For Sale: Digitized Photos and Records from the US National Archives

Discussion in 'For Sale & For Trade' started by MLW, Oct 12, 2011.

  1. MLW

    MLW Senior Member

    For many people, the US National Archives (NARA) are inaccessible. I am fortunate to live nearby and do research there on a weekly basis. I also have a large format scanner. As such, I am able to produce high-quality scans of documents and photographs and then sell them at reasonable prices. For example, I offer DVDs with 600dpi scans of all the images in the Rommel collection (France 1940 and North Africa 1941) and am in the process of scanning all the contact sheets from the SS-Kriegsberichter (war correspondents) collection (over 30,000 images). I also offer inexpensive digitized copies of microfilmed documents from NARA's captured German Records Collection (war diaries, intelligence reports, and situation maps). Many of my products are related to military operations on the Western Front in 1940 and 1944. A special focus area is the Maginot Line, West Wall, and Atlantic Wall fortifications.

    I have an extensive product list and am adding new items every month. For a copy of my list, please PM me.

    Regards, Marc
     
  2. Drew5233

    Drew5233 #FuturePilot 1940 Obsessive

    Hi Marc,

    I don't suppose you have come across anything to do with the Massacre at Paradis in May 1940 (Pictures, sketch maps or documents)?

    If you do find anything feel free to drop me a PM
     
  3. Slipdigit

    Slipdigit Old Hickory Recon

    Marc,

    Many thanks for your gracious offer. Contacting NARA is a tedious endeavor from where I live, to say the least.

    I have contacted them looking for information on the US 30th Cavalry Reconnaisance Troop (Mechanized), a unit that dear friend of mine fought with during the war. I received a reply from them and purchased copies of the Operational Reports and the Unit History, about 120 pages of legal sized documents, for which I was grateful.

    A few weeks later, I received another letter from them saying that they have another group of documents, around 200 pages. I responded and asked them if the two groups were the same, even thought the number of pages is different. The response is not convincing to me that they are the same, but I don't want to cough up $175 for copies of what I already have.

    What I am looking for are the Morning Reports, which has different information than does the operational reports. Mainly, I am looking for names of casualties.

    I am writing a book about my friend and he remembers incidents where some of his friends were killed in vehicles, but he does not always remember the names of the other men who died at the same time. I would like to include those men's names in the manuscript. One of his close friends was killed in skirmish deep in Germany six days before the division ended offensive operations in Aprile 1945 and he was very distraught over the man's death. At the time, so stunned was he by Harold Works' death, he did not realize until we read the Op Reports a few months ago that two other men also died at the same time.

    Anyway, could I talk to you on the telephone? If so, could we move the discussion to PMs?
     
  4. Paul Reed

    Paul Reed Ubique

    Is there much on Monte Cassino or Anzio?
     
  5. MLW

    MLW Senior Member

    Drew - I happened to be sitting in NARA (they have WiFi here) when I saw your question. So, I went downstairs and looked in the SS-Totenkopf files (they are on microfilm). Because the massacre was a company-level action, there appears to be nothing about it in the divisional war diary for the day of the massacre or soon thereafter. There could have been an investigation by the German military, but no telling when that occurred and where the documents are in the historical record. There is a good possibility that since Fritz Knöchlein was tired and convicted for the massacre, a record of the prosecution file may be in NARA. That could have detailed statements, diagrams, etc. Please know that I am not a professional researcher in that I do not routinely take on clients (especially if a timeline is involved), but do like to help out when I can. If you are still interested in having me Knöchlein's file, please PM me.

    Regards,
    Marc
     
  6. MLW

    MLW Senior Member

    Jeff - Morning reports are not at NARA. They are in St Louis. The rest of the unit records should be here at NARA and relatively easy to find - I'll send you a PM.

    Regards,
    Marc
     
  7. MLW

    MLW Senior Member

    Paul - Why yes, there should be a lot of material on US Forces at both Monte Casino and Anzio, and in the captured German Records too.

    Regards, Marc
     
  8. Drew5233

    Drew5233 #FuturePilot 1940 Obsessive

    Drew - I happened to be sitting in NARA (they have WiFi here) when I saw your question. So, I went downstairs and looked in the SS-Totenkopf files (they are on microfilm). Because the massacre was a company-level action, there appears to be nothing about it in the divisional war diary for the day of the massacre or soon thereafter. There could have been an investigation by the German military, but no telling when that occurred and where the documents are in the historical record. There is a good possibility that since Fritz Knöchlein was tired and convicted for the massacre, a record of the prosecution file may be in NARA. That could have detailed statements, diagrams, etc. Please know that I am not a professional researcher in that I do not routinely take on clients (especially if a timeline is involved), but do like to help out when I can. If you are still interested in having me Knöchlein's file, please PM me.

    Regards,
    Marc

    Hi Marc and no worries - Just bare me in mind if you drop on anything related especially pictures. There was a German investigation almost straight away I believe, one by the SS and one by a Heer higher formation that the SS-T was under. I've read that a SS Photographer photographed the scene (His name escapes me but he's quite famous within the SS etc.) Knöchlein was tried and hung after the war.

