Operation 25. Members of the Italian "Cuneense" Division ecstatically greet their German comrades after capturing Debar, 11 April 1941. The officer wearing greatcoat with fur collar is Major Walter Gorn, commander of the I Battalion, 10th Rifle Regiment, 9th Armoured Division, whose battle group attacked the city from the east, crushing the Vardar Division's resistance and linking-up with the Italians, who were attacking from the west. For this achievement, on the Führer's birthday (nine days later), Major Gorn was awarded the highest German military decoration, the Knight's Cross. (Gorn ended the war as a major general and commander of the 710th Infantry Division. In the meantime, Oak Leaves and Swords were added to his Knight's Cross. He died in 1968, aged 70.)
Text: Ivan Ž.
Photographer: unknown.
Date: 11 April 1941.
Location: Debar, Yugoslavia.
Original caption: unknown.
Sources: Nationaal Archief, 27021A 082; NordicPhotos, via Pick Your Image, 518720; Velimir Terzić, Slom Kraljevine Jugoslavije 1941 – Uzroci i posledice poraza, Narodna knjiga, Beograd, 1982, bk 2, pp. 387, 412, 425; "Die Schwerter zum 30 Male verliehen – Oberst Walter Gorn, Kommandeur eines Panzer-Grenadier-Regiments, ausgezeichnet", Der oberschlesische Wanderer, Gleiwitz, 11.06.1943, vol. CXVI, no 159, p. 1; "Gorn, Walter", Lexikon der Wehrmacht. (Photo restoration: Ivan Ž.)
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Operacija 25. Pripadnici italijanske divizije "Kunense" oduševljeno pozdravljaju svoje nemačke drugove posle zauzimanja Debra, 11. aprila 1941. godine. Oficir u šinjelu sa krznenim okovratnikom je major Valter Gorn, komandant I bataljona 10. streljačkog puka 9. oklopne divizije, čija je borbena grupa grad napala sa istoka, slomivši otpor Vardarske divizije i spojivši se sa Italijanima, koji su napadali sa zapada. Za ovaj podvig major Gorn je na firerov rođendan (devet dana kasnije) odlikovan najvišim nemačkim vojnim odlikovanjem, Viteškim krstom. (Gorn je rat završio kao general-major i komandant 710. pešadijske divizije. Njegov Viteški krst je u međuvremenu ukrašen hrastovim lišćem i mačevima. Umro je 1968, u svojoj 70. godini.)
Tekst: Ivan Ž.
Fotograf: nepoznat.
Datum: 11. april 1941.
Mesto: Debar, Jugoslavija.
Originalni natpis: nepoznat.
Izvori: Nationaal Archief, 27021A 082; NordicPhotos, via Pick Your Image, 518720; Velimir Terzić, Slom Kraljevine Jugoslavije 1941 – Uzroci i posledice poraza, Narodna knjiga, Beograd, 1982, knj. 2, str. 387, 412, 425; "Die Schwerter zum 30 Male verliehen – Oberst Walter Gorn, Kommandeur eines Panzer-Grenadier-Regiments, ausgezeichnet", Der oberschlesische Wanderer, Gleiwitz, 11.06.1943, god. CXVI, br. 159, str. 1; "Gorn, Walter", Lexikon der Wehrmacht. (Foto-restauracija: Ivan Ž.)
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