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Between Donets and Don in Southern Russia, July - August 1942

Crossing of the river Don, 1942

The offensive "Unternehmen Blau" (Case Blue) during the advance to Stalingrad. German pioneers building a pontoon bridge. (PK - Foto: war raiser Faupel).

Second World War: German Troops attacking Stalingrad between the rivers Donez and Don, 28/06/1942-August 1942

Second World War: German Troops attacking Stalingrad between the rivers Donez and Don

German soldiers in the southern section of the Eastern front, 1942

During the offensive towards Stalingrad infantrymen scour a wood at Kostowo - and apparently take shelter from enemy fire. Photo: war correspondent Schroedter.

Second World War: German Troops attacking Stalingrad between the rivers Donez and Don, 28/06/1942-August 1942

Second World War: German Troops attacking Stalingrad between the rivers Donez and Don

Second World War: German Troops attacking Stalingrad between the rivers Donez and Don, 28/06/1942-August 1942

Second World War: German Troops attacking Stalingrad between the rivers Donez and Don

Supply over the lake, 1942

In order to relieve the rail traffic, all kinds of supplies are loaded onto ferries in the port of Mariupol on the Asow Sea, in order to be sent forward on the sea. After the arrival of a ferry transport, German soldiers load shells on a train. PK- recording: war correspondent Leopold

Supply over the lake, 1942

In order to relieve the rail traffic, all kinds of supplies are loaded onto ferries in a port on the Asow Sea, in order to be sent forward on the sea. Here, the quay in Mariupol with a stack of gasoline drums. PK photo: war correspondent Leopold

Destroyed houses in Voronezh, 1942

Destroyed houses in Voronezh, in front is a shot Russian tank of the type T-34th PK photo: war correspondent Pincornelly

German advance party reaches the Don river, 1942

Soldiers of a German advance department on the Don. The vehicles are camouflaged between the shrubs at the bankside. PK photo: war correspondent Jesse

Second World War: German Troops attacking Stalingrad between the rivers Donez and Don, 28/06/1942-August 1942

Second World War: German Troops attacking Stalingrad between the rivers Donez and Don

Second World War: German Troops attacking Stalingrad between the rivers Donez and Don, 28/06/1942-August 1942

Second World War: German Troops attacking Stalingrad between the rivers Donez and Don

Second World War: German Troops attacking Stalingrad between the rivers Donez and Don, 28/06/1942-August 1942

Second World War: German Troops attacking Stalingrad between the rivers Donez and Don

Second World War: German Troops attacking Stalingrad between the rivers Donez and Don, 28/06/1942-August 1942

Second World War: German Troops attacking Stalingrad between the rivers Donez and Don

German Panzer IV in South Russia, 1942

Tanks of the Infantry Regiment Grossdeutschland are driving to the front on the first attack day of Case Blue. They pass by Russian prisoners. PK photo: war correspondent Kempe

Second World War: German Troops attacking Stalingrad between the rivers Donez and Don, 28/06/1942-August 1942

Second World War: German Troops attacking Stalingrad between the rivers Donez and Don

Voroshilovgrad, 1942

View of destroyed houses in Voroshilovgrad in the southern sector of the Eastern Front. PK photo: war correspondent Brunnengraeber

German infantry on the advance, 1942

German infantrymen on the advance during the offensive towards Stalingrad near Gshatsk. PK photo: Arndt

Soviet freight trains, 1942

Soviet freight train in Southern Russia that was hit by German troops. PK- photo: war correspondent Metzler

Prisoner column after the battle at the Don Bend, 1942

Soviet prisoners are brought to a camp in columns. PK shot: war correspondent Kipper

Second World War: German Troops attacking Stalingrad between the rivers Donez and Don, 28/06/1942-August 1942

Second World War: German Troops attacking Stalingrad between the rivers Donez and Don

Second World War: German Troops attacking Stalingrad between the rivers Donez and Don, 28/06/1942-August 1942

