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Sunday, November 21, 2010
Reich Marshal Goering, in a conversation with Herbert Backe
WHO WAS HERBERT BACKE?
Herbert Backe (1 May 1896 – 6 April 1947) was a German Nazi politician and Obergruppenführer in the SS.
He was born in Batumi, Georgia. He performed a variety duties in the Third Reich government, succeding Richard Walther Darré as Minister of Food in May 1942 and as Minister of Agriculture in April 1944, and, during the war, was proposed by Alfred Rosenberg as administrator of Ukraine. Backe was one of the orchestrators of the Hunger Plan, the plan to starve millions of Slavs in order to ensure steady food supplies for the German people and troops.
Backe was a prominent member of the younger generation of Nazi intellectuals who occupied second tier positions in the Hitlerian system, such as Reinhard Heydrich, Werner Best, and Wilhelm Stuckart. Like Stuckart, who held most effective power in the Interior Ministry (officially led by Wilhelm Frick), Backe was the de facto Minister of Agriculture, under Richard Walther Darré, even before Hitler appointed him as such.
He continued to hold his Ministerial positions in the ephemeral government led by Admiral Karl Dönitz in the last days of World War II, from late April to May 1945, as according to Hitler's political will. After the war officially ended, he was captured by the Allies together with the rest of the government, and was to face the Ministries Trial. However, he hanged himself in his cell on 6 April 1947.
He was born in Batumi, Georgia. He performed a variety duties in the Third Reich government, succeding Richard Walther Darré as Minister of Food in May 1942 and as Minister of Agriculture in April 1944, and, during the war, was proposed by Alfred Rosenberg as administrator of Ukraine. Backe was one of the orchestrators of the Hunger Plan, the plan to starve millions of Slavs in order to ensure steady food supplies for the German people and troops.
Backe was a prominent member of the younger generation of Nazi intellectuals who occupied second tier positions in the Hitlerian system, such as Reinhard Heydrich, Werner Best, and Wilhelm Stuckart. Like Stuckart, who held most effective power in the Interior Ministry (officially led by Wilhelm Frick), Backe was the de facto Minister of Agriculture, under Richard Walther Darré, even before Hitler appointed him as such.
He continued to hold his Ministerial positions in the ephemeral government led by Admiral Karl Dönitz in the last days of World War II, from late April to May 1945, as according to Hitler's political will. After the war officially ended, he was captured by the Allies together with the rest of the government, and was to face the Ministries Trial. However, he hanged himself in his cell on 6 April 1947.
Germans looking forward to a feast of tinned Russian food
Generalfeldmarschall Wolfram Freiherr von Richthofen (10 October 1895 Barzdorf – 12 July 1945) was a German Field Marshal General of the Luftwaffe during World War II.
Von Richthofen was fourth cousin of the German World War I flying ace Manfred von Richthofen, popularly known as the "Red Baron," and the baron's younger brother Lothar von Richthofen.
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Friday, September 24, 2010
The MG 15 was a German 7.92 mm (0.31 in) machine gun designed specifically as a hand manipulated defensive gun for combat aircraft during the early 1930s. By 1941 it was replaced by other types and found new uses with ground troops.
* Calibre: 7.92 +/- .04 mm
* Cartridge: 7.92x57 mm Mauser
* Round weight: 35.5 grams (cartridge 24 grams, bullet 11.5 grams)
* Muzzle velocity: 755 m/s
* Rate of fire: 1000 (possibly up to 1050) rpm
* Length : 1078 mm (without attachments)
* Barrel length: 600 mm
* Weight unloaded with gunsight and cartridge bag: 8.1 kg
* Weight loaded with gunsight and cartridge bag: 12.4 kg
* 75 round Magazine unloaded: 2.27 kg
* 75 round Magazine loaded: 4.24 kg
* Weight of the 2-part loader: 0.72 kg
SS soldier with a Mauser K-96 Model 712
A periscope? Summer 1944
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-- Rare Images Of The Wehrmacht: Part 3
-- Wehrmacht: Part 4
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-- Wehramcht (German Soldiers): Part 6
-- Wehrmacht: Part 7
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