Süddeutsche Zeitung Photo - the picture agency of the Süddeutsche Zeitung

DOSSIER Defense of the soviet offensive in May/June 1942 98 Images

Close dossier

Defense of the soviet offensive in May/June 1942 empty search

98 images found

Series: Defense of the soviet offensive in May/June 1942

Series:

Defense of the soviet offensive in May/June 1942

German tanks crossing the Donets, June 1942

German tanks cross the Donetz on a pontoon bridge. In the foreground a Panzerkampfwagen II. War correspondent: Funck.

German infantrymen at the Donetsk front, June 1942

German infantrymen overcoming difficult terrain at Koreiskaja / Datscha in the southern sector of the Eastern Front. A soldier in the background has a machine gun of the type MG34 while his comrade in the foreground carries the spare parts and the ammunition. War reporter: Reitzner.

German soldier at the southern sector of the Eastern Front, May 1942

The German sergeant Mueller places his gun in firing position during the attack on the village Alekseyevka. The soldier is wearing a camouflage jacket from shelter-half.

German infantrymen at the southern sector of the Eastern Front, May 1942

German infantrymen marching on a country road to the detachment at the southern Eastern Front at the Donetz. In the foreground there are barricades made of wooden sled, overturned cars and furniture. War reporter: Goetze.

Attack towards Stalingrad at Donetsk, May 1942

German infantrymen walk through the village Shukowka (Zhukovka) during the advance towards Stalingrad at the Donets. The three soldiers in the foreground carry a disassembled grenade launcher. War correspondent: Boehmer (propaganda unit 697)

German infantrymen during the advance towards Stalingrad, May 1942

German infantrymen marching through the burning village of Braschowka in the southern sector of the Eastern Front during the advance at Donets towards Stalingrad. War reporter: Wette

German motorized infantry on the Donetsk front, May 1942

German motorcycle troops go in battle on the isthmus of Kerch behind an earthen wall for cover. On the rear of the sidecar, the inscription "Roth" can be seen. War reporter: Kirsche.

German infantry advancing on the southern Eastern front, May 1942

German infantrymen, armed with Karabiner 98, march on the Donets front towards Stalingrad. A soldier carries a machine gun 34 over his shoulder. In the background soldiers on horseback. War correspondent:

German guard at the southern Eastern Front, June 1942

A German soldier at his duty station in a dugout near Kolpna, in the southern sector of the Eastern Front at Donetz. War reporter: W. Koch.

Offensive against Stalingrad at the river Donets May- June 1942

Offensive against Stalingrad at the river Donets May- June 1942, Second World War, eastern front 1942-1943 Soviet Union, Germany 1939-1945 National Socialism

Replenishment convoy on the southern Eastern Front, May 1942

A German convoy with horse carriages brings supplies to the troops on the front during the offensive towards Stalingrad. War Reporter: Fink.

On the Donetsk Front, May 1942

A German soldier looking at a signpost at the southern sector of the Eastern Front near Stepanovka. In the background there is a man with horse cart. The signs read "Potsdamer Platz" and "meeting place", the other signs are blanked out probably due to secrecy reasons. War reporter: von Oven.

German infantrymen with gun at the Donetsk Front May 1942

German infantrymen with 3.7cm Pak 35/36 anti-tank gun fighting for Alexejwka at Donetz. War reporter: Kipper

German armored personnel carrier at the Donetsk front, June 1942

German armored personnel carriers (Sd.Kfz. 251) follow tanks through the swamp at Artemowka during the advance towards Stalingrad at Donetz. In the background, Sdkfz. 250. War reporter: Haehle.

German assault gun at the southern sector of the Eastern Front, May 1942

German infantry with assault guns of the type Sturmgeschuetz III before the village Alekseyevka during the advance on the south Eastern Front towards Stalingrad at Donetz. To camouflage the soldiers wrapped themselves in shelter-halves. War Reporter: Kipper.

River crossing of German soldiers near Kharkov, June 1942

A German assault detachment crosses a river at Ostinko northeast of Kharkov in a large inflatable boat. In the foreground the remains of a wooden bridge. war correspondent: Weber.

Aerial view of small villages near Kharkov, April1942

Aerial image of smaller settlements near Kharkov, which probably served as Soviet defenses, and which were therefore have been bombed by the German Luftwaffe. Smoke is clearly rising.

German tanks near Kharkov, May 1942

German Panzer III pass by the left over rubble of Soviet troops on a country road near Kharkov. In the foreground sleeping and grazing horses. war correspondent: Funck.