    Cheers
    Andy
     
  9. MLW

    MLW Senior Member

    Andy - the SS-Photographer's name was Gunter d'Alquen. I recently scanned up the contact sheets in his SS-Kriegsberichter file at NARA, but all the images appear to be from Greece 1941.

    Regards, Marc
     
  10. dave500

    dave500 Senior Member

    Jeff,

    Geoff Gentilini at Golden Arrow Research may be able to help you with the Morning Reports.

    Golden Arrow Research


    Dave
     
  11. MLW

    MLW Senior Member

    [FONT=&quot]Hello! The SS-KB photo collection is now up to 6 DVDs of digitized images. Here is a description of DVDs 3 and 4. Each DVD is $20. For purchase inquiries or questions, please PM me. Regards, Marc[/FONT]
    [FONT=&quot] [/FONT]
    [FONT=&quot]Waffen-SS Kriegsberichter Photograph Collection Part 3 (B-F)[/FONT][FONT=&quot][/FONT]
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    [FONT=&quot]158 scanned photograph contact sheets with 4,258 images from the following SS-Kriegsberichter:[/FONT][FONT=&quot][/FONT]
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    [FONT=&quot]Büschel, Max[/FONT][FONT=&quot] (Leibstandarte Adolf Hitler, Russia and Italy 1943)[/FONT][FONT=&quot][/FONT]
    [FONT=&quot]27 Sheets with 798 images.[/FONT][FONT=&quot] [/FONT][FONT=&quot]SS[/FONT][FONT=&quot]-soldier portrait photos, armored vehicles (including Tiger Is and StuGs, self-propelled artillery), artillery and infantry in the field, crew served weapons, fighting positions, and destroyed and captured Russian armor (some with German markings), formal dinner in the field, awards ceremony, soccer game, scenes of Rome, captured Italian equipment. Most sheets are dated May, July, October, December 1943, or January 1944.[/FONT]
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    [FONT=&quot]Buschlte (Russia 1943)[/FONT][FONT=&quot][/FONT]
    [FONT=&quot]4 Sheets[/FONT][FONT=&quot] [/FONT][FONT=&quot]with 116 images. Soldiers in the field, Village with Orthodox Church, artillery unit, mobile recording studio, SS-soldiers training. Sheets are dated April 1943 or May 1944.[/FONT][FONT=&quot][/FONT]
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    [FONT=&quot]Cantzler (Russia 1943)[/FONT][FONT=&quot][/FONT]
    [FONT=&quot]7 Sheets with 161 images. Shipyard, destroyed factory, foundry, schwimmwagen, heavy artillery, panzers with infantry (Tiger Is and StuGs), sniper team, SS-soldier portrait shots. Sheets are dated June 1943 or April 1944. [/FONT][FONT=&quot][/FONT]
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    [FONT=&quot]Damher (Holland 1944?)[/FONT][FONT=&quot][/FONT]
    [FONT=&quot]3 Sheets with 73 images. Assassinated German military personnel with car, SS-soldier portrait, Panther tank, group of senior officers with a map. Sheets are dated May 1944. [/FONT][FONT=&quot][/FONT]
    [FONT=&quot] [/FONT][FONT=&quot][/FONT]
    [FONT=&quot]Damm-Jensen (SS-Flandern Legion, Belgium and Russia 1943)[/FONT][FONT=&quot][/FONT]
    [FONT=&quot]12 Sheets with 281 images. Unit vehicles, rail loaded vehicles, recreation activities, SS-soldier portrait shots, SS-honor ring, classroom training, food preparation, unit marching in formation with flag, senior SS-officers at a chateau, vehicle maintenance, sports activities, field training, winter scenes in Russia. Sheets are dated May or June 1943. [/FONT][FONT=&quot][/FONT]
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    [FONT=&quot]Domaschowitz (1943)[/FONT][FONT=&quot][/FONT]
    [FONT=&quot]5 sheets with 51 images. Formal ceremony with photos of attending senior officers. Sheets are dated January or June 1943.[/FONT][FONT=&quot][/FONT]
    [FONT=&quot] [/FONT][FONT=&quot][/FONT]
    [FONT=&quot]Dürr (1943)[/FONT][FONT=&quot][/FONT]
    [FONT=&quot]13 sheets with 381 images. Domestic farm and city scenes in Germany; individual SS-soldier portrait and group photos; German countryside, villages, and local populace in traditional dress; recruiting ceremony, bombed city. Sheets are dated June, August, or September 1943.[/FONT][FONT=&quot][/FONT]
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    [FONT=&quot]Ege (Germany or Sudetenland)[/FONT][FONT=&quot][/FONT]
    [FONT=&quot]25 sheets with 855 images. Local populace in traditional dress; architects and sculptors; railway cars and steam locomotive; rail yard operations; rail loaded vehicles; aftermath of city bombing with homeless and firefighters and police; relaxing SS-soldiers; individual and group photos of local women; Bundes Deutscher Mädel sports activities and cultural performances;[/FONT][FONT=&quot] mountain landscapes; horse race. Sheets are not dated.[/FONT]
    [FONT=&quot] [/FONT][FONT=&quot][/FONT]
    [FONT=&quot]Eines (Norwegian SS 1943)[/FONT][FONT=&quot][/FONT]
