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Battles in Silesia, 1945

German soldiers fighting in Silesia, 1945

German infantry supported by a scout vehicle of the type Sd.Kfz 234/2 "Puma" performs a counter-attack in the Upper Silesian combat area.

Downed T-34 during the fights in Silesia, 1945

German soldiers marching past a destroyed Soviet T-34 / 85. The tank was destroyed during an attempt to break through in Upper Silesia. The soldiers are likely to be members of the railway protection of the Reichsbahn (black insignia, no insignia on their uniforms).

Wehrmacht soldiers fighting in Silesia, 1945

German infantry advances in a Silesian village supported by a Jagdpanzer 38 (t) "Hetzer". The soldier pictured right is the 2nd gunner of a machine-gun team, who carries on his back ammunition and additional barrels for the gun.

Destroyed T-34 during the fights in Silesia, 1945

German dispatch riders (probably on a Zuendapp KS 750) pass by a downed Soviet T-34/85.

Volksopfer donations in Breslau, Silesia, 1945

In February 1945, the Silesian capital Breslau was surrounded by Russian troops. On the street collection depots called the Volksopfer, meaning Sacrifice of the people, collect uniforms, blankets, boots and equipment from German civilians to fill the empty supply depot of the Wehrmacht, as seen here on January 20 in Breslau

German soldiers during combat in Silesia, 1945

A German non-commissioned officer, Kurt Schwarm, reports about the elimination of Soviet tanks with Panzerfausts (Tank Fists). Schwarm, a motorcycle dispatch rider in the staff of the tank grenadier regiment 98, destroyed three Russian tanks during a message run. He was awarded the Knight's Cross, which he is wearing on the photo.

German Pak during combat in Silesia, 1945

Soldiers with a 7.5 cm anti-tank gun on the Eastern front.

German soldiers during combat in Silesia, 1945

Advancing German artillery observer during combat in Silesia, 1945

The observer of a heavy mortar platoon on the Eastern front telephones with his platoon.

German soldiers on the Eastern front, 1945

Before an attack by Soviet artillery, a rifle battalion from Silesia ducks into a trench.

German tank on the Silesian front, 1945

An armored fighting vehicle Sdkfz.251/1 rolls by a damaged Russian 7.62 cm field artillery gun during the combat for a Silesian town.

German soldiers during combat in Wroclaw,1945

Soldiers in snow camouflage transport supplies on sleds.

German soldiers in position in a warehouse in Breslau, 1945

German soldiers arrange their position in a warehouse and await the attack of the Soviet troops.

Soldiers with anti-tank gun on the Eastern Front, 1945

Soldiers with an anti-tank gun at the Eastern Front, expecting a Soviet attack.

German infantry on patrol, 1945

German soldiers - infantry - on patrol in a village in Upper Silesia.

Soldiers on a German assault gun III in Silesia, 1945

Ferdinand Schoerner and Joseph Goebbels, 1945

Field Marshal Ferdinand Schoerner welcomes Joseph Goebbels after the conquest of the Silesian town of Lauban that was occupied by the Russian troops.

German infantry fighting vehicle on the Eastern Front, 1945

Armored infantry in Sdkfz. 251 infantry fighting vehicle fighting in the wintery Silesia.

Captured Soviet tanks on the Eastern Front, 1945

Damaged Soviet assault gun with shattered chain during the last days of war in Silesia in the possession of the German Wehrmacht.

Silesian people's assault on the Oder Front, 1945

Soldiers have buried themselves in a road on a river bank.

Members of the Volkssturm on bicycles in Breslau, 1945

Soldiers with bicycles and bazookas before their deployment against Russian troops in the enclosed Wroclaw.

Soviet soldiers fighting in Silesia, 1945

Soviet soldiers with a gun during urban warfare in a Silesian town.

Goebbels visits soldiers on the Eastern Front

Reich Minister of Propaganda Joseph Goebbels visits the Eastern Front for the last time. On the marketplace of the Silesian town of Lauban he distinguishes on this occasion the Hitler Youth member Wilhelm Huebner with the Iron Cross. On 19.03.1945 Wilhelm Huebner was received in the Reich Chancellery by Adolf Hitler as well. He survived the war.

German National Militia in Silesia, 1945

National Militia men in a Silesian city.

Workers in a Silesian mine, 1945

Workers, also members of the Volkssturm (People's storm), during their work in a Silesian mine just before the war.

Soldier in the Second World War in Silesia during bazooka firing , 23 March 1945

At night, a German soldier stands in a snowy landscape in Silesia and shoots with a bazooka. Photo: Brosius

Battle of Breslau, 1945

In February 1945, the Silesian capital Breslau was surrounded by Russian troops and was defended by "Battle Commander" (Kampfkommandant) Karl Hanke until the war ended with heavy losses. German soldiers beat loopholes in the ground floor walls in the residential area of Brealau

End of war - Red Army in Frankfurt / Oder 1945

End of the war in Frankfurt / Oder 1945 - Red Army infantry fighting in the streets in March/April 1945. Photo: Fotoarchiv fuer Zeitgeschichte/Archiv [automated translation]