Axis plans being discussed at Hitler's Berghof residence in Berchtesgaden, 29 April 1942 during World War II. German Chancellor Adolf Hitler and Italian Prime Minister Benito Mussolini ascend steps at Berghof in Berchtesgaden, Germany. Inside, the two Axis leaders converse and then, accompanied by Italian and German officers, including General Reich Marshal Albert Kesselring, they look over maps laid out on a table. German Colonel-General Alfred Yodl briefs Hitler and Mussolini while pointing to the maps.
German Chancellor Adolf Hitler with others at the Berghof in Berchtesgaden, Germany on 29 April, 1942. Italian Prime Minister Benito Mussolini and German Chancellor Adolf Hitler climb up the stairs of Hitler's residence Berghof. The two leaders confer inside a hall. Hitler and Mussolini confer with two other officers one of whom is General Albert Kesselring. The four of them and others at a large desk as they look at a map.
Adolf Hitler stands on the platform of the Berchtesgaden railway station, with Field Marshal Paul Ludwig Ewald von Kleist, and other high-ranking German military officers, awaiting the arrival of Italian Prime Minister Benito Mussolini. Mussolini steps off the train and is warmly greeted by Hitler. Mussolini also greets some of the officers accompanying Hitler. Hitler and Mussolini enter a building and sit together at a round table to confer.