Supply sledges in Kholm, 1942

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Image text:

Two German soldiers pull a sledge with dropped provisions through the encircled town of Cholm. In the background is the bombed church of the town. During the encirclement battle of Kholm the "Kampfgruppe Scherer" successfully defended the town for 105 days. (A photo of the Propaganda Company (PK) by war correspondent Richard Muck, who flew into the pocket at the beginning of March).

Photographer:

SZ Photo

Date:

01.03.1942

31.05.1942

Location:

Russia

Image ID:

00400677

Dimensions:

4957px x 3523px

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

Copyright Notice:

SZ Photo/Süddeutsche Zeitung Photo

Collection:

Historical archives

From collection:

The Kholm and Demyansk Pocket, 1942

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Keywords:

Bomb 2nd World War 40s Army Army Group North Battle of Kholm Cholm Pocket Eastern Campaign Eastern Front Food Bomb German Reich German Wehrmacht German Wehrmacht 1935 - 1945 / History German-Soviet War Germany Great Patriotic War Heeresgruppe Nord Historical Horse Horse-Drawn Sleigh Kholm Military Northern Section of The Eastern Front Novgorod Oblast Red Army Ruin Russia Russian Campaign Second World War Sleigh Snow Soldier Soldiers Soviet Union Supplies Supply Supply Bomb Theodor Scherer V-Bomb War Wehrmacht Winter World War

Headline:

Supply sledges in Kholm, 1942

Date:

01.03.1942

Photographer:

SZ Photo

Image ID:

00400677