Italian Fleet Review Color Photographs, Hugo Jaeger Collection Part VIII

On 05MAY38 the Italian Navy conducted a review off Naples.  These are photographs of the Fleet in port with crews manning the rails.

These are color photographs of the review taken by German photographer Hugo Jaeger.  They are currently held in the Life Magazine archives.

All four Zara class heavy cruisers in port. The ships are Zara, Pola, Gorizia, and Fiume.

Details of the Zara class superstructures and bows as the crews man the rails.

Beautiful view of the superstructure details.

Midship details.

An Abruzzi class light cruiser from the bow.

Midships of an Abruzzi class light cruiser showing floatplanes and torpedo tubes.

A slightly different angle.

The Abruzzi class cruiser Giuseppe Garibaldi underway.

A nest of Spica class torpedo boats. The Italian navy commissioned 32 ships of this class.

Flying boats pass over the training ships Christoforo Colombo and Amerigo Vespucci.

Hugo Jaeger Collection Part I here: https://inchhighguy.wordpress.com/2023/01/18/invasion-of-poland-1939-color-photographs-hugo-jaeger-collection-part-i/

Italian Fleet Review Color Photographs, Hugo Jaeger Collection Part VII

On 05MAY38 the Italian Navy conducted a review off Naples.  The review was widely covered by the international Press, the New York Times ran the following headline:

“ITALY’S NAVY HOLDS REVIEW FOR HITLER, BIGGEST SINCE WAR; 190 Fighting Ships Parade and Drill on Blue Bay of Naples in Show of First-Rank Power 85 SUBMARINES SUBMERGE Destroyers Burst From Smoke Screen in ‘Attack’-Crowds–Cheer King and Chancellor 190 Ships Take Part Weather Is Ideal Fanfare of Trumpets War Manoeuvres Begin ITALY’S NAVY HOLDS REVIEW FOR HITLER Hitler Dines With King; Hitler Is Pale at Opera; Fails to Give His Salute”

These are color photographs of the review taken by German photographer Hugo Jaeger.  They are currently held in the Life Magazine archives.

The Italian Fleet gets underway from Naples, as seen from the battleship Conti Di Cavour, which served as the reviewing platform.

A line of heavy cruisers passes the Conti Di Cavour, led by an 8-inch gun cruiser of the Zara class.

The Zara passes close abeam and fires her main battery.

Zara again, firing while passing at speed.

Zara class cruisers in line.

Some details of Conti Di Cavour as the cruisers pass by.

Maneuvering room during the review was restricted.

Italian destroyers were known for their speed, here two pass by with pronounced bow waves.

An atmospheric shot of a Zara class heavy cruiser.

A group of destroyers passes between lines of cruisers at high speed.

Newsreel footage of the Italian Fleet review here:  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FFyT4xtZiGc&ab_channel=BritishPath%C3%A9

Hugo Jaeger collection Part VIII here: https://inchhighguy.wordpress.com/2023/04/19/italian-fleet-review-color-photographs-hugo-jaeger-collection-part-viii/

Invasion of Bulgaria Color Photographs, Hugo Jaeger Collection Part VI

These are color photographs taken by German photographer Hugo Jaeger.  They are currently held in the Life Magazine archives.  These were likely taken in April and May of 1941.

A Messerschmitt Bf 109E-4 of JG 27 undergoes an engine change at Svrety-Vrak airfield, near Kresna Pass, Bulgaria.

A Junkers Ju 87 Stuka at Svrety-Vrak airfield. Note the canvas covers over the propeller blades, canopy, and covering the wing insignia.

More Bf 109s at Svrety-Vrak airfield.

Tents and transport at Svrety-Vrak, with aircraft parked in the background.

Kresna Pass, showing the rough terrain.

Kresna Pass again, there is little room for oncoming vehicles to pass.

German motorcycle troops pause for a photograph with Bulgarian women.

German supply wagons pass through a Bulgarian city.

A motorcycle rider pauses for a drink.

Bulgarian artillery unit.

Hugo Jaeger color photographs part VII here: https://inchhighguy.wordpress.com/2023/04/12/italian-fleet-review-color-photographs-hugo-jaeger-collection-part-vii/

Invasion of Holland and Belgium Color Photographs, Hugo Jaeger Collection Part V

These are color photographs taken by German photographer Hugo Jaeger.  They are currently held in the Life Magazine archives.  These were likely taken in May 1940.

German troops on the march through Belgium.

Another formation, these troops are in step and have slung their helmets.

Belgian troops after the surrender.

More Belgian troops, the vehicle in the previous photo is in the background of this shot.

A surrendered Belgian formation outside a small village.

An Sd.Kfz. 9 FAMO halftrack prime mover of a heavy artillery unit.

A German horse-drawn unit paused next to a column of surrendered Belgian troops.

A pontoon bridge outside Nieuport, Belgium.