    [FONT=&quot]5 sheets with 138 images. Field training, enlistment ceremony, winter scenes with soldiers in village. Sheets are dated March 1943.[/FONT][FONT=&quot][/FONT]
    [FONT=&quot] [/FONT][FONT=&quot][/FONT]
    [FONT=&quot]Einser (Danemark SS 1944)[/FONT][FONT=&quot][/FONT]
    [FONT=&quot]4 sheets with[/FONT][FONT=&quot] [/FONT][FONT=&quot]132 images. City scenes of destruction, unit awards ceremony in field. Sheets are dated May 1944.[/FONT][FONT=&quot][/FONT]
    [FONT=&quot] [/FONT][FONT=&quot][/FONT]
    [FONT=&quot]Fabiger, Erich (SS-Panzerkorps, Narva, 1944) [/FONT][FONT=&quot][/FONT]
    [FONT=&quot]2 sheets with[/FONT][FONT=&quot] [/FONT][FONT=&quot]68 images.[/FONT][FONT=&quot] [/FONT][FONT=&quot]Daily activities, unit in winter position with light Flak gun.[/FONT][FONT=&quot] [/FONT][FONT=&quot]One sheet is dated June 1944.[/FONT][FONT=&quot][/FONT]
    [FONT=&quot] [/FONT]
    [FONT=&quot]Falkowski (1943)[/FONT][FONT=&quot][/FONT]
    [FONT=&quot]19 sheets with 456 images. Individual SS-soldier portrait photos, barracks scenes, city buildings and rail yard destroyed by bombing, unit meal in kantine, Russian coal mine, soldiers on river cruise, burial with unit formation and senior officers, target practice, military graves and cemetery, boxing competition. Many sheets are dated July and August 1943, or February and June 1944.[/FONT][FONT=&quot][/FONT]
    [FONT=&quot] [/FONT][FONT=&quot][/FONT]
    [FONT=&quot]Feder (1943 & 1944)[/FONT][FONT=&quot][/FONT]
    [FONT=&quot]28 sheets with 645 images. Remains of crashed aircraft, many individual soldier, officer, women personnel portrait photos (including numerous Belgians soldiers with Rexist badge), detailed photos of a resupply bomb, rocket launcher frame, barracks scenes, rifle and pistol marksmanship practice, families with children. Sheets are dated September, November, and December 1943, or January, April, May, and June 1944.[/FONT][FONT=&quot][/FONT]
    [FONT=&quot] [/FONT][FONT=&quot][/FONT]
    [FONT=&quot]Fink (1943-44)[/FONT][FONT=&quot][/FONT]
    [FONT=&quot]9 sheets with 268 images.[/FONT][FONT=&quot] [/FONT][FONT=&quot]Funeral procession of Rheinhard Heydrich, artist sculpting bust of Heydrich and relief of Heinrich Himmler, SS-soldiers training with rocket launcher, SS-ski troops training in mountains, bridging operation in mountains. Sheets are dated either March and June 1943, or January 1944.[/FONT][FONT=&quot][/FONT]
    [FONT=&quot] [/FONT][FONT=&quot][/FONT]
    [FONT=&quot]++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++[/FONT]
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    [FONT=&quot]Waffen-SS Kriegsberichter Photograph Collection Part 4 (F-H)[/FONT][FONT=&quot][/FONT]
    [FONT=&quot] [/FONT]
    [FONT=&quot]164 scanned photograph contact sheets with 5,010 images from [/FONT][FONT=&quot]the following SS-Kriegsberichter:[/FONT][FONT=&quot][/FONT]
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    [FONT=&quot]Fritsch (Romania, SS-Kavallerie, Russia 1943-44)[/FONT][FONT=&quot][/FONT]
    [FONT=&quot]29 sheets with 828 images. Romanian honor guard; Romanian soldiers undergoing health physicals; SS-officers with Romanian officials and officers; farm scenes; villagers in traditional dress (perhaps ethnic Germans?); recruiting activities; formal ceremony; individual portrait and group photos; SS-soldiers field training; sports activities; officials in radio studio; local performers and cultural activities; SS-soldiers in field with horses, assault guns, motorcycles, and signal equipment; burning village. Sheets are dated [/FONT][FONT=&quot]March, December 1943.[/FONT]
    [FONT=&quot] [/FONT][FONT=&quot][/FONT]
    [FONT=&quot]Funk (1943)[/FONT][FONT=&quot][/FONT]
    [FONT=&quot]6 sheets with 157 images. Concert hall with performers, Kriegsberichter unit in motor pool, individual SS-soldier portrait photos, views of barracks, uniform issue facility. Three sheets dated May, June, or October 1943.[/FONT][FONT=&quot][/FONT]
    [FONT=&quot] [/FONT][FONT=&quot][/FONT]
    [FONT=&quot]Gerber (Russia, 1943)[/FONT][FONT=&quot][/FONT]
    [FONT=&quot]6 sheets with 122 images. Winter scenes in Russia, recording studio, SS war cemetery and individual graves of SS-Kriegesberichter, Brandenburg Gate, SS-solders training in field. Sheets are dated May, June, and October 1943, or April 1944.[/FONT][FONT=&quot][/FONT]
    [FONT=&quot] [/FONT][FONT=&quot][/FONT]
    [FONT=&quot]Geyk (or Guyk?) (Russia)[/FONT][FONT=&quot][/FONT]
