By Manfred Griehl

This fascinating on-going sequence covers each point of the Luftwaffe in international struggle II and charts the increase and fall of this amazing strength. each one quantity uses over 100 infrequent and precious pictures, a lot of them taken via Luftwaffe group of workers, to deliver heritage to existence and list either the lads and the plane they flew.

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He promptly flew to Berlin for a required medical examination, picked up his gear, and arrived in North Africa on May 31. The 5th Light was deployed around Gambut, between Tobruk and the Egyptian-Libyan frontier, to rest and train while Major General Neumann-Silkow’s 15th Panzer Division screened the frontier. Part of Rommel’s army reserve, the 5th was ordered to be prepared to redeploy to the frontier if the British attacked, which is what Rommel expected. 1). Ravenstein, however, was 50 miles from the frontier and did not reach the combat zone until nightfall.

By now, he had a solid reputation as a capable and highly effective General Staff officer. In November 1943, Colonel General von Mackensen was transferred to northern Italy to assume command of the newly formed 14th Army. Mackensen took Hauser with him as chief of staff. 23 Rommel’s Desert Commanders In February 1944, the Anglo-Americans landed at Anzio. Hauser did his usual highly competent job of rushing reinforcements to the threatened sector and keeping them well supplied, despite Allied air superiority.

He successively advanced from battalion adjutant to company commander to General Staff Officer to battalion commander at the age of 29. He was promoted to first lieutenant in 1915 and to captain in 1918. He was also wounded several times. During a leave in the autumn of 1917, he proposed to Elisabeth von Oriola. Her parents had by now adjusted to the idea that their daughter was going to marry a penniless Protestant and supported her decision. Hans and Elisabeth were married during his next leave in February 1918.

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