Cauldron battle near Kharkov-Izium, May 1942

German infantry on the advance in the second encirclement battle at Kharkov. In the middle of the soldiers is a shot Russian tank. war correspondent: Herber.

German armored cars at Kharkov-Izium, May 1942

German armoured reconnaissance vehicle of the type Sd.Kfz. 231 in the steppe between Grutojarka and Lisovskiy during the encirclement battle at Kharkov-Izium. In the foreground, entrenched German infantrymen. war correspondent: Herber.

German tanks at Kharkov-Izium, May 1942

German Panzer III and trucks are moving forward during the second battle of Kharkov on an unpaved road at Lowowenyka. war correspondent: Funck.

German cartoon on the Battle of Kharkov, 1942

'A caricature of the artist Erik on the tank battle at Kharkov on the Eastern front. Churchill holds out a bowl with destroyed Russian war material to the newscaster of Radio London. The accompanying text: 'After we have dished up the advance payment- laurel soup to our listeners, now we must make this Russian salad palatable to them.'' Text: "So, nachdem wir unseren Hörern die Vorschuss-Lorbeersuppe augetischt haben, müssen wir ihnen nun diesen 'russischen Salat' mundgerecht machen!"

Transport of prisoners through Kharkov, May 1942

A German military policeman escorts Soviet prisoners of war through a road in Kharkov. war correspondent: Schneider.

German assault detachment near Kharkov, June 1942

A German combat patrol has captured a heavy Soviet grenade launcher. Here the soldiers transport the individual parts of the gun into their own positions at Waldai. war correspondent: Koerbisser.

German tank at Kharkov-Izium, May 1942

A German Panzer IV loaded with barrels and young tree trunks rolls over a wooden fence at Meschenskiye during the second battle of Kharkov. The number 331 is visible on the front. war correspondent: Gerlach.

German tank at Kharkov-Izium, June, 1942

German Panzer II in the morning gray at Sytschena after the encirclement battle near Kharkov-Izium. A member of the crew observes something from the tower with a binocular. war correspondent: Sepp Jaeger.

German artillery during fights at Kharkov-Izium, May 1942

German infantrymen have mounted a Pak camouflaged with branches during the battles near Kharkov. war correspondent: Kipper.

Destroyed Soviet tank convoy near Kharkov, July 1942

German infantrymen inspect a destroyed Soviet tank train at Baranovo near Kharkov. war correspondent: W. Koch.

Destroyed Soviet trucks, May 1942

The smoking ruins of destroyed Soviet trucks at Alexeyevka. war correspondent: Kipper.

German armored personnel carrier and assault guns at Alexeyevka, May 1942

German armored personnel carrier of the type Sd.Kfz. 252 ammunition bearers and Sturmgeschuetz III assault guns on an unpaved road at Alexeyevka. war correspondent: Kipper.

German prisoner of war camp on the Eastern Front, May 1942

A German prisoner of war camp with about 240000 Soviet soldiers at Grutojarka in the southern section of the eastern front during the encirclement battle near Kharkov-Izium. war correspondent: Haehle.

Capture of Soviet soldiers, May 1942

German infantrymen are capturing Soviet soldiers. Here, a Red Army soldier surrenders and comes with raised hands out of a bunker built under a village near Kharkov.

Cauldron battle near Kharkov-Izium, May 1942

A German machine gunner with an MG 34 at a railway dam during the second battle of Kharkov. war correspondent: Kipper.

German armored personnel carrier at Kharkov, May 1942

German Sd.Kfz. 251 armored personnel carrier of the 2nd Panzer Division on a country road near Losowenyka during the spring battle near Charow. In the foreground, an axletree left behind by the Soviet troops, in the background, a motorcycle with sidecar. war correspondent: Funck.

World War II: The Battle of Kharkov-Izyum, May 1942

German troops (Sdkfz. 250) roll by carts on a road at Losowenyka during the Kharkov-Izyum encirclement battle.

River crossing at Kharkov, June 1942

A German assault detachment crosses a river in an inflatable boat at Ostiko, northeast of Kharkov. war correspondent: Weber.

Cauldron battle near Kharkov-Izium, May 1942

Glasunovka, in the pocket south of Kharkov: Downed Soviet tank of the type T-34/76, behind it is a destroyed truck. In the background are the houses of a village, in the foreground lie the bodies of two Soviet soldiers, presumably members of the tank crew. war correspondent: von Oven.

German assault gun in the southern section of the Eastern front, May 1942

A German Sturmgeschuetz III (StuG III) assault gun in a Soviet village in the southern section of the Eastern Front. war correspondent: Kipper.

