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Series: Start of Barbarossa, 1941

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

Date: 22.06.1941

Image text: 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.

Photo: Scherl

Image number: 00019843
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.
Headline: Proclamation, 1941

Date: 22.06.1941

Image text: 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).

Photo: SZ Photo

Image number: 00398767
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).
Headline: German generals just before the beginning of the attack on the Eastern Front, 1941

Date: 22.06.1941

Image text: 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.

Photo: Scherl

Image number: 00398930
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.
Headline: News from the Eastern Front, 1941

Date: 12.07.1941

Image text: 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.

Photo: Scherl

Image number: 00398768
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.
Headline: Heinz Guderian with officers on the Eastern Front, 1941

Date: 01.01.1941

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

Photo: Scherl

Image number: 00060854
Heinz Guderian with officers on the Eastern Front, 1941

An armored officer explains the situation on the Eastern Front to Colonel General Heinz Guderian.
Headline: Generals of the Wehrmacht at the beginning of the Russian campaign, 1941

Date: 22.06.1941

Image text: 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.

Photo: SZ Photo

Image number: 00398888
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.
Headline: German generals at the beginning of the Russian campaign, 1941

Date: 22.06.1941

Image text: 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.

Photo: SZ Photo

Image number: 00398889
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.
Headline: Radio vehicle of the Wehrmacht at the eastern front, 1941

Date: 22.06.1941

Image text: 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.

Photo: Scherl

Image number: 00399648
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.
Headline: Fighting on the Eastern Front, June 1941

Date: 22.06.1941

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

Photo: Scherl

Image number: 00398857
Fighting on the Eastern Front, June 1941

German soldiers watch the fights at the beginning of the Russian campaign in June 1941.
Headline: Beginning of the attack in Russia, 22.06.1941

Date: 22.06.1941

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

Photo: Scherl

Image number: 00398787
Beginning of the attack in Russia, 22.06.1941

German soldiers before crossing the Bug in the early morning hours of 22 June 1941.
Headline: Beginning of the assault in Russia, 22 June 1941

Date: 22.06.1941

Image text: 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.

Photo: Scherl

Image number: 00398784
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.
Headline: German troops cross the Bug, 1941

Date: 22.06.1941

Image text: 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.

Photo: Scherl

Image number: 00398783
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.
Headline: Assault troops going over a destroyed bridge

Date: 22.06.1941

Image text: 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.

Photo: Scherl

Image number: 00010448
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.
Headline: Motorized columns advancing

Date: 22.06.1941

Image text: 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.

Photo: Scherl

Image number: 00010447
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.
Headline: Reconnaissance squadron at a briefing

Date: 22.06.1941

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

Photo: Scherl

Image number: 00010446
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.
Headline: Mortar troop on the march on attack day

Date: 22.06.1941

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

Photo: Scherl

Image number: 00010444
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.
Headline: German troops on the Eastern Front, in June 1941

Date: 01.06.1941

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

Photo: Scherl

Image number: 02289330
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.
Headline: German soldiers on the Eastern Front, June 1941

Date: 01.06.1941

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

Photo: Scherl

Image number: 02289329
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.
Headline: Soviet prisoners in June 1941

Date: 01.06.1941

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

Photo: Scherl

Image number: 00398839
Soviet prisoners in June 1941

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

Date: 01.06.1941

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

Photo: Scherl

Image number: 00398790
German soldiers in June 1941

German soldiers of a battalion command post on the German-Soviet border at Borisovka-Lazdijai.
Headline: German soldiers on the Eastern front, 1941

Date: 01.06.1941

Image text: Soldiers of a reconnaissance patrol in Rudamina in June 1941.

Photo: Scherl

Image number: 00019818
German soldiers on the Eastern front, 1941

Soldiers of a reconnaissance patrol in Rudamina in June 1941.
Headline: German soldier on a bicycle, 1941

Date: 28.06.1941

Image text: 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.

Photo: Scherl

Image number: 00068477
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.
Headline: A German soldier on 22.06.1941

Date: 22.06.1941

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

Photo: Scherl

Image number: 00399276
A German soldier on 22.06.1941

A German soldier before crossing the Bug in the early morning hours on 22.06.1941.
Headline: German troops cross demolished bridge on the Eastern Front, 1941

Date: 22.06.1941

Image text: 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.

