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Start of Barbarossa, 1941

Ernst von Weizsaecker, Otto Dietrich, Joachim von Ribbentrop and Paul Schmidt, 1941

The German Foreign Minister announces the beginning of the war against the Soviet Union on June 22, 1941 to the domestic and foreign press. With him are, in the front row from left: the State Secretary of the Foreign Office Ernst von Weizsaecker, Reich Press Chief Otto Dietrich, Foreign Minister Joachim von Ribbentrop and the Chief Interpreter of the Foreign Office Paul Schmidt.

Proclamation, 1941

Shortly before the beginning of the Operation"Barbarossa" Reichsminister Joseph Goebbels reads a proclamation on the German radio to the German people at 5:30 AM. The picture shows Goebbels in front of the microphone in his ministry, behind him Secretary of State Leopold Gutterer, radio production director Eugen Hadamovsky and radio announcer Rau (from left).

German generals just before the beginning of the attack on the Eastern Front, 1941

The general staff of the Panzer Group Guderian at Bug near Brest-Litovsk, at 3:15 am on 22.06.1941. The Operation Barbarossa began 45 minutes later, at 4:00 am.

News from the Eastern Front, 1941

Passersby look at a map with the title "Europe's struggle with the fate in the East" in a showcase of the Scherl publishing house. The map shows the advance of the Wehrmacht on the Eastern Front.

Heinz Guderian with officers on the Eastern Front, 1941

An armored officer explains the situation on the Eastern Front to Colonel General Heinz Guderian.

Generals of the Wehrmacht at the beginning of the Russian campaign, 1941

General Heinz Guderian (2nd from left, front), commander of the 2nd Panzer Group of Army Group Center on the day of the attack at the Bug. In the background, a Soviet observation tower. The vehicle on the left is an armored personnel carrier of the type Sd.Kfz. 250 with radio equipment.

German generals at the beginning of the Russian campaign, 1941

General Heinz Guderian (3rd from left, front), commander of the 2nd Panzer Group of Army Group Center on the day of the attack at the Bug. In the background, a Soviet observation tower. The vehicle on the left is an armored personnel carrier of the type Sd.Kfz. 250 with radio equipment.

Radio vehicle of the Wehrmacht at the eastern front, 1941

A camouflaged radio van of the Wehrmacht, assigned to Army Group Center, in front of a wooden hut in the area of the border river Bug, which the Wehrmacht crossed on 22 June 1941. The radio car receives and delivers information from and for reconnaissance pilots. Photo: war reporter Veitel.

Fighting on the Eastern Front, June 1941

German soldiers watch the fights at the beginning of the Russian campaign in June 1941.

Beginning of the attack in Russia, 22.06.1941

German soldiers before crossing the Bug in the early morning hours of 22 June 1941.

Beginning of the assault in Russia, 22 June 1941

After crossing the Bug on the morning of June 22, 1941 German pioneers clear 210 high obstacles in front of the Soviet positions at the village Litowitz.

German troops cross the Bug, 1941

German infantrymen cross the Bug on a footbridge. In the foreground a boat with a loaded 3.7-cm Pak 36. The railway bridge in the background remained undamaged after the surprise attack on 22 June. Area Army Group Centre.

Assault troops going over a destroyed bridge

The bridge was destroyed by the Soviet army. The first assault troop goes in attack formation over the rubble on invasion day, June 22, 1941 during the Second World War on the Eastern front.

Motorized columns advancing

Motorized columns after some combat advancing forward on invasion day of Operation Barbarossa June 22, 1941 during the Second World War on the Eastern front.

Reconnaissance squadron at a briefing

The photo shows a reconnaissance squadron on invasion day, June 22, 1941, at a briefing during the Second World War on the Eastern front.

Mortar troop on the march on attack day

A mortar troop on the march on invasion day on June 22, 1941 during the Second World War on the Eastern front.

German troops on the Eastern Front, in June 1941

Infantrymen and a motorized column of the Wehrmacht advancing on a road. Probably in the area of Army Group Centre.