    [FONT=&quot]20 sheets with 627 images. Winter scenes - digging vehicles out of snow, fighting positions, clearing snow from airfield with JU-52 and JU-188; awards formation in field with Sepp Dietrich and other SS-officers; soldier show; heavy artillery; destroyed city and port scenes; captured Russian tank with German flag; observation post; destroyed Sevastopol fortifications; field airfield with JU-52s; aerial views of landscape; fighting positions in mountainous terrain; several images of General Hermman Hoth; Nebelwerfer firing, Panzerkampfwagen 38(t). Sheets are undated.[/FONT][FONT=&quot][/FONT]
    [FONT=&quot] [/FONT][FONT=&quot][/FONT]
    [FONT=&quot]Gösling, Jobst (Leibstandarte Adolf Hitler, Berlin, Holland 1943)[/FONT][FONT=&quot][/FONT]
    [FONT=&quot]19 sheets with 509 images. Senior Nazi leaders on train platform; Hitler giving speech from Reich Chancellery balcony to wounded soldiers, then reviewing honor guard; SS-soldiers training in field with medic and ambulance; green houses, canal boats, and river dredging, rail cars, and local populace in Holland; mortar and machine gun crews training; civilian hospital with operating room and maternity ward; Sepp Dietrich reviewing troops in barracks with towed and self-propelled artillery and light Flak; unit awards ceremony with Sepp Dietrich handing out infantry assault badges, 75mm anti-tank gun with crew; unit parade with band; heavy artillery demonstration with Himmler. Two sheets dated May and December 1943.[/FONT][FONT=&quot][/FONT]
    [FONT=&quot] [/FONT][FONT=&quot][/FONT]
    [FONT=&quot]Grönert, Hermann (SS-Totenkopf, Russia and Italy 1943)[/FONT][FONT=&quot][/FONT]
    [FONT=&quot]18 sheets with 576 images. Tiger I demonstration to Japanese officers; winter combat action with halftracks, flak gun mounted on halftrack, and StuG III; Russian populace; many combat action photos of infantry in Russia with Tiger Is, StuG, Marder, and anti-tank guns; destroyed and captured Russian tansk; Russian prisoners of war; soldiers emplacing mines; assault guns and Tiger Is with infantry in Italy. Has a misplaced contact sheet from another SS-Kriegsberichter (Jirka?) with images of infatry training with mortars and a schwimmwagen crossing river. Sheets are dated from [/FONT][FONT=&quot]May, June, July, August, September, October, or December 1943.[/FONT]
    [FONT=&quot] [/FONT][FONT=&quot][/FONT]
    [FONT=&quot]Heinemann (Russia 1944)[/FONT][FONT=&quot][/FONT]
    [FONT=&quot]1 sheet with 35 images. Individual and group soldier photos, destroyed buildings in Russian city. Sheet dated May 1944.[/FONT][FONT=&quot][/FONT]
    [FONT=&quot] [/FONT][FONT=&quot][/FONT]
    [FONT=&quot]Heiss (1943)[/FONT][FONT=&quot][/FONT]
    [FONT=&quot]6 sheets[/FONT][FONT=&quot] [/FONT][FONT=&quot]with 154 images. Unit and soldiers in barracks, visit by Himmler with formal ceremony including Hitler Youth, unit movement by rail, SS-soldiers manning an observation post in mountains, patrol in mountainous terrain and field activities, machine gun crew.[/FONT][FONT=&quot] [/FONT][FONT=&quot]Sheet[/FONT][FONT=&quot]s are dated June and August 1943[/FONT]
    [FONT=&quot] [/FONT][FONT=&quot][/FONT]
    [FONT=&quot]Hildebrand[/FONT][FONT=&quot][/FONT]
    [FONT=&quot]1 sheet with 16 images. Individual portrait photos of SS-soldiers. Sheet is undated.[/FONT][FONT=&quot][/FONT]
    [FONT=&quot] [/FONT][FONT=&quot][/FONT]
    [FONT=&quot]Hoffmann, Rudi (1943-44)[/FONT][FONT=&quot][/FONT]
    [FONT=&quot]23 sheets with 624 images. SS-soldiers undergoing medical physicals, Schulschiff Deutschland with crew, Himmler with senior officers, musical band and horse race, walled city, SS-soldiers training with anti-tank gun, ship in dry dock, sugar beet harvest, field post office, soldiers installing communications lines, winter scenes with soldiers with horses, winter fighting positions, individual portrait photos, bivouac in field, training and maintenance with Tiger I, soldier with Christmas tree, soldiers training with dogs in field. Sheets are dated May, September, October, November, and December 1943, April 1944.[/FONT][FONT=&quot][/FONT]
    [FONT=&quot] [/FONT]
    [FONT=&quot]Hofstäter (1943)[/FONT][FONT=&quot][/FONT]
    [FONT=&quot]2 sheets with 70 images. Himmler observing assault gun and ant-tank range training. Sheets[/FONT][FONT=&quot] are dated October 1943.[/FONT]
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    [FONT=&quot]Homann (1943)[/FONT][FONT=&quot][/FONT]
    [FONT=&quot]39 sheets with 1292 images.[/FONT][FONT=&quot] [/FONT][FONT=&quot]Many photographs of Rheinhardt Heydrich's funeral; KB unit operations - rail loading, equipment, recording studio, musical performances; individual soldier portrait photos, senior officers; SS medical personnel; infantry with pack horses in mountainous terrain; SS-soldiers rock climbing; Himmler observing soldier training; Himmler addressing SS-soldiers; SS-soldier with dog; Christmas party; winter fighting positions; military cemetery. Sheets dated June 1943.[/FONT][FONT=&quot][/FONT]
     
