SECOND WORLD WAR POSTCARDS

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1942 - WEHRMACHT KALENDER

This series of postcards (from Verlag der Wehrmacht KG, Berlin) was included as part of an annual "Wehrmacht Kalender" which appeared from 1938 until 1943. There were 52 tear-off postcards per calendar (no postcards in the 1943 issue) and the images are very typical of the type of postcards that were being published in Germany prior to, and in the early years, of the Second World War.





These calendars are difficult to get hold of in their complete form so currently I do not know which calendar every card was issued. See the following links for cards that I have been able to place so far:

1938
1939
1940
1941
1942
1943

For the postcards that I have been unable to place, I have divided them up based on the publisher's details printed along the vertical divider on the reverse of the card.

There appear to be at least four series, all of which are very similar. The difference can be seen in the text running vertically along the central dividing line on the reverse of the cards, in particularly the street and numbers at the end of the line of text.

More research is required on these cards and any additional information would defintely be appreciated.


ABOVE: Series 7-8: BERLIN-CHARLOTTENBURG 2, UNLANDSTR, 7-7


ABOVE: Series 18-25: BERLIN SW 68, SCHOTZENSTR, 18/25


ABOVE: Series 37: BERLIN W8, KRONENSTRASSE 37

1942 - WEHRMACHT KALENDER

1st to 3rd Jan 1942
SKIPATROUILLE DER GEBIRGSJÄGER
MOUNTAIN HUNTERS SKI PATROL

4th to 10th Jan 1942
DER STROSSTRUPP FUHRER
THE TROOP LEADER

11th to 17th Jan 1942
REICHSMARSCHALL HERMANN GÖRING DER OBERBEFEHLSHABER DER LUFTWAFFE
REICHSMARSCHALL HERMANN GÖRING THE HIGH COMMANDER OF THE AIR FORCE

18th to 24th Jan 1942
PIONIERE BEIM BRÜCKENBAU
PIONEERS IN BRIDGE CONSTRUCTION

25th to 31st Jan 1942
SINGEND WOLLEN WIR MARSCHIEREN
WE WANT TO MARCH SINGING

1st to 7th Feb 1942
MINENRÄUMBOOTE IN HOHER FAHRT
MINING BOATS AT HIGH SPEED

8th to 14th Feb 1942
STURM AUF EIN PANZERWERK
STORMING A TANK FACTORY

15th to 21st Feb 1942
TORPEDOBOOTE LAUFEN AUS
TORPEDO BOATS LAUNCH OUT

22nd to 28th Feb 1942

1st to 7th Mar 1942
AN MG. IN DER KANZEL DER HE 111
AN MG. IN THE PULPIT OF HE 111

8th to 14th Mar 1942
EINMARSCH DEUTSCHER TRUPPEN IN BRUNN
GERMAN TROOPS IN BRUNN

15th to 21st Mar 1942
ZUM HELDENGEDENKTAG
FOR HEROES' MEMORIAL DAY

22nd to 28th Mar 1942
ARBEITSDIENST BEIM BAU VON FEUERSTELLUNGEN
WORK SERVICE IN CONSTRUCTION OF FIRE PITCHES

29th Mar to 4th Apr 1942
DEUTSCHE ZERSTÖRER IM HAFEN VON NARVIK
GERMAN DESTROYERS IN THE HARBOR OF NARVIK