German soldiers on the Eastern Front, June 1941

Soldiers in the area of Army Group Centre waiting for the progress of the fights. War correspondent Mittelstaedt.

Soviet prisoners in June 1941

Russian soldiers surrender in June 1941 during the fights at Tauroggen, in the northern sector of the Eastern Front.

German soldiers in June 1941

German soldiers of a battalion command post on the German-Soviet border at Borisovka-Lazdijai.

German soldiers on the Eastern front, 1941

Soldiers of a reconnaissance patrol in Rudamina in June 1941.

German soldier on a bicycle, 1941

Advance of a German bicycle troop of an infantry regiment on a road in Russia in June 1941. The bicycle troop is led by a sergeant.

A German soldier on 22.06.1941

A German soldier before crossing the Bug in the early morning hours on 22.06.1941.

German troops cross demolished bridge on the Eastern Front, 1941

A team of horses of the Wehrmacht crosses one of the bridges blown-up by the Red Army. The photo was taken during the first days of the Russian campaign.

Soviet border post at the beginning of the Russian campaign, 1941

A German armored car Sd.Kfz. 251 (right) in a conquered border post of the Red Army along the former German-Soviet demarcation line.

German soldiers at the beginning of the Russian campaign, 1941

A group of German infantrymen in the morning fog of 22.06.1941. In the middle of the picture there is an Mg-34 for air defense on tripod.

German anti-tank gun position at the beginning of the Russian campaign, 1941

A German 3rd7cm Pak 36 secures the border rivers along the former German-Soviet demarcation line against any Russian counterattacks.

Assault gun and infantry of the Wehrmacht on the Eastern Front, 1941

A Sturmgeschutz III and infantrymen of the Wehrmacht at the beginning of the Russian campaign at the Bug. Area Army Group Centre. On the far right an Mg-34 can be seen.

German pioneers cross a border river, 1941

German engineers cross a border river in assault boats covered by the fire of their own artillery. The photograph was taken immediately after the start of the Russian campaign.

German infantry at the beginning of the Russian campaign, 1941

German infantry fighting at a Russian village during the first days of the Eastern campaign. The soldiers on the far left are buglers, a very rare branch of service at that time.

Red Army soldiers at the beginning of the Russian campaign, 1941

Soviet infantry in a trench in anticipation of the German attack. The second soldier from the right is equipped with a PPSch-41. This is one of the first shots of the Eastern front, which reached the American press.

German machine position at the beginning of the Russian campaign, 1941

A German Mg 34 at a border river in the morning mist on 22.06.1941.

German troops at the beginning of the Russian campaign, 1941

On the morning of 22nd06.1941, German pioneers are preparing to cross a border river.

German troops cross a border river, 1941

German soldiers with their Krupp Protze truck cross a border river in a makeshift ferry. The photo was taken at the beginning of the Russian campaign.

Soviet observation post on the Eastern Front, 1941

An observation post of the Red Army along the German-Soviet demarcation line.

Warning sign on the Eastern Front, 1941

A sign that warns Wehrmacht soldiers to drive fast on the bad roads of the Eastern Front. In the background members of an antitank unit on the way to the front. The photo was taken during the first day of the Eastern campaign.

German infantry at the beginning of the Russian campaign, 1941

Soldiers wait for new orders during a lull. The soldier in front carries a rangefinder on his back.

German Infantry on the Eastern Front, 1941

A German advance party awaits a counterattack in a just taken Soviet trench. The two soldiers on the right are armed with M-38 and MP 40. Note also the stick grenade in the boots of the 2nd man from the right.

Beginning the assault in Russia, 22/06/1941

German troops cross the Bug river on assault boats at Brest Litowsk.

German infantrymen cross the Memel, 1941

German infantrymen cross in assault boats the Neman at the beginning of the Russian campaign. Area Army Group North.

German infantry at the beginning of the Russian campaign, 1941

German infantry stormed a border town on the morning of 22.06.1941. A 3.7-cm Pak 36 is pulled through the just broken border barrier.

