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

5th to 11th Apr 1942
PANZERKAMPFWAGEN DURCHSTOSSEN DIE SERBISCHE STADT ZARIBROD
ARMORED CARS PASSED THROUGH THE SERBIAN CITY OF CARIBROD

12th to 18th Apr 1942
KAMPF UM DIE GRIECHISCHE METAXAS-LINIE
BATTLE FOR THE GREEK METAXAS LINE

19th to 25th Apr 1942
GROSSADMIRAL Dr. h. c. RAEDER DER OBERBEFEHLSHABER DER KRIEGSMARINE
GRAND ADMIRAL Dr. h. c. RAEDER THE HIGH COMMANDER OF THE GERMAN NAVY

26th Apr to 2nd May 1942
EIN WEITER WEG ZUR HEIMAT
FAR FROM HOME

3rd to 9th May 1942
WASSERFLUGZEUGE
SEAPLANES

10th to 16th May 1942
PANZERKAMPFWAGEN DURCHFAHRT EIN EROBERTES DORF IN FRANKREICH
ARMORED CAR DRIVES THROUGH A CONQUERED VILLAGE IN FRANCE

17th to 23rd May 1942
FUNKER DER FALLSCHIRMJÄGER AUF KRETA
RADIO OPERATORS OF THE PARATROOPERS IN CRETE

24th to 30th May 1942
STUKA
STUKA

31st May to 6th Jun 1942
EIN ENGLISCHER ZERSTÖRER WIRD DURCH EIN DEUTSCHES KRIEGSSCHIFF IN BRAND GESCHOSSEN
AN ENGLISH DESTROYER IS SHOT ON FIRE BY A GERMAN WARSHIP

7th Jun to 13th Jun 1942
AM HORCHGERAT
ON THE LISTENING DEVICE

14th to 20th Jun 1942

21st to 27th Jun 1942
WAFFENSTILLSTAND in COMPIEGNE
CEASEFIRE IN COMPIEGNE

28th Jun to 4th Jul 1942
VORSTOSS UNSERER TRUPPEN IN NORD-AFRIKA
ADVANCE OF OUR TROOPS IN NORTH AFRICA