66151fdd817b9d04fd77dcedc1f067d1 (page 107)

Nordafrika.- Panzer III in Fahrt durch die Wüste; PK "Afrika" — Nordafrika

France, Other European Locations Rommel and Other Personalities, Including Lucie Rommel, Guderian, Hitler, British and French Officers DPLA 66151fdd817b9d04fd77dcedc1f067d1 (page 105)

Nordafrika.- Kolonne von Panzer III und Militärfahrzeuge (PKW) auf Wüstenstraße, März-Mai 1941; PK "Afrika" — Nordafrika

For documentary purposes the German Federal Archive often retained the original image captions , which may be erroneous, biased, obsolete or politically extreme . 1.6.1942 Nach der Schlacht bei Sidi Mustah [...] Auf Höhen von Sidi-Mustah südwestlich von Tobruk

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A convoy of Afrika Korps vehicles moving throught the desert. The vehicles normally travelled at intervals of approximately one hundred metres in case of an air attack, which, in the case of this photograph, was apparently unlikely. The convoy is lead by a VW Kübelwagen.

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An abandoned German 5 cm PaK 38 anti-tank gun in North Africa.

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An abandoned German 88 mm Flak 36 or 37 gun in North Africa.

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German 2 cm anti-aircraft gun of the Wehrmacht in the position before Bir Hakeim

Field Marshal Erwin Rommel visited here, he believed it would be best to oppose the landings directly at the beaches.

In the foreground German 2 cm anti-aircraft gun, in the background German Luftwaffe bombing on Bir Hakeim

Front page of the 21 July 1944 edition of Tanin , a Turkish newspaper published in Istanbul 1908 – 1947. The newspaper became a strong supporter of the new progressive ruling party, the Committee of Union and Progress (CUP), pluralism and diversity.

A British infantryman takes the surrender of the crew of an enemy supply truck in the Western Desert, 2 June 1942. An infantryman takes the surrender of the crew of an enemy supply truck in the Western Desert, 2 June 1942.

Traduzione di una lettera inviata da Rommel al generale d'armata italiano Bastico il 23 luglio 1942

Cropped version of A German Tank Commander Stands Atop His Tank Drinking From a Canteen National Archives Catalog, National Archives and Records Administration , U.S.A.): 242-GAP-190B-4 001 WW2 (Record Group 242: National Archives Collection of Foreign Records Seized / Series: Photographs taken by Propaganda Units of the German Armed Forces (Wehrmacht) and the Waffen-SS) A World War II German officer in a Wehrmacht Heer 'Panzer' division from the Afrika Korps drinks from a canteen while standing atop a PzKpfw III tank in early 1941. He wears a tropical uniform with shorts and lace-up boots. He is awarded the Iron Cross and the Panzerkampfabzeichen . A pith helmet and jerry cans for carrying water are visible on the tank. In the turret of the tank, a comrade is seen with a headset, eating from his mess kit.