The Snapshots in Time Collection
Gallery: WWII DER ADLER
Pages from the French-language edition of Der Adler, the Luftwaffe's official illustrated magazine, distributed in occupied Europe during the Second World War. Flak batteries firing at night, Stuka attacks near Kharkov, desert improvisations in North Africa, and portraits of decorated airmen sit beside advertisements for Junkers, BMW, and Merck, showing how propaganda, technical instruction, and industrial marketing shared the same page.
Der Adler Magazine Cover, French-Language Edition No. 19 - Luftwaffe Ground Crew with Aerial Bomb, Berlin, 21 September 1943
Der Adler Magazine Interior Spread, Page 570 - "Nous pourchassons les chars blindes": Ju 87 Stuka Dive-Bomber Attack on Soviet T-34 Tanks near Kharkov, Eastern Front, WWII
Der Adler Magazine Interior Spread, Page 805 - "Combat aerien avec un Sunderland": Illustrated Account of an Arado Ar 196 Floatplane Engaging a British Short Sunderland Flying Boat, WWII
Der Adler Magazine Interior Spread, Page 806 - "De l'alerte a la descente": German Luftwaffe Flak Battery Repelling a Night Bomber Raid, WWII
Der Adler Magazine Interior Spread, Page 807 - "De l'alerte a la descente": German Flak Battery Firing at Night and Celebrating a Downed Enemy Bomber, WWII
Der Adler (French-language edition), p. 808 — "Les premiers à l'ennemi": Luftwaffe Long-Range Photo-Reconnaissance Feature
Der Adler (French-language edition) — Technical Cutaway Diagram of the Messerschmitt Bf 109 ("Me 109") Fighter
Der Adler (French-language edition), p. 810 — "Des improvisations de guerre... du désert": Luftwaffe Field-Improvisation Feature, North African Campaign
Der Adler (French-language edition), p. 811 — Desert-Campaign Feature Continuation and "L'Acte Reste Toujours Vivant" Portrait Gallery of Decorated Luftwaffe Airmen
Der Adler (French-language edition), p. 810 — "Des improvisations de guerre... du désert": Luftwaffe Field-Improvisation Feature, North African Campaign (duplicate scan)
Der Adler Magazine, French Edition, p.812: 'Colis de Noel pour le front de l'Est' (Christmas Parcels for the Eastern Front)
Der Adler Magazine, French Edition, p.813: 'Chasseurs au-dessus de la Mediterranee' (Fighters over the Mediterranean)
Der Adler Magazine, French Edition, p.814: 'Chouchous' -- German Airmen and Their Animal Mascots
Der Adler Magazine, French Edition, p.815: '...us gates, amis des animaux' -- German Servicemen's Pets, Continued
Der Adler Magazine, French Edition, p.816: 'Gerhard Taschner, Premier violoniste de l'Orchestre Philharmonique de Berlin'
Der Adler Magazine Spread (French Edition): 'Le Tibet' - Feature on the Schafer SS-Expedition to Lhasa
Der Adler Magazine Spread (French Edition): 'Le Tibet mysterieux' - Potala Palace and Lhasa Views
Der Adler Magazine Page (French Edition): 'Nous, les destroyers' - Eastern Front Zerstorer Narrative by Capitaine Johannes Kiel
Der Adler Magazine Advertisement (French Edition): Junkers Flugzeug- und Motorenwerke A.-G. Dessau
Der Adler Magazine Page (French Edition): 'Il etait un de nos meilleurs...' - Tribute to a Fallen Luftwaffe Airman, with Zeiss Ikon and Warnecke & Buhm Advertisements
Der Adler Magazine Cover/Advertisement — Heine Propeller Berlin, Featuring Stylized German Bomber Over White Cliffs
Der Adler Magazine Interior Page 826 — War Correspondent Feature 'Cent fois le tour de la terre' on a Heinkel He 111 Bomber Squadron
Der Adler Magazine Interior Page — E. Merck Pharmaceutical/Chemical Company Advertisement (Darmstadt)
Der Adler Photo-Essay Page 571 — Junkers Ju 87 Stuka Squadron in Anti-Tank Operations on the Eastern Front
Der Adler Magazine Advertisement Page 590 — German Consumer and Industrial Product Ads, Issue 19, 21 September 1943
Der Adler (French Edition), p. 574 - "Disponibilité assise sous le parasol": Luftwaffe Bf 109 Fighter Pilots on Cockpit Readiness, Occupied France, WWII
Der Adler (French Edition), p. 575 - "Que de poteaux!": German Signal Troops Laying Telephone Lines in the Mountains of Crete, WWII
Der Adler (French Edition), p. 576 - "Pression et aspiration": Illustrated Explanation of Bomb Blast-Wave Physics by Richard Schulz, WWII
Der Adler (French Edition), p. 585 - "Je suis la Buchholz": Film/Entertainment Feature Set in Belle-Époque Berlin, WWII-era Magazine
Der Adler (French Edition), p. 586 - "Diogène nous met en émoi": Luftwaffe Squadron Mascot Tortoise Anecdote and 1912 Air Meeting Nostalgia Piece, WWII
Der Adler (French Edition), Heft 19, 21 September 1943 -- Page 587: 'Pression et aspiration' Article Continuation with Period Advertisements
Der Adler (French Edition), Heft 19, 21 September 1943 -- Page 588: 'Combat aerien a Bielgorod' -- Stuka Dive-Bombers vs. Soviet Armor
Der Adler (French Edition), Heft 19, 21 September 1943 -- Page 589: 'Singulier cadeau pour un anniversaire de naissance' and 'Dobroje outro!'
Der Adler (French Edition), Heft 19, 21 September 1943 -- Page 588: 'Combat aerien a Bielgorod' -- Stuka Dive-Bombers vs. Soviet Armor (duplicate scan)
Der Adler (French Edition), Heft 19, 21 September 1943 -- Page 590: Full-Page Commercial Advertisement Grid
Der Adler (French Edition) Interior Page: 'Rose Blanche et Rose Rouge' - Bulgarian Rose Harvest Feature, WWII