Hugo Jaeger color photographs part VI here: https://inchhighguy.wordpress.com/2023/02/22/invasion-of-bulgaria-color-photographs-hugo-jaeger-collection-part-vi/

Invasion of Holland and Belgium Color Photographs, Hugo Jaeger Collection Part IV

These are color photographs taken by German photographer Hugo Jaeger.  They are currently held in the Life Magazine archives.  These were likely taken in May 1940.

A Sd.Kfz. 10/4 halftrack with 20 mm Flak gun on the Dutch coast. There are several interesting details for modelers here, including the camouflaged ammo crate, small multi-colored oil barrel on the carriage, and license plate indicating a Herr unit.

One of the channels at the Port of Ijmuiden after capture by the Germans. The ships were sunk in the channel by the Dutch to deny access.

A detail of the blockships sunk in the channel. The Dutch naval minesweeper M4 is nearest and the merchant SS Naaldwijk lies against the far bank.

An iconic photograph, a Panzer column pauses in front of a windmill.

While the popular conception of the German Army is of a highly mechanized force, the majority of the Army’s transport was horse-drawn well into the war.

An artillery column moves along a country road.

Orange recognition panels mark German vehicles for the Luftwaffe. This photograph shows the Gray and Brown camouflage on the vehicles, but this is subtle even in color pictures.

A captured Belgian Vickers Armstrong light artillery tractor. In German service these were designated Artillerie Schlepper VA 601(b).

Hugo Jaeger color photographs part V here: https://inchhighguy.wordpress.com/2023/02/15/invasion-of-holland-and-belgium-color-photographs-hugo-jaeger-collection-part-v/

Dunkirk Color Photographs, Hugo Jaeger Collection Part III

These are color photographs taken by German photographer Hugo Jaeger.  They are currently held in the Life Magazine archives.  These were likely taken in May – June 1940.

Vehicles on the beach at Dunkirk. It is estimated that the British left behind enough equipment to fully outfit more than eight Divisions. To put this in perspective, this left only two equipped Divisions to defend England.

Abandoned rangefinder and equipment with French military truck in the background.

Vehicles pushed off the road outside Dunkirk. The Germans captured vast amounts of military transport.

Bofers 40 mm anti-aircraft gun on the beach.

The tidal plain littered with ammunition, abandoned vehicles in the background.

French Navy Destroyer L’Adroit was hit by an He 111 on 21MAY40. Her Captain beached her and ordered his crew off the ship, all survived. Her forward magazine later exploded which severed her bow.

British troops captured at Dunkirk.

General destruction at Dunkirk.

Similar scene moving down the wharf with abandoned vehicles on the left.

Burned out vehicle and general destruction of the city.

Part IV here: https://inchhighguy.wordpress.com/2023/02/08/invasion-of-holland-and-belgium-color-photographs-hugo-jaeger-collection-part-iv/

French Armor Color Photographs, Hugo Jaeger Collection Part II

These are color photographs taken by German photographer Hugo Jaeger.  They are currently held in the Life Magazine archives.  These were likely taken in May – June 1940.

A pair of knocked out AMR 35 reconnaissance tanks.

A Renault FT-17.  The design dated to the First World War but many were still in French service in reserve battalions.  The Germans later used captured examples in secondary roles in occupied countries.

Two more knocked out Renault FT-17s.

This Char B1 of the 37e Battalion was hit on 16MAY40 at Solre le Château.

A Hotchkiss H35.

Another view of the same Hotchkiss H35.

Two abandoned AMD Panhard 178 armored cars. These were used for reconnaissance.

French and German soldiers walk through Senlis, France, German military vehicles in the background.

Captured French troops.

German trucks cross a pontoon bridge at Senlis France, approximately 20 miles from Paris.

Hugo Jaeger color photographs part III here: https://inchhighguy.wordpress.com/2023/02/01/dunkirk-color-photographs-hugo-jaeger-collection-part-iii/

Invasion of Poland 1939 Color Photographs, Hugo Jaeger Collection Part I

These are color photographs taken by German photographer Hugo Jaeger.  They are currently held in the Life Magazine archives.

A line-up of captured Polish TKS tankettes. The TKS carried a crew of two and were armed with either a machine gun or 20 mm cannon.

An abandoned TK-3 tankette. The unit symbol of an arm with a sword has not been identified.

Another abandoned TK-3.

A burnt-out Pz.Kpfw. II Ausf C in Warsaw.

A bridge near Sochaczew which has been dropped. Bridges are prime targets and can be destroyed by either attacking or defending forces as circumstances dictate.

Another destroyed bridge North of Warsaw, with a military pontoon bridge erected next to it.

Surrendered Polish Army soldiers are checked by Germans.

Captured Polish soldiers and a medic.

Naval mines at the Baltic port of Gdynia. Fuses for the mines are piled behind.

Paravanes, which are used to sweep moored mines, with mines at Gdynia.

Abandoned Polish Wz.29 armored car.

Hugo Jaeger color photographs part II here: https://inchhighguy.wordpress.com/2023/01/25/french-armor-color-photographs-hugo-jaeger-collection-part-ii/