I photocopied a sample from each album and scanned them for posting. They came out a little better.
Top - 10-17 Jan 39, bottom - 1-6 Feb 39
Top - 1-10 Sep 39, bottom - 17-24 Nov 39
Top - 25-31 Jan 40, bottom - 25-30 Apr 40
Top - 10-20 Aug 40, bottom - 17-24 Oct 40
These are really awesome. Some of the captions are surprisingly vague. Who the heck is that baby Hitler is playing with? “The fuhrer with a private attendant with General Field Marshal Goring”. I’m pretty certain that baby is not Goring.
Ugh, that writing is hard to read. The captured memo is discussed as an order to the 148th British Infantry Brigade. The caption mentions that the England had prepared for a move in Norway for months, and that the Nazi’s stopped their brutal game before it could start.
I wish I had more time to look at this.
The caption of the first photo more or less says its a conference in Rome between Neville Chamberlain and his Foreign Minister and the Duce and Count Ciano to discuss Mediterranean issues.
The second photos says : “A private visit from the Fuhrer to Field Marshal Goering.” Just politicking as usual for Hitler. Kissing hands and shaking babies.
The third photo states that the Fuhrer is recieving a report from soldiers about combat and their wounds at a military hospital/rehabilitation center.
I’m having some trouble with the 4th photo, but the gist of it is that the soldiers did not suffer a loss of morale during the battle. They had a great deal of success and enjoyment in seizing enemy equipment, for example this former French ammunition carrier and wagon.
This must have been after the fall of France.
The 8th photo is also a follow up to the Battle of Britain. It more or less states that in the battle, there were many successes, particularly by Maj. Molders (left) and Maj. Galland (right). Goering is receiving combat reports from both of these highly accomplished fighter pilots. (And they both were.)
The 7th photo states: “England was the target of ceaseless attacks by the German Luftwaffe. Armed reconaissance identified English targets such as harbors, airfields, and munitions factories, and they were attacked by long range bombing DO 215s.”
The 5th photo is from winter maneuvers in occupied Poland. It states: “Combat troops in bitter cold in upper Gydnia. The cold did not prevent the occupation troops in the Govournment General from conducting maneuvers. Here they are bringing an infantry cannon into position.”
They will do less well when it’s for real next winter.