Second World War: German Troops attacking Stalingrad between the rivers Donez and Don

Second World War: German Troops attacking Stalingrad between the rivers Donez and Don, 28/06/1942-August 1942

Second World War: German Troops attacking Stalingrad between the rivers Donez and Don

German mountain troopers on the Don river, 1942

Infantry soldiers push the ammunition cart through the marshlands of the Don Delta. PK shot: war correspondent Kintscher

Second World War: German Troops attacking Stalingrad between the rivers Donez and Don, 28/06/1942-August 1942

Second World War: German Troops attacking Stalingrad between the rivers Donez and Don

Second World War: German Troops attacking Stalingrad between the rivers Donez and Don, 28/06/1942-August 1942

Second World War: German Troops attacking Stalingrad between the rivers Donez and Don

German soldiers cross the Don river, 1942

Infantrymen crossing the Don during the advance towards Stalingrad. PK- photo: war correspondent Schmidt-Geyer

Second World War: German Troops attacking Stalingrad between the rivers Donez and Don, 28/06/1942-August 1942

Second World War: German Troops attacking Stalingrad between the rivers Donez and Don

Observation post on the open field, 1942

German soldiers on an observation post in the open field. PK shot: war correspondent Weber

German motorcycle battalion on the advance in the large Donbogen, 1942

German motorcycle riflemen on the advance in the large Don bend. PK photo: war correspondent Gehrmann

The advance of German troops through the steppe of the Don region, 1942

The advance of German troops through the steppe of the Don region. The motorcyclist drives past Russian refugees. PK photo: war correspondent Jesse

Second World War: German Troops attacking Stalingrad between the rivers Donez and Don, 28/06/1942-August 1942

Second World War: German Troops attacking Stalingrad between the rivers Donez and Don

Second World War: German Troops attacking Stalingrad between the rivers Donez and Don, 28/06/1942-August 1942

Second World War: German Troops attacking Stalingrad between the rivers Donez and Don

German infantrymen march to a village, 1942

German infantrymen march to a village near Nikolaevka during the offensive towards Stalingrad. PK photo: Bauer

German advance division on the Eastern front, 1942

German Panzer III and infantry on bicycles on the way to Don. The soldiers use their shelter-halves as protection against the weather. PK photo: war correspondent Bauer

Second World War: German Troops attacking Stalingrad between the rivers Donez and Don, 28/06/1942-August 1942

Second World War: German Troops attacking Stalingrad between the rivers Donez and Don

Second World War: German Troops attacking Stalingrad between the rivers Donez and Don, 28/06/1942-August 1942

Second World War: German Troops attacking Stalingrad between the rivers Donez and Don

Devastated city, 1942

Devastated city on the road of the Russian retreat at the Don, in the picture abandoned Soviet war material. PK photo: war correspondent Bauer

Second World War: German Troops attacking Stalingrad between the rivers Donez and Don, 28/06/1942-August 1942

Second World War: German Troops attacking Stalingrad between the rivers Donez and Don

World War II: Attack on Stalingrad between the Donets and Don, 28.06.1942-August 1942

German horse artillery advancing between the Don and Donets.

Second World War: German Troops attacking Stalingrad between the rivers Donez and Don, 28/06/1942-August 1942

Second World War: German Troops attacking Stalingrad between the rivers Donez and Don

Second World War: German Troops attacking Stalingrad between the rivers Donez and Don, 28/06/1942-August 1942

Second World War: German Troops attacking Stalingrad between the rivers Donez and Don

German bicycle infantry in Voroshilovgrad, 1942

The important armament metropolis of Voroshilovgrad was conquered by the German troops. A bicycle squad rides through the industrial area. There are Ukrainian workers on the roadside. PK photo: war correspondent Brunnengraeber.

