Rommel and Erwin Menny

General der Panzertruppe Erwin Rommel (Kommandierender General Deutsches Afrikakorps) directs the movements of his force with Oberst Erwin Menny (Kommandeur 15.Schützen-Brigade / 15.Panzer-Division) in North Africa. The picture was taken before Menny received the Ritterkreuz des Eisernen Kreuzes (26 December 1941).

Source :
Jim Haley photo collection
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-6821659/Deadly-Panzer-tanks-heavy-weaponry-Rommel-used-against-Allies-WWII.html

Rommel in a Map Discussion with His Two Afrikakorps Officers

Erwin Rommel conferred with his two officers in the North African desert. As usual, the Desert Fox is wearing his daughter's scarf and British captured goggle. No exact information about when or where this pic was taken.

Source :
Jim Haley photo collection

Rommel Chats with Ugo Cavallero

From left to right: Maresciallo d'Italia Ugo Cavallero (chief of the Italian High Command), Generalmajor Alfred Gause (Chef des Generalstabes Panzerarmee "Afrika"), and Generalfeldmarschall Erwin Rommel (Oberbefehlshaber Panzerarmee "Afrika"). No information about date or place, but surely in North Africa after June 1942. Cavallero had a rather conflicting relationship with Rommel, whose advance into Egypt after his success at the Battle of Gazala he opposed, advocating instead the planned invasion of Malta; his opinion, shared by Kesselring and Rintelen, was however discounted by Hitler and Mussolini.

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ugo_Cavallero
https://forum.axishistory.com/viewtopic.php?p=2469114#p2469114

Rommel and Afrikakorps (Jim Haley Photo Collection)

 

Source:
Jim Haley photo collection

Rommel Speaking in Front of His Soldiers at Sollum

2 July 1941: General der Panzertruppe Erwin Rommel (Kommandierender General Deutsches Afrikakorps) reviewing the German and Italian troops stationed at Sollum after their victory against the English operation under the code name "Brevity", on May 15, 1941. In this occasion, Rommel also expresses his gratitude to the brave German soldiers and their Italian comrades after the successful tank battle at Sollum, and delivering some awards.

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https://beeldbankwo2.nl/nl/beelden/detail/e0492a1c-0259-11e7-904b-d89d6717b464/media/5f6e63b7-2bca-e23b-f631-caca837fa7ba?mode=detail&view=horizontal&q=panzertruppen&rows=1&page=2
https://www.gettyimages.com/detail/news-photo/erwin-rommel-reviewing-the-german-and-italian-troops-news-photo/104419750

Rommel Interviewed After the Capture of Tobruk

Generaloberst Erwin Rommel (Oberbefehlshaber Panzerarmee "Afrika") chattered away while being interviewed by Kriegsberichter Lutz Koch, who held a Beyer M 19b microphone close to his mouth, while the bildberichter behind them was busy recording moving images with an Arriflex 35mm camera. Behind Rommel can be seen a radio operator busy working using the AEG magnetophone "Tonschreiber d (Dora)" - which is the world's first portable magnetophone (magnetic recorder) - in a Horch Typ 40 mittlerer geländegängiger Personenkraftwagen (m.gl.Pkw) Kfz 15 vehicle. This photo was taken on June 22, 1942 when German troops had just captured Tobruk from the Allies. This coastal city in Libya has a very strategic role in the battles of North Africa, and its control makes the German people lulled in euphoria: the occupation of Egypt is only a matter of time, and after that is the unification of German troops from Russia and Africa in the Caucasus! This interview was broadcast live to Germany, and was heard by many, including Adolf Hitler and his associates. That same day the Führer - overwhelmed with joy - decided to give his favorite general an extraordinary promotion, from Generaloberst (Colonel-General) to Generalfeldmarschall (Fieldmarshal), a five-star rank with no official retirement!

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http://alifrafikkhan.blogspot.com/2015/05/foto-wawancara-tokoh-third-reich-dengan.html

Rommel Discussed with Gariboldi

Although in paper the DAK (Deutsches Afrikakorps) reported directly to Italian Comando Supremo under Libya General Governor's command, in practice Rommel set the agenda for all military operations in northern Africa. in this picture - taken in the period of April-July 1941 - Italian general Italo Gariboldi (Army Commander of Comando Supremo) is seated to the right of Generalleutnant Erwin Rommel (Kommandierender General Deutsches Afrikakorps).