German assault gun in the southern section of the Eastern front, May 1942

A German Sturmgeschuetz III in the southern section of the Eastern front. In the background, the houses of a village. war correspondent: Kipper.

Cauldron battle near Kharkov-Izium, May 1942

In the pocket south of Kharkov: A German infantryman looks at the wreck of a Soviet passenger car. war correspondent: von Oven.

Advertising poster of the opera "Carmen" in the occupied Kharkov, May 1942

A few days after the recapture of Kharkov by German troops, the opera of the city was reopened. Here soldiers of a German propaganda company attach a poster announcing the performance of Bizet's Carmen. Above the poster is a signpost with the symbol of the 11th Panzer Division of the German Wehrmacht. war correspondent: Bauer-Altvater.

Opera house in Kharkov, May 1942

A few days after the recapture of Kharkov by German troops, the opera of the city was reopened. Here the opera house, on which the German Reichskriegsflagge is blowing. In the foreground people and trucks of the German Wehrmacht. war correspondent: Bauer-Altvater.

German infantrymen on the southern Eastern front, May 1942

German infantrymen storm a house in the southern section of the Eastern front. In the foreground, an abatis made of barbed wire. war correspondent: Wetterau.

Ruins of Soviet troops near Kharkov, June 1942

Debris left behind by Soviet troops after the battle of encirclement at Kharkov-Izyum . In the foreground, the completely destroyed wreck of a Soviet car, in the background German soldiers and passenger vehicles of the Wehrmacht. war correspondent: Haehle.

Soviet war prisoners, May 1942

A train of Soviet prisoners of war is taken to a German prison of war camp after the cauldron battle near Kharkov-Izium. Most of them are wounded. war correspondent: Horter.

River crossing in the southern section of the Eastern front, June 1942

German soldiers of the 11th Panzer division ford a river in the direction of Stalingrad with half-track vehicles. A swastika was painted on the bonnet of the front car which is camouflaged with twigs and young broadleaves. On the loading area is a 2cm Flakvierling. war correspondent: Kuhnert.

Fights in the Kharkov area, May 1942

German soldiers mount an 8.8cm Flak 36 during the fights in the Kharkov area. war correspondent: Kipper.

German artillery on the Eastern front, May 1942

German infantrymen have put their 3m7cm Pak in position and are ready for the fight. In the background dark smoke rises from a village. war correspondent: Kipper.

German soldiers on the Eastern Front, 1943

A German MG squad fighting Soviet troops near Dorogobusch, probably at the southern sector of the Eastern Front. Photo: Boehmer.

German troops at Oryol on the Eastern Front, 1942

German soldiers with a 3.7 cm Flak mounted on a tractor during the battles in the Oryol area in June 1942. Photo. Mayer

Italian Alpini on the Eastern Front, 1942

Italian Alpini have taken position on the southern sector of the Eastern front.

German infantry on the Voronezh Front, 1942

German infantrymen take shelter behind a Soviet KB1 tank and fire with a machine gun MG 34 during a fight in Voronezh. According to the original caption the picture is dated 1 November 1942nd However, the light clothing of the soldiers and the vegetation suggest that the picture was taken in the summer.

German soldiers on the Eastern Front, 1943

Soldiers march past the crater caused by an aerial bomb after the German dive bombers attacked Russian positions. The photo was taken at Shukovka in May 1942, probably at the southern sector of the Eastern Front. Photo: Boehmer

German soldiers at the southern sector of the Eastern Front, 1942

Soldiers struggle through a cleft presumably in the maneuvering area of the Donets at Koreniskaja / Dacha in June 1942. Photo: Reitzner.

Battles on the Eastern Front in May 1942

German pioneers proceed against Soviet positions under the cover of an assault gun. Presumably, at the southern section of the Eastern Front during the offense before the beginning of Case Blue. Photo: Rynas.

German infantrymen march at the southern sector of the Eastern Front, June 1942

German infantrymen on the march at the Donets front during the advance towards Stalingrad. Some of the soldiers have camouflaged their helmets with grass and leaves. War reporter: Klintzsch.

German infantrymen fighting on the southern Eastern Front, July 1942

A few days after the start of "Operation Blue" German infantrymen wait on a road embankment on the signal to attack during the advance in the Donets towards Stalingrad . War correspondent: Weber.

Battle for a railway junction on the south Eastern Front, June 1942

German infantrymen have taken the heights at the river bank of the town Kupjansk . The city was considered as an infrastructure node and was to be captured in the advance towards Stalingrad in the Donetz. War correspondent: Arndt.

