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Unknown officers and generals

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Post by Orlov » 25 Oct 2016, 17:28

Hello,
I've got photo of military attache: Hungarian, Spanish, Romanian, Finnish and - please help me recognize oficers (especially Romanian generals)
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Post by Steen Ammentorp » 26 Oct 2016, 19:52

Hi,

Do you have any information about photo? To me it looks like pre-war photo. The officers left to right: Norwegian, Finnish, Danish, Unknown (Romanian), Romanian, Spanish, Hungarian (Or Austrian?) and Germany.
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Post by georgica » 07 Jan 2017, 01:25

Hi Orlov & Steen, WOW!! Great Photo !. I am a Romanian of origin and I easily recognized from photo that is King Michael of Romania (second one from right to left) marked with polaris star standing in profile. You're right ,is pre-war plan discussions.
I'm impressed !!! a million $$$ picture.. Glad to see it!!!

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Post by Steen Ammentorp » 12 Jan 2017, 21:47

Hi,

I disagree. The officer (second on the right) is a Finnish Colonel.
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Post by Mikko H. » 16 Jan 2017, 19:31

Hi,

I disagree. The officer (second on the right) is a Finnish Colonel.
Exactly. He's Colonel Walter Horn, who was the Finnish military attache in Berlin in 1940-44. Col Horn was also accredited to Hungary and probably also to Romania.

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Post by Orlov » 22 Feb 2017, 00:47

Thanks Mikko H. for recognize Col .Horn and georgica for Mihai I
Probably this photo was included in new book Suvorov „The Principles of Espionage”, regarding part about role of military attache.
Steen Ammentorp I check sources this photo

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Post by Orlov » 23 Feb 2017, 12:12

I checj this photo I've got from editor-in-chief Polish quarterely "Glaukopis" - this photo was in papers of unknown German soldier, which was found in Poznan (earlier Posen). Mostly of them regarding Ostfront. This was only one prewar photo in this collection.

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Post by CF Geust » 25 Feb 2017, 15:42

The Finnish Colonel Walter Horn arrived in Berlin 5 April 1940, and moved to Budapest 24 October 1942, why the photo was taken between these dates. If the photo was taken during a miltary attache trip in 1940, Horn' s Soviet colleague should also be in the photo!

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Post by Orlov » 17 Mar 2017, 23:52

CF Geust wrote:The Finnish Colonel Walter Horn
Excellent. Thanks! Orlov

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