  12. MLW

    MLW Senior Member

    The Invasion of Russia: 15th Infantry Regiment, 29th Infantry Division, 1941

    Here is a great collection of photos that I scanned at NARA yesterday and am now offering for sale:

    DVD with 800dpi scans of 198 photographs taken of the 15th Infantry Regiment, 29 Infantry Division of the 47th Panzer Corps. The collection includes photographs of unit operations and activities at Warsaw, crossing of the Bug River, Minsk, Smolensk, and the Desna River in summer of 1941. The photos are captioned and are arranged in chronological order. Some are in series, showing several; views of the same scene or battle.

    The collection provides a unique view of one unit's experience during the early part of Operation Barbarossa. Scenes include: German armored fighting vehicles, destroyed and captured Russian tanks, dead and captured Russian soldiers, graves of German soldiers, unit movements, infantry in the field, destroyed villages, and division, corps and army group commanders. The regiment was later surrounded and destroyed at Stalingrad.

    I have attached a few low resolution scans from the collection.

    Price: $10 plus postage

    If interested, please PM me or email at digitalhistoryarchive (at) verizon.net

    Regards,
    Marc
     

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  13. MLW

    MLW Senior Member

    I have eight new products for sale:
    • CD with stereographic images of German Forces during the invasion of Poland.
    • Six new DVDs of Captured German Records from the US National Archives (NARA).
    • DVD with two WWI Italian Front photograph collections.

    If interested, or if you would like a complete list of my product offerings, please PM me or email at digitalhistoryarchive (at) verizon.net

    Regards,
    Marc

    Here are detailed descriptions of my new products:

    Invasion of Poland, 1939 Photograph Collection
    CD with 800dpi scans of 99 stereographic views (one card is missing), "Soldaten des Fuhrers im Felde" (The Fuhrer's Soldiers in the Field), depicting Germany's invasion of Poland, photographed by members of Propagandakompanie "Hugo Jäger" and by Heinrich Hoffmann. Included are photographs of destroyed Polish positions at Hela, ships at Gotenhaven, German ships off the Wessereplatte, Polish villages, POWs, destroyed and captured equipment, cities of Lodz, Warsaw, Hitler in Warsaw and at the FHQ, German and Soviet soldiers at the demarcation line, and scenes of German troops. $10

    OKH, Various Army Historical Archive Files
    T-78, Roll 32: Two DVDs with 1,171 images of files collected by Chef der Heeresarchive including several lists of engagements on the Eastern Front in which German units were involved (Originale Schlacht-und Gefechts-bezeichnungen), 1941-43; OKH daily situation reports from May 10 to July 8, 1940 for Army Groups A, B, and C during Fall Gelb and Fall Rot; various records dating from 1893 to 1914 on training of the Bavarian 10th Infantry Regiment; records concerning the administration of the German occupation of France, organization, control and discipline of troops; a series of maps and charts en the military administration, 1940-42. $15

    OKH, Unit Activation, Disbandment, & Replacement Files Sep 43 - Apr 45
    T-78 Roll 533: Two DVDs with 1,183 images of orders concerning organization, personnel, and supply matters, and activation and disposition of military units on all fronts; Sep 43 - Apr 45; war diary concerning armaments, war production, and other military economic matters, May 44 - Feb 45; correspondence and reports concerning manpower distribution and activation and deployment of various military units, Sep - Nov 44; war diaries concerning the activation, reorganization, and deployment of various military units and security complements for defensive positions in Hungary (Margarethenstellung); directives and tables of organization and equipment for the General of Signal Intelligence and armored train commanders, Dec 44 - Jan 45; war diary concerning the activation and organization of combat units and personnel replacement problems, and strength reports for army groups on all fronts, Mar - May 44; war diary and tables of organization concerning the activation of combat units and personnel replacement matters, Apr - Jun 44. $15

    4th Army, War Diary (Kriegstagebuch) Jul - Aug 1940
    T-312 Roll 132: DVD with 1,374 images of daily reports relative to strength of subordinate units, daily orders and activity reports, troop movement and disposition, enemy (British) air activity, July 31 - Aug 23, 40; detailed information on engagements of subordinate units, troop transports, shifting of divisions from the west to the east, and British air activity, Aug 24 - Sep 28, 40; nine maps of PW collecting areas, training areas, administration in France, organization and location of the Fourth Army, billet areas for the XI Corps, planned organization of the Seventh Army; maps of Fourth Army units in occupied France, July 12 - Aug 30, 40; reports from various units of the Fourth Army concerning events during the occupation of France, June 24 - Sep 9, 40; operational reports from subordinate units, June 23 - July 8, 1940; account of experiences during the Western campaign on such subjects as tactics, organization, ammunition and equipment, transportation, and supply, July - Aug 40. $15