Offensive against Stalingrad at the river Donets May- June 1942

Offensive against Stalingrad at the river Donets May- June 1942, Second World War, eastern front 1942-1943 Soviet Union, Germany 1939-1945 National Socialism

German assault gun on the Eastern Front, June 1942

A German assault gun of the type StuG III with 7.5 cm short gun, camouflaged with branches, on the southern sector of the Eastern Front during the attack towards Stalingrad at Donetz.

Offensive against Stalingrad at the river Donets May- June 1942

Offensive against Stalingrad at the river Donets May- June 1942, Second World War, eastern front 1942-1943 Soviet Union, Germany 1939-1945 National Socialism

Storming of a Soviet forest camp, June 1942

German infantrymen stalking in the forest at a Soviet camp during the advance towards Stalingrad on the Donets. The soldier in the foreground is equipped with a flamethrower. War reporter: Rynas.

German infantrymen during advance at the Donetsk region, June 1942

German infantrymen pulling a gun (3.7cm Pak 35/36) through swampy terrain. They are on the advance towards Stalingrad at the Donets. War reporter: Ebert.

Kradschuetzen at the Donetsk Front, May 1942

German motorcycle troops advance on a dirt road during the German attack at Donetz towards Stalingrad. War reporter: Fink.

German tanks during the advance at Donetsk, June 1942

Combat ready German Panzer IV advance on a dirt road near Belyj at Donets towards Stalingrad. War reporter: Maltry.

German infantrymen at the Donetsk-front, June 1942

German infantrymen wait for the signal to attack at an embankment at the southern sector of the Eastern Front at Donetz. In the background, the black column of smoke from a burning oil plant. War reporter: Kipper.

German tanks on the southern Eastern Front, June 1942

German armored personnel carrier in a Funkausfuehrung and Kampfpanzer 38 (t) advance in the swamp near Artemowka at Donets towards Stalingrad. The armored personnel carrier in front is marked with the card symbol "cross". War reporter: Haehle.

German infantrymen in a village on the Donetsk-front, June 1942

German infantrymen fighting in a village at Donetsk. Here they have blown up the basement of the house to "burn out" Russian soldiers. War correspondent: Zuendorf.

German infantrymen with assault guns on the Eastern Front, June 1942

German infantrymen with machine guns of the type MG 34 and an assault gun of the type Sturmgeschuetz III at Donetz during the offensive towards Stalingrad. War reporter: Kipper.

German artillery on the southern Eastern Front, June 1942

German artillery with a light field howitzer Feldhaubitze 18 (10.5 cm) when crossing the Donets after the spring Battle of Kharkov (now Kharkiv): The troops advance towards Stalingrad. War reporter: Funck.

Supplies for the southern sector of the Eastern Front, June 1942

The convoy of a German unit at Donetsk near Petschenogi with supplies for the German troops in the southern sector of the Eastern Front. War reporter: Mittelstaedt.

German armored personnel carrier on the south Eastern Front, June 1942

A German armored personnel carrier Sd. 251 during the Battle of the Donets. In the background, billows of smoke of the village Artemowka. War reporter: Haehle. On the side wall of the armored car there is a "cross" sign as a striking mark.

German infantrymen at Mtsensk on the south Eastern Front, June 1942

Crouched German infantrymen cross an open space at Mtsensk at dusk. The soldier in the background is holding a machine gun of the type MG34, his comrade in the foreground carries the standard rifle of the Wehrmacht, a Karabiner 98k. War reporter: Lachmann.

German infantrymen during the offensive towards Stalingrad, June 1942

German infantrymen during the offensive towards Stalingrad in June 1942. Soldiers advance on a bridgehead over the Donets with StuG III assault guns and MG 34 machine guns. War reporter: Kipper.

German offensive towards Stalingrad, June 1942

An officer monitors combat operations at the Donetz Front with a telescope. War reporter: Blaschka.

Bridge over the Donetsk, March 1942

German infantrymen at a bridge over the still partially frozen Donetz. Russian civilians cross the bridge. War reporter: Wette.

German infantrymen during the fight for a village, June 1942

German infantrymen have blown up a basement to "burn out" the Soviet soldiers entrenched there. A soldier holds a gun of the type Luger P08 directed to the entrance of the cellar, from which a dark smoke is rising, his comrade holds a Karabiner 98k also ready to shoot. War Reporter: Zuendorff.

Southern sector of the German East offensive, June 1942

German infantrymen and tanks advance in an open area in the direction of Stalingrad. In the background, battle tanks and assault guns can be recognized, in the foreground there are soldiers in foxholes. War reporter: Herber.

