Machine gun post of the Wehrmacht in front of Moscow, 1942

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Image text:

On the edge of a small village west of Moscow, a German machine gun post with an MG 34 took position on a gun carriage. The soldiers try to protect themselves with some straw against the cold coming from below. (PK photo: war correspondent Schambortzky).

Photographer:

Scherl

Date:

14.01.1942

Location:

Russia

Image ID:

00400569

Dimensions:

4960px x 3336px

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No model release, no property release. No commercial, merchandising or advertising use without release by SZ Photo

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Scherl/Süddeutsche Zeitung Photo

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Historical archives

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German fallback before Moscow in winter, 1941

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Keywords:

1940s attack battle Battle for Moscow combat defence Eastern Front fight fighting fights frontline Germany historical military Nazi Germany Russia Second World War siege Soviet Union Third Reich unrest conflicts USSR war Wehrmacht World War II WW II Army Army Group Center Battle For Moscow Central Portion Of The Eastern Front Clearing Combat Eastern Campaign Forest German German-Soviet War Germans Germans Reich Great Patriotic War Infantry Lying Machine Gun Machine Gun 34 Mg Mg 34 Military Moscow Russian Campaign Shoot Snow Snowy Soldier Soldiers War Wehrmacht Soldier Wehrmacht Soldiers Winter Winter War Withdrawal

Headline:

Machine gun post of the Wehrmacht in front of Moscow, 1942

Date:

14.01.1942

Photographer:

Scherl

Image ID:

00400569