    Army Group B, War Diary (Kriegstagebuch) Apr - May 1940
    T-311 Roll 209: Two DVDs with 1,212 images of orders and reports relating to the commitment and mission of Army Group B units and amendments to plans for Fall Gelb, Apr 23 - May 3, 40; Army Orders No. 1-16 on the tactical land and air mission and operations of AOK 6 units in Belgium, Holland, and northern France, appraisals of the enemy situation, including map showing the tactical disposition of enemy forces in Belgium, Reports concerning assignments, march movements, and subordination of AOK.6 units before execution of Fall Gelb, Apr 2 - May 31, 40; reports of losses, march movements, troop identification, tactical land and air operations, and situation in Belgium, Holland, and northern France, including capitulation of the Belgian Army and tactical operations and the encirclement of Dunkerque, May 10 - 31, 40; OKH orders on the organization, reorganization, and re-designation of units and Kriegsstarkenachweisungen of Army Group B, Apr 1 - May 27, 40. 15$

    9th Army, War Diary (Kriegstagebuch) May 1940 - Jan 1941
    T-312 Roll 267: DVD with 867 images of a 62-page account of the Ninth Army's operations in the Western campaign, including maps of the Rheims-Epernay area, Jun 5 - 22, 40; war diary of the 9th Army's doctor, May 4 - Jun 17 1940; directives and reports on medical units, hospitals and dispensaries, May 40 - Jan 41; daily reports and messages, May 27 - Jul 6, 40; reports of air reconnaissance prepared by Koluft 9, May 27 - Jun 25, 40. $15

    16th Army, War Diary (Kriegstagebuch) May - Oct 1940
    T-312 Roll 522: DVD with 1,087 images of a report of the experiences of AOK 16 in the engagement in the Valley of Chiers, Northern France, May 10 - 29, 40; report of the 58th Division concerning attacks of June 9-10 and May 9 - June 24, 40; Army Group messages May 10 - Jul 18, 40; a historical report titled "Die Mosel-Armee. Die 16. Armee von der Mosel zur Mosel: Kurze fibersicht uber die Tatlgkeit von 10. Mai bis 22. Juni 1940"; reports of visits of foreign military dignitaries and American journalists; a critique of the engagement at Toul; a study of the English defensive positions at Canterbury-Brighton, Aug 7, 40 - Jan 2, 41; misc. maps of own and enemy units in Belgium and France. May 11, 40 - Feb 21, 41; activity reports from Oct 22, 39 - Oct 24, 40. $15

    WWI Italian Front Photograph Collection
    DVD with 394 jpeg images (800 dpi) from two WWI photograph collections located in the US National Archives and Records Administration (NARA). "Austrian Military Activities on the Izonzo and Dalmatian Fronts, 1914-18" with 227 images loosely arranged by subject - artillery (51 images, including fortifications), aviation and anti-aircraft (3 images), cavalry (11 images), infantry (86 images), medical corps (9 images), and miscellaneous (67 images). The photographs may have been official Austrian photographs; many are marked "Korps Hoffmann" and captioned in English. "Italian Military Troops, Equipment, and Activities, 1918" with 167 images of troops on parade, in battle, and engaged in recreational activity; battlefields; and military equipment presumably taken by the Italian government. A few of the photographs are captioned. $10
     
  14. Drew5233

    Drew5233 #FuturePilot 1940 Obsessive

    Marc as ever if you come across any 1940 photo's please consider me a customer. I'd love copies of the war diaries etc but my German is nowhere good enough.

    Keep up the good work :)
     
  15. MLW

    MLW Senior Member

    There is a large collection of captured German images at NARA of operations in 1939 and 1940. I am thinking of scanning them up someday, but at the moment am busy scanning collections of WWI British and German photos. If only I had more time....Regards, Marc
     
  16. Paul Reed

    Paul Reed Ubique

    Marc - will you be doing a disk of those WW1 images?
     
  17. Drew5233

    Drew5233 #FuturePilot 1940 Obsessive

    No rush Marc but when you get around to the France and Flanders Campaign remember me :D

    Just incase anyone is interested in using Marc services, I have already ordered one disc of photo's from the 1940 campaign and they are excellent.
     
  18. MLW

    MLW Senior Member

    Last week I scanned a document at NARA about the Atlantic Wall fortifications in Normandy. Here is a description of the the document:

    US Army Report on German Concrete Fortifications Sep-Oct 1944
    DVD containing 245 scanned images of a declassified US Army study titled "Report on German Concrete Fortifications," prepared by the Office of Chief of Engineers, Headquarters, European Theater of Operations. This document describes German defenses, camouflage of concrete fortifications, common types of fortifications and strong points (with 62 detailed diagrams), and the effect of artillery fire on German concrete fortifications in Normandy. Includes two appendices on beach and coastal defenses in the Cherbourg area and the effect of artillery fire during the assault on St. Malo, and a map showing the location of all strong points studied in the report. The report also includes numerous photographs, but because the original document at NARA is a photocopy, the photographs are poor quality. Pages were scanned were made at 300dpi. The map was scanned at 800dpi. $15

    I am having problems posting attachments, so please PM for more sample scans of the document.

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  19. MLW

    MLW Senior Member

    Hello all!

