GENERAL DER PANZERTRUPPE HANS CRAMER

Picture by courtesy of Nicolas Leste, WebPage: La Fuite

GENERAL DER PANZERTRUPPEN HANS-KARL FREIHERR VON ESEBECK

Hans-Karl Asmus Werner Freiherr von Esebeck (10 July 1892 – 5 January 1955) was a German General who commanded the 15th Panzer Division in the AfrikaKorps. He was also a conspirator against Adolf Hitler.


Von Esebeck had knowledge of and was sympathetic to the anti-Hitler conspiracy. He was arrested on 21 July 1944 and spent the rest of the war in concentration camps. Liberated at the end of the war he lived the rest of his life in poverty and died on 5 January 1955.

THE SECRET WAR - WE WAITED FOR THEM IN DAKAR

At some night in the ends of 1942, the German submarines fleets of the South Atlantic received urgent order for drive at all speed to an encounter point in Dakar. Few days later, a very superior number of those submarines outlined the western tip of Africa. In earth, Vichy French troops occupied the strong coastal defenses that, two years before, had repelled the attack of the British and Free French Armies, commanded by General De Gaulle. The force of American invasion that crossed the Atlantic would fall into a disastrous ambush. That was the opinion of the German High Command.

GENERAL DER KAVALLERIE SIEGFRIED WESTPHAL

Born: 18.3.1902 in Leipzig
Died: 2.7.1982

THE SECRET WAR - OPERATION "FLIPPER"

OPERATION "FLIPPER" 14/18 NOV 1941 “It was a brilliant operation and with great audacity” Rommel  Among the troops of the 8th British Army great admiration existed for Rommel and their feats. In only two months, Rommel had radically changed the course of the African war, forcing General Wavell's army, that attacked, to retreat, and to combat in the defensive. Therefore, the General Auchinleck was sent to substitute Wavell. For her time, the General Alan Cunningham, person in charge of driving the general offensive against the German positions on November 18, had the idea of previously eliminating Rommel, by a stealthy and effective ambush. Something very daring, for certain. If we get to eliminate him anyway that it is - he said - we will get the confusion in Afrika Korps. And it was as soon as, disposed to execute the idea, some young officers proposed a reckless action plan. It was known, certainly, that Rommel had his HQ in Sidi Rafa's place, 375 km behind the German lines, and 18 km of the sea. The access to the place was possible by sea or by the parallel highway to the coast. Attacking Sidi rafa the HQ could be destroyed and Rommel killed .

GENERAL DER FALLSCHIRMTRUPPEN HERMANN-BERNHARD RAMCKE

Herman Bernhard Ramcke - Commander of the Ramcke Fallschirm Brigade