Second World War: German Troops attacking Stalingrad between the rivers Donez and Don, 28/06/1942-August 1942

Second World War: German Troops attacking Stalingrad between the rivers Donez and Don

Second World War: German Troops attacking Stalingrad between the rivers Donez and Don, 28/06/1942-August 1942

Second World War: German Troops attacking Stalingrad between the rivers Donez and Don

Second World War: German Troops attacking Stalingrad between the rivers Donez and Don, 28/06/1942-August 1942

Second World War: German Troops attacking Stalingrad between the rivers Donez and Don

Second World War: German Troops attacking Stalingrad between the rivers Donez and Don, 28/06/1942-August 1942

Second World War: German Troops attacking Stalingrad between the rivers Donez and Don

German soldiers on the Eastern front, 1942

German soldiers building a position during the offensive in the direction of Stalingrad. In the foreground a machine gun MG 34 on mount. PK photo: Bauer

Advance between the Donets and Don, 1942

German troops on the advance between Donz and Don in the area of Army Group South direction Stalingrad. In front of is a VW Kuebelwagen, in the background a group of Sturmgeschuetz III. PK photo of the war correspondent Reitzner.

German pioneers building a bridge on the Donets, 1942

Pioneers unload components of a temporary bridge. The picture was taken during the German offensive towards the Caucasus and Stalingrad.

Cavalry crossing the Donets, 1942

During the German offensive towards Stalingrad and the Caucasus soldiers of a cavalry unit cross the Donets on a pontoon bridge.

German Soldiers at the Eastern Front, 1942

German soldiers fire at Soviet emplacements during the fighting in the Donets area. The fighting in this area took place in the scope of the German offensive in the southern sector of the Eastern Front, directed towards Stalingrad and the Caucasus.

German soldiers fighting for a station on the Eastern Front, 1942

Soldiers between the wagons of a train station in the southern sector of the Eastern front during the offensive towards Stalingrad.

German tanks on the Eastern Front, 1942

Panzer III (in the foreground) and Panzer IV in the southern sector of the Eastern Front on the march in a deployment during the offensive toward Stalingrad and the Caucasus.

Railway bridge over the Don, 1942

The offensive "Unternehmen Blau" (Case Blue) during the advance to Stalingrad. View of the newly built wooden bridge over the Don. After the destruction of the actual bridge by soldiers of the Red Army, pioneers of the Wehrmacht built this wooden bridge to secure the supplies for the 6th Army.

Officers in conversation, 1942

The offensive "Unternehmen Blau" (Case Blue) during the advance to Stalingrad. A Romanian officer of a reconnaissance unit (middle) discusses the march objectives with German officers. They are on the river Don, about 80 kilometers before Stalingrad. (PK photo: war correspondent Jesse).

The advance of the Wehrmacht towards the Volga, 1942

The offensive "Unternehmen Blau" (Case Blue) during the advance to Stalingrad. Vehicles of the Wehrmacht cross a small river south of the Don. (PK-Photo: war correspondent Bauer)

German soldiers during an assault break, 1942

The offensive "Unternehmen Blau" (Case Blue) during the advance to Stalingrad. German soldiers lie in a meadow between Donetsk and the River Don. They are in an attack break until the artillery is brought forward. In the background are burning houses. (PK photo: war correspondent Kempe)

Firing position of an howitzer in the Donets area, 1942

The offensive "Unternehmen Blau" (Case Blue) during the advance to Stalingrad. The fire commands orders are taken by the crew of the howitzer on the phone. (PK photo: war correspondent Langl).

German soldiers on the advance, 1942

The offensive "Unternehmen Blau" (Case Blue) during the advance to Stalingrad. German infantrymen of the Wehrmacht on their advance in the direction of Stalingrad. (PK photo: war correspondent Rothkopf).

Capture of Soviet soldiers, 1942

The offensive "Unternehmen Blau" (Case Blue) during the advance to Stalingrad. Soviet soldiers surrendered to a German armoured reconnaissance group near the river Don. Left a Panzer II (PK photo: war correspondent Hoepner).

