Field Marshal Rommel with a couple of senior commanders, inspect the water's edge on the Normandy coast; France, 1944.

Testing the water...

Field Marshal (Generalfeldmarschall) of the Luftwaffe, Albert Kesselring (30 November 1885-16 July 1960), on the left;  As Wehrmacht Commander-in-Chief South, he was the overall German commander in the Mediterranean Theater, which included the operations in North Africa. Kesselring later conducted an uncompromising defensive campaign against the Allied forces in Italy until he was injured in an accident in October 1944 - and Field Marshal (Generalfeldmarschall) Erwin Rommel, (15 November 1891-14 October 1944) "Desert Fox", Commander of the Afrika Korps, Axis Forces in North Africa, seen here together in Libya; 1942.  

Two Field Marshals

Vasily  Bolshakov, pilot of 44 high-speed bomber regiment of the 2nd air division.

Calmness, courage and heroism in every flight. Bolshakov twice, and sometimes thrice, attacks the target and leaves for the safe territory only after making sure that the task is completed.

08/13/1941 Bolshakov’s plane was attacked by enemy fighters, as a result of which the pilot was injured in the right eye, but managed to land the burning plane on his territory and save the life of the crew.