Photo: Scherl

Image number: 00398900
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.
Headline: Soviet border post at the beginning of the Russian campaign, 1941

Date: 22.06.1941

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

Photo: SZ Photo

Image number: 00398899
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.
Headline: German soldiers at the beginning of the Russian campaign, 1941

Date: 22.06.1941

Image text: 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.

Photo: Scherl

Image number: 00398898
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.
Headline: German anti-tank gun position at the beginning of the Russian campaign, 1941

Date: 22.06.1941

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

Photo: SZ Photo

Image number: 00398896
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.
Headline: Assault gun and infantry of the Wehrmacht on the Eastern Front, 1941

Date: 22.06.1941

Image text: 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.

Photo: Scherl

Image number: 00398895
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.
Headline: German pioneers cross a border river, 1941

Date: 22.06.1941

Image text: 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.

Photo: Scherl

Image number: 00398893
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.
Headline: German infantry at the beginning of the Russian campaign, 1941

Date: 22.06.1941

Image text: 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.

Photo: Scherl

Image number: 00398892
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.
Headline: Red Army soldiers at the beginning of the Russian campaign, 1941

Date: 22.06.1941

Image text: 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.

Photo: SZ Photo

Image number: 00398886
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.
Headline: German machine position at the beginning of the Russian campaign, 1941

Date: 22.06.1941

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

Photo: Scherl

Image number: 00398885
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.
Headline: German troops at the beginning of the Russian campaign, 1941

Date: 22.06.1941

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

Photo: SZ Photo

Image number: 00398884
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.
Headline: German troops cross a border river, 1941

Date: 24.06.1941

Image text: 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.

Photo: Scherl

Image number: 00398882
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.
Headline: Soviet observation post on the Eastern Front, 1941

Date: 22.06.1941

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

Photo: Scherl

Image number: 00398881
Soviet observation post on the Eastern Front, 1941

An observation post of the Red Army along the German-Soviet demarcation line.
Headline: Warning sign on the Eastern Front, 1941

Date: 22.06.1941

Image text: 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.

Photo: Scherl

Image number: 00398880
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.
Headline: German infantry at the beginning of the Russian campaign, 1941

Date: 22.06.1941

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

Photo: Scherl

Image number: 00398879
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.
Headline: German Infantry on the Eastern Front, 1941

Date: 22.06.1941

Image text: 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.

Photo: Scherl

Image number: 00398876
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.
Headline: Beginning the assault in Russia, 22/06/1941

Date: 22.06.1941

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

Photo: Scherl

Image number: 00398874
Beginning the assault in Russia, 22/06/1941

German troops cross the Bug river on assault boats at Brest Litowsk.
Headline: German infantrymen cross the Memel, 1941

Date: 22.06.1941

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

Photo: Scherl

Image number: 00398873
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.
Headline: German infantry at the beginning of the Russian campaign, 1941

Date: 22.06.1941

Image text: 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.

Photo: Scherl

Image number: 00398872
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.
Headline: German post on the border with Lithuania, 1941

Date: 22.06.1941

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

Photo: Scherl

Image number: 00398871
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.
Headline: German bombers landing on the Eastern Front, 1941

Date: 22.06.1941

Image text: 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.

Photo: Scherl

Image number: 00398870
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.
Headline: German anti tank position at the beginning of the Russian campaign, 1941

Date: 22.06.1941

Image text: 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.

Photo: Scherl

Image number: 00398869
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.
Headline: German bike riders cross a border river, 1941

Date: 22.06.1941

Image text: 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.

Photo: Scherl

Image number: 00398868
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.
Headline: Soviet observation post at the Bug, 1941

Date: 22.06.1941

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

Photo: Scherl

Image number: 00398867
Soviet observation post at the Bug, 1941

A border post of the Red Army along the German-Soviet demarcation line in Belarus.
Headline: German motorcycle troops cross the Bug, 1941

Date: 22.06.1941

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

Photo: Scherl

Image number: 00398865
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.
Headline: German infantry crossing a border river on the Eastern Front, 1941

Date: 22.06.1941

Image text: 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.

Photo: Scherl

Image number: 00398864
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.
Headline: Motorized column of the Wehrmacht on the Eastern Front, 1941

Date: 22.06.1941

Image text: 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.

Photo: Scherl

Image number: 00398862
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.
Headline: German soldier on a conquered bunker, 1941

Date: 22.06.1941

Image text: 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.

Photo: Scherl

Image number: 00398861
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.