German post on the border with Lithuania, 1941

The customs house of Smalininkai (German: Schmalleningken) immediately after the start of the Russian campaign. Area Army Group North.

German bombers landing on the Eastern Front, 1941

A Junker Ju-88 bomber of the Luftwaffe after returning from a sortie on the Eastern front during the first days of the Russian campaign. The photo was taken in Szczytno in East Prussia. Area Army Group North / Luftflotte 1.

German anti tank position at the beginning of the Russian campaign, 1941

A German-5cm PaK 38 opened fire on a Soviet bunker on the other side of the river (probably at the Bug) on 22.06.1941 at 3:30 am. To be noticed the black uniforms of the soldiers which are left in the picture, that were normally worn only by tankers, railway protection or Allgemeine SS members.

German bike riders cross a border river, 1941

A German bicycle department is going through a demolished bridge. The picture was taken immediately after the start of the Russian campaign. On the rear bicycle a Mg-34 is mounted.

Soviet observation post at the Bug, 1941

A border post of the Red Army along the German-Soviet demarcation line in Belarus.

German motorcycle troops cross the Bug, 1941

Motorcycle infantrymen of the Wehrmacht cross the Bug with their vehicles. Area Army Group Centre at the beginning of the Russian campaign.

German infantry crossing a border river on the Eastern Front, 1941

A German wheeled division crossed a border river with inflatable boats at the beginning of the Russian campaign . Probably in the area of Army Group Center at the Bug.

Motorized column of the Wehrmacht on the Eastern Front, 1941

German truck and an SdKfz. 10/4 halftrack with 2-cm Flak 30 (foreground) gaining ground in Lithuania. Area Army Group North near Taurag (German: Tauroggen) during the first days of the Russian campaign.

German soldier on a conquered bunker, 1941

A German infantryman looks out for further enemy troops on a captured bunker of the Red Army. Most likely the bunker belonged to the just begun Molotov Line, which could be relatively easily overrun.

Accommodation of the Red Army at the beginning of the Russian campaign, 1941

A troop of German infantrymen check an abandoned property for dispersed Red Army soldiers.

Soldiers of the Waffen-SS at the beginning of the Russian campaign, 1941

Infantrymen of the Waffen SS cross the former German-Soviet demarcation line on the first day of the Russian campaign.

German bombers at the beginning of the Russian campaign, 1941

Heinkel He 111 bombers on an airfield during the first days of the Russian campaign.

German armored train on the Eastern Front, 1941

A German armored train at Augustow (Augustow) close to the Polish-Lithuanian border during the first days of the Russian campaign. Some crewmen got off to secure the train. The rear gun is a 2-cm Flak 38.

Beginning of the offensive in Russia, 1941

German soldiers listen the statement of the government on the attack on the Soviet Union, at the radio of an Sd.Kfz. 250 radio command tank on 22/06/1941.

Briefing of a unit of the Luftwaffe on the Eastern Front, 1941

Luftwaffe pilots are instructed by an officer before a deployment on the Eastern front. The picture was taken during the first days of the Russian campaign.

German anti-aircraft position at the Bug, 1941

Two German "2cm Flak 30" took position to secure one of the bridges over the Bug. The photo was taken during the first hours of the Russian campaign. Area Army Group Centre.

German motorized troops on the Eastern Front, 1941

A motorized column of the Wehrmacht at the beginning of the Russian campaign. The vehicles are mittlere Zugkraftwagen 5 t "Sd.Kfz. 6" and some cars. The attached equipment is a 15 cm Nebelwerfer 41.

German battle tank at the beginning of the Russian campaign, 1941

Panzerkampfwagen II (F) "Flamingo" upgraded with flamethrowers cross a military bridge over the Bug. Flame thrower tanks were used at the beginning of Operation Barbarossa by the 7th and the 18th Panzer Division both subordinate to Army Group Centre.

German troops cross a border river on the Eastern Front, 1941

German soldiers cross a river with their horses at the former German-Soviet demarcation line at the beginning of the Russian campaign.