Source:
NARA - 242-EAPC
"Deutsche Afrikakorps (1941-1943)" by Ricardo Recio Cardona

Rommel in a Conference at Canteleu

 

On 30 March 1944, Generalfeldmarschall Erwin Rommel (Oberbefehlshaber Heeresgruppe B und Generalinspekteur der Küstenbefestigungen West) held a meeting with Wehrmacht officers in Canteleu, Normandy, to discuss the development of the German defense network being built there. This photo shows the former Commander of the Afrikakorps pointed his finger to the map, while in front of him in attention is Generalleutnant Wilhelm Richter (Kommandeur 716. Infanterie-Division). The bald officer standing in the center is General der Panzertruppe Adolf-Friedrich Kuntzen (Kommandierender General LXXXI. Armekorps). Other high-ranking Wehrmacht officers who were present at the meeting in Canteleu but do not shows in this photo includes: Generalfeldmarschall Gerd von Rundstedt (Oberbefehlshaber West), Generalleutnant Rudolf Hofmann (Chef des Generalstabes 15. Armee), Generalleutnant Dietrich Kraiss (Kommandeur 352. Infanterie -Division), and Generalmajor Rudolf Stegmann (Kommandeur 77. Infanterie-Division).

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https://forum.axishistory.com/viewtopic.php?p=2403273#p2403273

Rommel at Kriegsschule Potsdam

 

From left to right: Oberstleutnant Johannes Frießner (Lehrgruppenkommandeur der Lehrgruppe B an der Kriegsschule Potsdam), Oberst Wilhelm Wetzel (Kommandeur Kriegsschule Potsdam), and Oberstleutnant Erwin Rommel (Lehrgruppenkommandeur der Lehrgruppe A an der Kriegsschule Potsdam). There is no description of when and where this photo was taken, but most likely it was in the summer of 1937 when the three men were both serving at the Kriegsschule Potsdam. During his tenure at the German Army's most important war school, Rommel took the time to wrote the book "Infanterie Greift an" (Infantry Attack), which were later being used as a handbook on the training of the foot soldiers in many countries. In 1936 Rommel was served temporarily as Hitler's bodyguard at the Nürnberg Reichsparteitag. The Führer was so impressed by the skills of the talented young officer that he chose Rommel to be the commander of his headquarters and personal bodyguard unit for the period of 1938-1940. The three person depicted in this picture were latter awarded the prestigious Ritterkreuz des Eisernen Kreuzes, with Rommel receive the highest grade: Brillanten.

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https://forum.axishistory.com/viewtopic.php?p=2282081#p2282081

Rommel Sitting with His Officer in France 1940

Generalmajor Erwin Rommel (Kommandeur 7. Panzer-Division) in France 1940. This picture is one of 854 photographs from the Rommel Photograph Collection located in the US National Archives and Records Administration (NARA).  The photographs depict military activities in the French campaign and were taken by various German photographers and copies provided to General Rommel as a courtesy.  There are photos of equipment and troops in action, landscape scenes, as well as photos of Rommel and a few other German leaders.  The collection contains scanned jpeg images of every photograph of the French campaign in the NARA collection (except for the duplicates).  Includes images of 12 Heinrich Hoffman photographs of Rommel’s visit with Hitler.  Each photo was scanned at 600 dpi and if captioned, the reverse was scanned at 150 dpi.  Since most photographs in the collection are not captioned, the scans are not cataloged, although they are organized by photograph type and, when possible, grouped by subject.  Some of the photographs are dated and captioned in German.

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http://www.digitalhistoryarchive.com/wwii-photographs.html

Rommel Awarded the German Medal for His Italian Allies

On 9 February 1942, Generaloberst Erwin Rommel (left, Oberbefehlshaber Panzerarmee "Afrika") awarded the Eisernes Kreuz I. Klasse to two of his allied Italian generals, Generale di Corpo d'Armata Gastone Gambara (center, Italian XIX Corps Commander) and Generale d'Armata Ettore Bastico (right, Commander-in-Chief of the Italian Army in North Africa). Latter, Bastico would also receive a higher-ranking German medal - Deutsches Kreuz in Gold - on 5 December 1942. Behind Rommel is stood Generale di Brigata Giorgio Calvi di Bergolo (Chief of Staff of the Italian liaison officer with Panzerarmee "Afrika"). Photo by Kriegsberichter Ernst Alexander Zwilling.

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https://audiovis.nac.gov.pl/obraz/1226/12b23fe47a8541af41ec3c8e9adc4e97/

Rommel Studying Maps in France

Generalmajor Erwin Rommel (seated at left, Kommandeur 7. Panzer-Division) studying maps with his officers. This photo was taken during the German invasion of France, May 1940.

 
Source :
Bundesarchiv Bild 146-1972-045-02
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Bundesarchiv_Bild_146-1972-045-02,_Frankreich,_Erwin_Rommel_und_Offiziere_mit_Karten.jpg