German soldier at a well, 1942

The offensive "Unternehmen Blau" (Case Blue) during the advance to Stalingrad. During the advance in the direction of Stalingrad the soldiers make a break in the Don area. Here, a German soldier is drawing water from a well. (PK photo: war correspondent Heine).

German tanks in the Donets area, 1942

The offensive "Unternehmen Blau" (Case Blue) during the advance to Stalingrad. Look at Panzer III of the Armed Forces during a ceasefire. (PK photo: war correspondent Geller).

Tank division of the Wehrmacht in the Donets area, 1942

The offensive "Unternehmen Blau" (Case Blue) during the advance to Stalingrad. An armored division of the Wehrmacht with Panzer III advances on the morning of 13rd07.1942 towards the river Don. (PK photo: war correspondent Sautter)

Officers follow the battles from an armored personnel carrier, 1942

The offensive "Unternehmen Blau" (Case Blue) during the advance to Stalingrad. The commander (right) follows the battles south of the River Don while standing on an armored personnel carrier of the type Sd. Kfz. 250/3rd PK photo: war correspondent Bauer-Altvater).

German soldier with Soviet prisoners of war, 1942

The offensive "Unternehmen Blau" (Case Blue) during the advance to Stalingrad. A German soldier is talking to a Soviet war prisoner in a village in the Donets area. In the background are other prisoners of war standing in a row. (PK photo: war correspondent Bauer-Altvater).

Romanian soldiers on the Eastern front, 1942

The offensive "Unternehmen Blau" (Case Blue) during the advance to Stalingrad. A Romanian infantry unit during a combat mission on the way to Stalingrad. (PK photo: war correspondent Plenik).

Soldiers in a foxhole, 1942

The offensive "Unternehmen Blau" (Case Blue) during the advance to Stalingrad. Two infantrymen take shelter from artillery shells in a foxhole. (PK photo: war correspondent Herber).

Pioneers of the Wehrmacht at the construction of a new bridge, 1942

The offensive "Unternehmen Blau" (Case Blue) during the advance to Stalingrad.On a small river between Donets and Don, pioneers of the Wehrmacht erected a new bridge. The withdrawing Red Army had previously blown up the bridge. In the foreground soldiers with machine gun MG 34 secure the construction works. In the background are burning houses. (PK photo: war correspondent Schmidt-Geyer).

Soldiers of the Wehrmacht at a well, 1942

The offensive "Unternehmen Blau" (Case Blue) during the advance to Stalingrad. Soldiers draw a bucket of water from a well. They are located between the Don and Donets rivers on the advance towards Stalingrad. (PK photo: war correspondent Heine).

German tanks in the area of Rzhev in the middle section of the Eastern front, 1942

Panzer III of the 31st Panzer Regiment (5th Panzerdivision) during operations in the context of the Soviet offensive in the area of Rzhev. (PK photo: war correspondent Ullrich).

Military soldiers between the Don and Donets, 1942

The offensive "Unternehmen Blau" (Case Blue) during the advance to Stalingrad. On a hill, a soldier of the Wehrmacht watches the valley before him. There are several soldiers in the field around him. (PK photo: war correspondent Bauer).

Soldiers of the Wehrmacht in the steppes of the Don River, 1942

The offensive "Unternehmen Blau" (Case Blue) during the advance to Stalingrad. German mountain infantrymen ride on their bicycle through the southern Don steppe. Before them drive two carts and a transport vehicle. (PK photo: war correspondent Gehrmann).

Soldiers on the River Don, 1942

The offensive "Unternehmen Blau" (Case Blue) during the advance to Stalingrad. On the River Don soldiers of the Wehrmacht secure a conquered bridgehead. In the foreground a MG-group with their MG 34 machine gun. (PK photo: war correspondent Klintzsch)

German soldiers on the Don, 1942

The offensive "Unternehmen Blau" (Case Blue) during the advance to Stalingrad. A flak battery (8.8 cm Flak 36) crosses the River Don. Obviously, she belongs to the Army Flak Artillery Division 289 (PK photo: war correspondent Faupel).