Captive Red Army soldiers at the beginning of the Russian campaign, 1941

A group of captured Soviet soldiers wait for their transfer before a German military bridge over the Bug. According to the uniforms they are either officers or members of a border troop of the NKVD. Area Army Group Centre.

German advance guard point on the Eastern Front, 1941

Members of a German bicycle advance guard entrench themselves while expecting a Soviet counterattack. In the foreground a wounded soldier is doctored, behind a radio operator can be seen. The photo was taken during the first days of the Russian campaign.

Beginning of the offensive in Russia, 22.06.1941

German soldiers inspect a shot down Soviet tank near the Bug, at the beginning of the Russian campaign.

Column of the Waffen SS at the Bug, 1941

Vehicles of the Waffen SS cross a military bridge over the Bug at the beginning of the Russian campaign. Area Army Group Centre. These are troops of the motorized SS division "Das Reich".

German pioneers remove a border fortification, 1941

A group of German pioneers remove a frontier barrier along the German-Soviet demarcation line on the morning of 22.06.1941.

22.06.1941 - beginning of the aggression in the Soviet Union

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22.06.1941 - beginning of the aggression in the Soviet Union

22.06.1941 - beginning of the aggression in the Soviet Union, Second World War, eastern front, against, Germany 1933-1945 National Socialism

German infantry at the beginning of the Russian campaign, 1941

While German infantrymen march further inland, the first captured Red Army soldiers are taken to the rear assembly camps. Photo: Cusian [automated translation]

German troops at the start of the attack in Russia, 1941

German troops before crossing the German-Soviet border at 03:05 in the morning on 22.06.1941. In the middle there are soldiers with radio equipment, right beside, a cameraman of a propaganda company.

Beginning of the offensive in Russia in June 1941

German soldiers at a river crossing during an attack at the beginning of the Russian campaign.

German infantrymen cross a river on the Eastern Front, 1941

German infantrymen cross a border river, probably the Bug, with inflatable boats on the first day of the Russian campaign.

German infantry riflemen in Lithuania, 1941

A German Panzergrenadier Division with armored personnel carriers of the type Sd.Kfz. 251 on the march after taking Taurag (German: Tauroggen). Area Army Group North.

Beginning of the assault in Russia, 22 June 1941

German troops cross a border river to the Soviet-controlled Poland in the morning of 22 June 1941.

German tank at the beginning of the Russian campaign, 1941

A Panzer II of the Wehrmacht drives past an abandoned Soviet "122 mm howitzer M1938". The picture was taken during the first days of the Russian campaign.

German tanker at the beginning of the Russian campaign, 1941

The operator of a German armored fighting vehicle during a lull in Lithuania. Area Army Group North during the first days of the Russian campaign. Is clearly recognizable the skull badge of the armored troops inspired by the Leibhusaren-Regiment (Life Hussar Regiment ), which is however not to be confused with the skull of the SS.

Soviet prisoners of war at the beginning of the Russian campaign, 1941

A group of Russian prisoners who fell into German hands on the first day of the Russian campaign. Right two German infantrymen. Area Army Group Centre at the Bug.

German troops at the beginning of the Russian campaign, 1941

A Panzer IV Ausf. D on the march towards the Bug. Area Army Group Center during the first days of the Russian campaign.

German troops at the beginning of the Russian campaign, 1941

A group of German infantrymen (right 2 NCOs) during the first contact with Soviet troops. The picture was taken near the town of Lazdijai on the border between Poland and Lithuania. Area Army Group North during the first days of the Eastern campaign.

Gun in a conquered bunker of the Red Army, 1941

A German infantryman in front of a piece of artillery inside a Russian bunker.

German infantrymen cross the Bug, 1941

German infantrymen cross the Bug with an inflatable boat at the beginning of the Russian campaign. Area Army Group Centre.

German infantrymen cross the border with Russia, 1941

German infantrymen march past a border house destroyed by artillery fire on the old German-Soviet demarcation line.