    I have nine new products for sale. Please email me at digitalhistory(at)verizon.net for information or orders. My current product list can be downloaded here - http://downloads.sturmpanzer.net/MLW/DigitalHistoryArchiveProductList.pdf

    Regards,
    Marc

    Propaganda Ministry: Casualty Reports of PK Units 1943-45
    T-70 Roll-106: Two DVDs with 1,376 images of files from the Propaganda Ministry. Includes a file containing 300 images of casualty reports of Army, Navy, and Air Force PK units, including personnel from SS-Standarte Kurt Eggers, dated Oct 43 - Mar 45. Some documents are reproduced clearly while others were water damaged and are partially illegible. $15

    6th Army, Intel & Aerial Photo Reports May 40 - Sep 41
    T-312 Roll 1426: DVD with 792 images of charts on Soviet fortifications and installations in Galicia, May 1940 - Mar 1941; situation and communication maps of Northern and Eastern France, May - Jun 40; charts and reports of aerial strikes and potential targets in Western France and England, chiefly the channel ports and shipping; reports on Allied aerial sorties in France, Oct 40 - Jan 41; charts and reports of aerial strikes on the French channel ports and of attacks on military installations in England; Mar - Jun 41; charts and reports of reconnaissance missions over Southwestern White Russia and Northwestern Ukraine chiefly concerning Soviet airfields and air strength, Oct 40 - Jan 41; 19 situation maps of the Eastern Front (Baltic to Black Sea) showing disposition of Soviet units, Aug - Sep 41. 15$

    7th Army, War Diary Intel Reports August 39 - May 40
    T-312 Roll 1514: Two DVDs with 1,188 images of reports concerning road conditions, closing of the Swiss border, the employment of the National Labor Service, Military Police, and Organization Todt, and order of battle of Road Construction Battalions 551 and 556, and maps indicating roads under construction, bridges strengthened, and march and supply routes in the Upper Rhine area Apr-May 40; war journal of the Intelligence Officer and the Security Officer and a directory of officers of intelligence and security detachments Aug 39-May 40; reports of the enemy situation, fortifications, air situation, and border problems with Switzerland, Dec 39-May 40; daily reports pertaining to enemy activities, ground and air situation, the German military situation, and weather reports Sep-Dec 39. 15$

    V Corps, War Diary May - Jun 40
    T-314 Roll 241: Two DVDs with 1,228 images of combat orders and reports concerning the battle of Liege, May 10 - 19, 1940; combat orders and reports concerning the battle on the Somme River, May 19 - Jun 4, 1940, captured personnel and equipment, Jun 7-18 1940; battles in the Liege and Loire River areas, May 29 - Jun 22, 1940; a captured French map of the Siegfried Line and other captured documents, with German translations, Aug 39 - Jun 40; reports and directives regarding transportation, communications, and engineering matters before and during the campaign in the West, Nov 12, 1939 - Jun 12, 1940; maps of enemy and own situations, Jun 6-15, 1940; war journal of the Supply Branch. Jan-Jul 40. 15$

    US Army Report on German Concrete Fortifications Sep-Oct 1944
    DVD containing 244 scanned images of a declassified US Army study titled "Report on German Concrete Fortifications," prepared by the Office of Chief of Engineers, Headquarters, European Theater of Operations. This document describes German defenses, camouflage of concrete fortifications, common types of fortifications and strong points (with 62 detailed diagrams), and the effect of artillery fire on German concrete fortifications in Normandy. Includes to appendices on beach and costal defenses in the Cherbourg area and the effect of artillery fire during the assault on St. Malo, and a map showing the location of all strong points studied in the report. The report also includes numerous photographs, but because the original document at NARA is a photocopy, the photographs are poor quality. Pages were scanned were made at 300dpi. The map was scanned at 800dpi. $15

    Rommel WWII Photo Collection – Part 3, Family and Military Activities, 1941
    DVD with images from two collections of photographs from the Rommel Photograph Collection located in the US National Archives and Records Administration (NARA). "General Erwin Rommel, His Family, and Military Activities, 1941." Contact prints of 10 rolls of film depicting Rommel, his wife, Lucie, and son, Manfred, as well as a variety of military scenes in North Africa. None of the photographs are captioned, but family scenes are informal and appear to be taken at Rommel's home or on vacation somewhere in Europe. Military scenes include desert views, a parade, equipment, and troops arriving in Africa. "General Erwin Rommel's Campaign in North Africa, 1941." 169 images of color slides, possibly photographed by Rommel himself, depicting desert scenes, arrival of troops and supplies, equipment and headquarters (includes a few stray images such as an image of panzers in France and Rommel's house in Germany). None of the images is captioned. $10

    WWI German Army Abbreviations and Map Symbols
    CD with three useful reference documents: "Abkürzungen in Militärischen Akten" (Abbreviations in Military Documents), produced by the Reichsarchiv in1928, 91 pages; "Taktische Zeichen" (Tactical Symbols for Maps) produced by the Chief of the Kriegs Vermessungs Wesens, 1917, 35 pages; and "Official Abbreviations used in the German Army", produced by the US Army in1919, 4 pages. $10