German soldier with Maschinenpistole 40 (submachine gun), 1942

The offensive "Unternehmen Blau" (Case Blue) during the advance to Stalingrad. A soldier of the Wehrmacht, with a machine gun, looks at a valley lying in front of him between the Donets and Don rivers. (PK photo: war correspondent Reitzner).

The advance of the Wehrmacht towards Stalingrad, 1942

The offensive "Unternehmen Blau" (Case Blue) during the advance to Stalingrad. Three armored personnel carriers of the type Sd. Kfz. 251/1 on a field between the rivers Don and Donets. On the left infantrymen are talking. (PK photo: war correspondent Herber).

Tank assault in the Donbogen, 1942

The offensive "Unternehmen Blau" (Case Blue) during the advance to Stalingrad. German Panzer IV fighting in the Don bend during the advance on Stalingrad. (PK photo: war correspondent Herber).

Tank of the Wehrmacht on the way to Stalingrad, 1942

The offensive "Unternehmen Blau" (Case Blue) during the advance to Stalingrad. German Panzer III near the village Nikolaevka. (PK-Photo: war correspondent Bauer)

Tank of the Wehrmacht on the way to Stalingrad, 1942

The offensive "Unternehmen Blau" (Case Blue) during the advance to Stalingrad. German Panzer III near the village Nikolaevka. The Eiffel Tower was painted on the tanks as a badge. It probably belongs to the 23rd Panzer Division. (PK Photo: war correspondent Bauer).

German combat outpost on the River Don, 1942

The offensive "Unternehmen Blau" (Case Blue) during the advance to Stalingrad. Soldiers of the Wehrmacht lie in their position on the River Don near Stalingrad. In the background, the river landscape. (PK photo: war correspondent Schroedter).

Briefing of German and Romanian soldiers, 1942

The offensive "Unternehmen Blau" (Case Blue) during the advance to Stalingrad. A Romanian reconnaissance division discusses the march objectives with German officers. They are on the river Don, about 80 kilometers before Stalingrad. (PK photo: war correspondent Jesse).

Soldiers of the Wehrmacht during a briefing, 1942

The offensive "Unternehmen Blau" (Case Blue) during the advance to Stalingrad. Members of a combat patrol discuss the further course of action. They are located between the Donets and Don rivers. (PK photo: war correspondent Greven).

German tank crosses a river, 1942

The offensive "Unternehmen Blau" (Case Blue) during the advance to Stalingrad. A Panzer III of the Wehrmacht passes a small river between the Donets and the Don. The badge on the left rear of the tank that is not clearly recognizable points to the 22nd Panzer Division. (PK photo: war correspondent Grimm-Kstein).

Downed Soviet armored train, 1942

The offensive "Unternehmen Blau" (Case Blue) during the advance to Stalingrad. View of a destroyed Red Army armored train between the Don and Donets rivers. In front of it is a horse-drawn carriage of the Wehrmacht. (PK picture: war correspondent Lube).

Destroyed vehicles of the Red Army, 1942

The offensive "Unternehmen Blau" (Case Blue) during the advance to Stalingrad between the rivers Donets and Don. Destroyed vehicles and guns after an assault by German airliners. (PK photo: war correspondent Bauer).

Burning tank near Stalingrad, 1942

A German soldier passes by a downed T-60 Soviet tank in the southern area of the Army Group, which was destroyed during the advance in the direction of Stalingrad between the Donets and Don rivers. (PK photo: war correspondent Siedel).

The advance of the Wehrmacht in the Donets area, 1942

The offensive "Unternehmen Blau" (Case Blue) during the advance to Stalingrad. Soldiers of the Wehrmacht pull an infantry gun with the help of a horse through a village between the rivers Donets and Don. (PK photo: war correspondent Gehrmann).