Armored reconnaissance car at the beginning of the Russian campaign, 1941

German armored reconnaissance car of the type Sd.Kfz. 222 waiting for commands on the morning of 22.06.1941.

German anti-tank gun position at the beginning of the Russian campaign, 1941

German troops at the beginning of the Russian campaign, 1941

German troops cross the border with Lithuania on the first day of the Russian campaign . The vehicle is the so-called "Einheits-PKW der Wehrmacht". Area Army Group North.

German motorized troops at the beginning of the Russian campaign, 1941

A motorized column of the Wehrmacht on the advance to the Bug during the first days of the Eastern campaign. The vehicles are so-called "Krupp-Protze" (left) and heavy Zugkraftwagen 12 t "Sd.Kfz. 8". Area Army Group Center.

Destroyed bunker of the Red Army at the beginning of the Russian campaign, 1941

A bunker that was stormed by the Wehrmacht on the first days of the Eastern campaign.

Luftwaffe soldiers prior to a deployment on the Eastern Front, 1941

Luftwaffe pilots discuss at the beginning of the Russian campaign the next attack against the troops of the Red Army. The photograph was taken at an airfield in East Prussia, so the soldiers are likely to be members of the Luftflotte 1, area Army Group North.

German troops cross the border with Russia, 1941

A German infantry squad crossed at the beginning of the Russian campaign, the German-Soviet demarcation line, which was partly made up of a plowed up security strip. The two soldiers are radio operator.

German infantry with anti-tank gun on the Eastern Front, 1941

German infantry secures a road with a 3.7-cm Pak 36 in the village Lunna. Area Central Army Group in Belarus in the early days of the Russian campaign.

German generals at the beginning of the Russian campaign, 1941

The Corps General Walter Heitz (middle with cap) and General of the Infantry Gustav Hoehne (8th Infantry Regiment) before attacking Hronda (Russian: Grondo) during the first days of the Russian campaign. Area Army Group Centre.

German motorized infantry in a village in Lithuania, 1941

The population of the Lithuanian city Ponjewitsch welcomes motorized infantry of the Wehrmacht at the beginning of the Russian campaign. Area Army Group North.

German infantry at the beginning of the Russian campaign, 1941

German infantrymen pass by a Soviet wire obstacle. The soldier in the foreground carries a Mg-34, behind is probably a man with a Panzerbuechse 38/39.

German tank is loaded with ammunition on the Eastern Front, 1941

The crew of a Panzer III or Panzer IV equip their vehicle with new machine gun ammunition. The photo was taken just before or shortly after the start of the Russian campaign.

German troops at the beginning of the Russian campaign, 1941

A 3.7-cm Pak 36 (left), a Granatwerfer 34 (center) and right in the background Sd.Kfz. 10 Zugkraftwagen with 3,7 cm Pak 36. The photo was taken during the first days of the Russian campaign.

German motorcycle troops on the Eastern Front, 1941

Motorcycle infantry of the Wehrmacht fighting at a village during the early days of the Russian campaign.

German infantry in conquered trenches on the Eastern Front, 1941

German infantrymen pass through a conquered Russian trench immediately after the beginning of the attack.

German command tank on the Eastern Front, 1941

A German command tank of the type "SdKfz 265 Panzerbefehlswagen". The commander gives new orders to a motorcyclist. The photo was taken on the first day of the campaign during the fighting at the former Soviet-German demarcation line.

German infantry cross the border with the Soviet Union, 1941

German infantrymen pass through a wire fence along the former German-Soviet demarcation line.

German column at the beginning of the Russian campaign, 1941

A hauled supply convoy of Wehrmacht during the first days of the Russian campaign on the former German-Soviet demarcation line at the Bug. Area Army Group Centre.

Armored personnel carrier of the Wehrmacht on the Eastern Front, 1941

An armored personnel carrier of the type Sd.Kfz. 250 (l.) and a motorcycle of the Wehrmacht (r.) in front of a farmhouse near the Belarusian Brest. Area Army Group Center during the first days of the Russian campaign.

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