    WWI German Study of Tank Action at Villers-Bretonneux, April 25 1918
    DVD containing jpeg images of a German-language document titled "Bericht über Erfahrungen beim Einsatz der deutschen Panzerkraftwagen im Jahre 1918." The report produced by the US Army in 1932 is a certified true copy of the original German Army document in the Reichsarchiv. It contains orders, war diary entries, and after action comments from the various units involved in the operation. 161 pages (200dpi) with four maps (600dpi). Also included on the DVD is a 161 page German-language study titled "The Employment of Tanks by Armies in the War 1914-18" (Verwendung strassenpanzerkraftwagen in den Herren das Weltkrieges 1914/18: Wo wird ihre Entwicklung beeinflusst?) concerning the employment of armored vehicles by various armies during WWI and the factors influencing their development. $15

    WWI German Military Activities Photo Collection
    DVD with 477 jpeg images from two WWI photograph collections located in the US National Archives and Records Administration (NARA). "Photographs from the Rehse Archiv, 1914-1936." An eclectic collection of 364 photographs (scanned at 600 dpi) from the F.J.M. Rehse Archiv fuer Zeitgeschichte und Publizistik, confiscated by Allied authorities after the Second World War. Most of the photographs were taken during the First World War depicting German troops, especially troops from Bavaria, both in the front lines and rear areas. Includes images of prisoners-of-war, various important personalities, aerial photographs of villages behind French lines. Includes a meter-long panoramic of the Verdun battlefield from Hill 378 east of Louvement. Most photos are captioned and dated. Many photos were taken by Heinrich Hoffmann who was later became the official Nazi Party photographer. "Photographic Album of the Aus den Kampfen nordlich Verdun (The Fighting North of Verdun), 1916." Album of 113 photos (scanned at 800 dpi) prepared by Artillery Survey Section 25 of the Bavarian Foot Artillery, showing captured positions, trenches, bunkers, dugouts, street scenes, and buildings in and around the destroyed village of Haumont; ruined buildings in Brabant and Beaumont; artillery pieces in position about LeFay; German camps in Caures Wood and bunkers near Ville; artillery and tank positions near Herbebois; and French POWs. A map appears before each section which indicates the position where the corresponding numbered photographs were taken. All photographs are captioned in German. $15
     
  20. MLW

    MLW Senior Member

    I have six new NARA DVDs for sale. The DVDs are copies of those produced by NARA. Each is $17 plus postage. If interested, please contact me at digitalhistoryarchive(at)verizon.net.

    My complete product list can be downloaded here - http://downloads.sturmpanzer.net/mlw/Di ... ctList.pdf

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    Marc

    OKH, Combat Action Reports and Documents 1917-18 & 1939-45
    T-78 R-203: Two DVDs with 1,477 images of various documents from the OKH Training Department concerning war experiences of Schnelle and Panzertroops,1941-45; WWI Sturmbattalion operations on the Western Front, 1917-18; Nebeltruppe units in Russia in the summer of 1941, combat actions during the 1940 invasion of the West to include Liege and Namur, crossing of the Maas River, Operation Fackel, and the attack against Maginot Line Gros Ouvrage Fermont.

    OKH, Order of Battle Charts Oct 42 - Summer 43
    T-78 R-405: DVD with 0697 images of the Army command structure down to division level: Kriegsgliederung of des Feldheeres (Order of the Field Army), 15 Oct 42 - Summer 1943.

    OKH, Assault Gun & Antitank Units 1942-44
    T-78 R-620: One DVD with 1,320 images of reports and diagrams pertaining to antitank combat, projectile penetration, and comparisons of German tanks and assault guns with US, British, and Russian tanks, and the effectiveness of antitank weapons, Oct 43 - Aug 44; statistical data of German assault gun situation on all fronts, May 43 - Jan 44; experience reports of German tank and antitank units, Jan - Jul 44; directive for the activation of armored brigades, Jul 18, 44; experience reports and order of battle charts of German armored and antitank units; Nov 42 – Dec 43.

    LXXVI Panzer Corps, War Diary Feb - Jun 44
    T-314 R-1574: DVD with 1,487 images of messages, situation reports, maps, and order of battle charts during operations in the Anzio beach head and central Italy areas, Feb - Jun 44; also includes instructions for troop transportation, tank warfare, fortifications, and organizational charts, Jul 42 - Jun 43.

    LXXXI Corps, War Diary Oct 43 - Aug 44
    T-314 R-1589: DVD with 1,033 images of intelligence reports on sabotage, espionage and enemy propaganda, Oct 43 - Feb 44; various personnel and logistics reports, Oct 43 - Mar 44; reports on enemy and own activities in the La Havre area, including training, shifting of units, coastal security and fortification, inspection trips by Rommel, reports of the initial stages of the Normandy invasion and the situation in the Caen area, Feb - Aug 44.

    LXXXI Corps, War Diary Jun - Jul 44
    T-314 R-1590: DVD with 907 images of orders, messages, and reports concerning combat action in the Caen and Le Havre sectors during the Normandy invasion, 6-21 Jun 44; maps of the tactical situation on the Normandy beaches in the Caen area, 6-20 Jun 44; casualty lists, 6-30 Jun 44; and intelligence reports from Feb - Mar 44; intelligence reports of tactical situation in Normandy, 6-20 Jun 44.
     

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