River crossing over a makeshift bridge, 1942

The offensive "Unternehmen Blau" (Case Blue) during the advance to Stalingrad. Vehicles of the Wehrmacht cross a small branch of the Don. Here, a Zugkraftwagen Sd. Kfz. 9 (towing vehicle) pulls a Panzer II over the bridge. The vehicle belongs to the 24th Panzer Division. (PK - Foto: war correspondent Faupel).

Taking of a station by German soldiers, 1942

The offensive "Unternehmen Blau" (Case Blue) during the advance to Stalingrad. German Wehrmacht soldiers are advancing during a battle for the station of Chernyanka. (PK - Foto: war correspondent Kipper).

Battle for a village in front of Nikolaevka, 1942

The offensive "Unternehmen Blau" (Case Blue) during the advance to Stalingrad. Here a fought settlement in front of the city Nikolaevka between the rivers Don and Donets. On the hill in the background, the smoke of the Soviet artillery. (PK - Foto: war correspondent Bauer).

Destroyed city in the Donets Basin, 1942

The offensive "Unternehmen Blau" (Case Blue) during the advance to Stalingrad. A blast to fight Russian position in a mine. (PK - Foto: war correspondent Wittmaack).

Wehrmacht on the advance towards the river Don, 1942

The offensive "Unternehmen Blau" (Case Blue) during the advance to Stalingrad. A convoy of motorized military soldiers drive across a country road near the city of Nikolaevka. (PK - Foto: war correspondent Bauer).

Wehrmacht soldiers in front of a windmill in the Donets area, 1942

The offensive "Unternehmen Blau" (Case Blue) during the advance to Stalingrad. German soldiers are sitting in an armored car of the type Sd. Kfz. 221. In the background is a windmill, before it another car of the Wehrmacht. (PK - Foto: war correspondent Kempe).

Wehrmacht soldiers at a railway embankment in the Donets area, 1942

The offensive "Unternehmen Blau" (Case Blue) during the advance to Stalingrad. German soldiers take shelter at a railway embankment between the rivers Donets and Don. (PK - Foto: war correspondent Kempe).

Motorized convoy of the Wehrmacht, 1942

The offensive "Unternehmen Blau" (Case Blue) during the advance to Stalingrad. Several guns / 10.3 cm Feldhaubitze (field howitzer) are pulled by Zugkraftwagen (towing motor vehicles) to the front. In the background is a settlement. (PK - Foto: war correspondent Krause).

Motorized infantry on the advance in the Don steppe, 1942

The offensive "Unternehmen Blau" (Case Blue) during the advance to Stalingrad. Two soldiers of the Wehrmacht in a transport vehicle. Between the two a machine gun MG 34th Beside two G33 / 40. (PK photo: war correspondent Kipper).

River crossing on a raft, 1942

The offensive "Unternehmen Blau" (Case Blue) during the advance to Stalingrad. A combat patrol of the Wehrmacht crosses a small river on a dinghy. (PK - Foto: war correspondent Gehrmann).

Panzer II on the advance towards Stalingrad, 1942

The offensive "Unternehmen Blau" (Case Blue) during the advance to Stalingrad. Muster of Panzer III for an attack on the Donets front. (PK photo).

Shelter under a shot T 34, 1942

The offensive "Unternehmen Blau" (Case Blue) during the advance to Stalingrad. Under a downed Russian T-34 tank, a bunker was lifted by soldiers of the Wehrmacht. Beside the tank one of the soldiers makes a fire in a bucket. In the vicinity of Baranowo. (PK - Foto: war correspondent Koch).

Construction of a provisional bridge over the Don, 1942

The offensive "Unternehmen Blau" (Case Blue) during the advance to Stalingrad. Using wrecks, German soldiers have built a provisional bridge over the River Don, through which they are passing. The soldiers carry a grenade launcher. Behind them Russian war prisoners (PK - Foto: war correspondent Schmidt-Geyer).

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