Capture of a train station on the southern Eastern Front, July 1942

German infantrymen during the attack on a train station in Chernyak near Volgograd as part of the advance towards Stalingrad on Donetz. War correspondent: Kipper.

Replenishment convoy on the southern sector of the Eastern Front, in June 1942

The convoy of a German unit on a dirt road with supplies for the German troops in the southern sector of the Eastern Front after the Battle of Kharkov. War Reporter: Funck.

German infantry on the march at the Donetz front, June 1942

German infantrymen marching on a country road at Majaki towards Stalingrad after the battle of Kharkov. War Reporter: Brunnengraeber.

German infantry on the Donets front, June 1942

German infantrymen with Sturmgeschuetz III assault gun in the southern section of the Eastern Front. In the foreground, a barricade made of wood and barbed wire. War Reporter: Kipper.

Offensive against Stalingrad at the river Donets May- June 1942

Offensive against Stalingrad at the river Donets May- June 1942, Second World War, eastern front 1942-1943 Soviet Union, Germany 1939-1945 National Socialism

German artillery near Kharkov, June 1942

On June 28, 1943 begins Hitler's major offensive of the Army Group South in the direction of Don with an artillery strike against Soviet defensive positions. Here, German mountain troops with a light field howitzer (10.5cm leFH 18) in Kharkov. War reporter: Dauer.

German armored infantrymen with prisoners, June 1942

After a fight at Artemowka on the Donets: Soviet soldiers surrendered with raised hands to the German armored infantrymen of a Panzerkampfwagen 38 (t), bearing the number 525 on its tower. In the background, a transport vehicle as well as other German battle tanks and armored personnel carrier. War correspondent: Haehle.

German Infantry on the Donets, June 1942

Sleeping German infantrymen on the Donetz. Their guns are leaning against a bush in the background. War correspondent: Kipper.

German infantry on the Donets front, June 1942

Briefing of German infantrymen in rough terrain at Onufrijebo at the Donets front. The horse carts and helmets of the soldiers have a mottled camouflage pattern. War correspondent: Greven.

March towards Don, June 1942

After successful battles south of Kharkov and on the Donets front in May, members of the Army Group South march over a muddy road to their attack positions on the Don for the large-scale offensive on Stalingrad on 28 June. war correspondent: Brunnengraeber.

German tanks on the southern Eastern front, June 1942

German Panzer IV during battles eastwards of Volchansk, a place on the Donets front. The tank in the background is a Panzerkampfwagen IV (Sd.Kfz. 161). war correspondent: Haehle.

German infantrymen fighting on the Southern Eastern Front, June 1942

German infantrymen lie in position during the fights in the open field at the Donets front. Smoke rises in the background. War correspondent: Herber.

German infantry on the Donets front, June 1942

German infantry lie in position with rifles and MG 34 machine guns during a battle at the Donets. War correspondent: Haehle

German gunners in the southern section of the Eastern Front, July 1942

A German gunner fires a 21 cm Moerser 18 heavy howitzer. War correspondent: Kintscher.

German infantrymen on the Donets, June 1942

German infantrymen during a pause in the shooting for a bridgehead over the Donets. In the background dark smoke rises, in the foreground a soldier with a machine pistol takes a sip from his field bottle. In the background an Sturmgeschuetz III. War correspondent: Kipper.

German infantry on the advance at the Eastern Front, June 1942

German infantrymen cross a small river in the southern section of the eastern front near Schtschigry with a light Zugkraftwagen 1 t (SdKfz. 10) and a trailed Pak 5cm 38. The helmets of the soldiers and the gun are disguised with twigs. war correspondent: Kirchner.

German infantry and tanks on the southern Eastern front, June 1942

Station in a road ditch during battles in the southern section of the Eastern front. On the road is a Panzer III. War correspondent:

German infantrymen fighting on the Southern Eastern Front, June 1942

German infantrymen fighting the Soviet forces on the Donets front. They have entrenched themselves and fired with a machine gun 34th War correspondent: Ebert.

German infantry on the march on the southern Eastern front, June 1942

German infantry on the advance towards east on a country road through a village near Volchansk. They march into their positions for the large-scale offensive "Operation Blue", which was to begin on 28 June, 1942 in the direction of Stalingrad. War correspondent: Weber.

German infantry on the Donets front, June 1942

German infantrymen pass by a Soviet monument with hammer and sickle on their march towards Stalingrad. One of the soldiers has shouldered a machine gun 34, his comrade in front of him is carrying the spare barrel and the ammunition box. The soldier at left carries the gun carriage. War correspondent: Kipper.