Weapons of German Army in World War-I in Romania (1917)
Filmed for HILL 789 Documentary at US Military Academy Museum(West Point) - November 2009
Filmed for HILL 789 Documentary at US Military Academy Museum(West Point) - November 2009
Maxim 08-15 machine gun of the type used by Lt. Erwin Rommel (Württemberg Mountain Battalion) in his campaign against Romanian forces on Mt. Cosna (Hill 789) in August 1917 / Eastern Front of WW-I
Top Left: Maxim 08-15 being carried into battle with sled.
Top: Original signed battle field instructions by Lt. Erwin Rommel on Mt. Cosna in August 1917 showing positioning of machine guns.
Left: Map showing German lines (blue) advancing eastward from Transylvania to capture Mt. Cosna along the Romanian front in Moldavia. The Cosna attack was led by Lt. Erwin Rommel at age 22 and in command of 1400 men. The map shows MG emplacements.The breakthrough attempt failed.
SOURCES: "Photo from Roger Freeman Collection in "The Devil's Paint Brush"; Rommel sketch and map from Landesarchiv Baden-Württemberg - Hauptstaatsarchiv Stuttgart (Stuttgart, Germany)
Top: Original signed battle field instructions by Lt. Erwin Rommel on Mt. Cosna in August 1917 showing positioning of machine guns.
Left: Map showing German lines (blue) advancing eastward from Transylvania to capture Mt. Cosna along the Romanian front in Moldavia. The Cosna attack was led by Lt. Erwin Rommel at age 22 and in command of 1400 men. The map shows MG emplacements.The breakthrough attempt failed.
SOURCES: "Photo from Roger Freeman Collection in "The Devil's Paint Brush"; Rommel sketch and map from Landesarchiv Baden-Württemberg - Hauptstaatsarchiv Stuttgart (Stuttgart, Germany)
Prof. Robert Citino, Les Jensen (West Point Museum) and Nicholas Dimancescu, Hill 789 Director, with Maxim 08-15 machine gun