Recovery of provision bombs in Kholm, 1942

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A German soldier observes the recovery of provision bombs in Kholm, which had played a significant role in the survival of the trapped soldiers. During the encirclement battle of Kholm, the "Kampfgruppe Scherer" successfully defended the town for 105 days. (A photo of the PK (Propaganda Company) by war correspondent Richard Muck who flew into the pocket at the beginning of March).

Photographer:

SZ Photo

Date:

01.03.1942

31.03.1942

Location:

Russia

Image ID:

00400638

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3399px x 4958px

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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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SZ Photo/Süddeutsche Zeitung Photo

Collection:

Historical archives

From collection:

The Kholm and Demyansk Pocket, 1942

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Keywords:

40s Army Army Group North Battle of Kholm Eastern Campaign Eastern Front German German Reich German Wehrmacht German Wehrmacht 1935 - 1945 / History German-Soviet War Germany Great Patriotic War Historical Horse-Drawn Sleigh Kholm Kholm Pocket Military Northern Section of The Eastern Front Novgorod Oblast Red Army Russia Russian Campaign Salvage Second World War Sleigh Snow Snow Covered Soviet Union Theodor Scherer V-Bomb War Wehrmacht Winter World War World War II pocket Battle

Headline:

Recovery of provision bombs in Kholm, 1942

Date:

01.03.1942

Photographer:

SZ Photo

Image ID:

00400638