Drop of "Versorgungsbomben" (provisions bombs) in Kholm, 1942

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Provisions bombs descend over the snow-covered meadows. The enclosed German soldiers are supplied by air for weeks. The airdrops contain ammunition, equipment and food. During the Kholm Pocket the "Kampfgruppe Scherer" successfully defended the city 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:

00400650

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4958px x 3453px

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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

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Historical archives

From collection:

The Kholm and Demyansk Pocket, 1942

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Keywords:

40s Army Army Group North Battle of Kholm Bombs Eastern Campaign Eastern Front Food Bombs German German Reich German Wehrmacht German Wehrmacht 1935 - 1945 / History German-Soviet War Germany Great Patriotic War Heeresgruppe Nord Historical Huts Kholm Kholm Pocket Military Northern Section of The Eastern Front Novgorod Oblast Parachute Red Army Russia Russian Campaign Second World War Snow Snow Covered Soldier Soldiers Soviet Union Theodor Scherer War Wehrmacht Winter World War World War II

Headline:

Drop of "Versorgungsbomben" (provisions bombs) in Kholm, 1942

Date:

01.03.1942

Photographer:

SZ Photo

Image ID:

00400650