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German soldiers advancing an on the Eastern front, 1941

Soldiers of the army group south on the march. The soldiers are involved in the break through the Stalin line in the direction of Zhytomyr.

German outpost on the German-Russian demarcation line in occupied Poland, 1941

A sentry observes the other side of the German-Russian border in Poland through field glasses. A net covers the neck of the soldiers to protect him against mosquitoes.

German fuel depository before the attack on the Soviet Union, 1941

Soldiers in a fuel depository in a forest in the German occupied part of Poland immediately before the attack on the Russian troops.

German Panzer IV drive in the marshalling area before beginning the Russian campaign, 1941

Panzer IV on the march on a country street before the start of combat on the Eastern front.

German soldiers receive ammunition before the attack on the Soviet Union, 1941

Soldiers of a signal unit get ammunition in their marshalling area in East Prussia.

Beginning of the assault in Russia, 22 June 1941

German horse drawn artillery on the march on the first day of the Russian campaign.

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.

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.

German soldier with a captured Russian flag in Brest-Litovsk, 1941

A soldier with one of the flags with a Lenin portrait on it captured during the combat over the citadel of Brest-Litovsk.

German soldiers in June 1941

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

Heinkel He 111 over the city of Nikolajev, 1941

A German bomber over Nikolajev on the Black Sea.

German tanks on the Eastern Front, 1941

A tank wanted to cross a makeshift bridge and remained stuck in the river. On the top a swastika flag that indicates to the Air Force the tank as being German.

German mounted messenger on the Eastern front, 1941

A mounted messenger at an airport on the Eastern front at the beginning of the Russia campaign. In the background is a Junkers Ju 52 transport plane.

A Heinkel He 111 on the Eastern Front, 1941

View of a German Heinkel He 111 bomber on a flight over Russia in the area Orsha / Smolensk in the central sector of the Eastern front.

Russian prisoners at a collection point on the Eastern front, 1941

Russian soldiers wait for transport at a prisoner of war collection point in the middle sector of the Eastern front.

Helmets of captured Russian soldiers on the Eastern front, 1941

Helmets of a Soviet unit who were captured after the encirclement battle of Bialystok.

German soldier take a Russian soldier prisoner, 1941

A German assault detachment in the middle sector of the Eastern front take a Soviet soldier prisoner.

German soldiers with Russian armored troops on the Eastern Front, 1941

After a Russian T 34 tank has been put out of action, soldiers of a military assault gun crew rescue the Russian tankers.

Soviet soldiers on the way into war captivity, 1941

A long row of Soviet soldiers march on a road near Vyazma into a collection camp.

Captured Russian soldier on the Eastern Front

A Russian soldier has been captured on the Eastern Front and raises his hands as a sign of surrender. Russian prisoner of war, World War II, Eastern Front.

German soldier takes a Soviet prisoner, 1941

A German infantry man takes Russian soldiers prisoner when Dorogobuzh was seized during the encirclement battle of Vjazma and Briansk in the middle sector of the Eastern front.

Search of a captured Russian soldiers, 1941

A sergeant of the Armed Forces frisks a captured Red Army soldier.

Column of Russian prisoners of war, 1941

Prisoners of war move in long columns on a runway.

Column of Russian prisoners of war, 1941

On a Russian road walks a long column of prisoners, guarded by some German soldiers.

Russian prisoners of war, 1941

Russian soldiers surrender to a tank unit of the Wehrmacht.

Female Soviet prisoners of war on the Eastern front, 1941

Female Soviet doctors in front of a group of male soviet prisoners of war who were captured by Germans in Wiliki-Luki.

Russian soldiers surrender, 1941

Soldiers of a regiment of the GPU surrender during the encirclement battle of Kiev.

Arrival of Soviet prisoners of war in a prison camp on the Eastern front, 1941

Soviet prisoners of war from the double battle of Wjasma and Brjansk arrive by train in a German prison camp on the Eastern front.

Russian soldiers surrender, 1941

A German soldier beckons to Russian soldiers on the Eastern front.

German soldiers before Moscow, 1941

Soldiers of an infantry company during the combat of the offensive against Moscow in the middle sector of Army Group Middle.

German soldiers march to their resting billets in the mid sector of the Eastern front, 1941

Infantry are removed form the front and marched to billets for resting. The photo was taken during the German offensive in the direction of Moscow.

German Soldiers at the Eastern Front, 1941

Soldiers are preparing an assault supported by tanks of the First Tank Division in the median sector of the Eastern Front. The assault took place within the scope of the German move on Moscow.

German machine gunner with MG 34 on the Eastern Front, 1941

Soldiers during the fights in the offensive towards Moscow (Operation "Taifun").

German infantry on the Eastern Front, 1941

Soldiers have left the coverage and cross the road, during the attack on Moscow.

German soldiers warm themselves at an open fire in the middle sector of the Eastern front, 1941

Soldiers build a shelter in the middle sector of the Eastern front after the suspension of the offensive on Moscow warm themselves at an open fire in their thin summer clothes.

Soldiers of the Waffen SS during the offensive on Moscow, 1941

Infantry of the Waffen SS move along a muddy path. The advance on Moscow was hampered by the muddy period _ just the beginning of winter made the roads accessible again.

German soldiers on the Eastern Front, 1941

At the time of the offensive towards Moscow: German soldiers at Naro-Forminsk, a town southwest of Moscow, in a makeshift position.

German attack on Moscow, 1941

A German Panzer III drives through a muddy road in late October, during the mud period, at the time of the offensive towards Moscow, in the central section of the Eastern Front.

German Panzer IV at the Eastern Front, 1941

A German tank of the type Panzer IV secures an advance on a street at the Eastern front.

German Soldier in Combat at the Eastern Front, 1941

A German infantryman is firing at Russian troops in a forest near Mogilev in the medial sector of the Eastern Front.

German Soldiers at the Eastern Front, 1941

A German combat patrol is moving into Navahrudak on a vehicle.

German Soldiers are Gaining Ground in Russia, 1941

German soldiers are marching at dusk. Since the front moved rapidly, the infantrymen often had to march until after nightfall.

German Armored Personnel Carrier at the Eastern Front, 1941

Armored Personnel Carrier Sdkfz. 251/1 in a village near Pskov in the northern sector of the Eastern front.

German Tanks in Russia, 1941

German tanks gather at an assembly point at the Eastern front. In the front, the picture shows an armoured personnel carrier Sdkfz. 250, and, behind it, tanks type III and II. In the background, smoke is rising from the embattled town of Sluk.

German Noncom at the Eastern Front, 1941

A noncom crouches as he moves forward.

German Soldiers in House-to-House Fighting at the Eastern Front, 1941

At the beginning of the German campaign in Russia, infantry men are fighting in a small town.

German soldier with a dictionary on the Eastern Front, 1941

For the war against the Soviet Union, the Wehrmacht leadership had printed a dictionary for the communication with Russian people and soldiers. In a Ukrainian village, a soldier tries to talk with a woman.

Exhausted German soldiers on the Eastern Front, 1941

German soldiers during a lull in the fighting.

Motorcycle troops of the Waffen-SS, 1941

Soldiers of an advance party of the Waffen-SS explore the area on motorcycles.

Horse and wagon with artillery gun in WWII on the Eastern front, 1941

A horse and cart pulls a gun while German soldiers rest on the seat of the field howitzer.

German bombers are fuelled up, 1941

In the first month of the war against Russia the warplanes Dornier Do 17 are being fuelled up at a frontline airstrip.

German infantryman at the Eastern Front, 1941

A soldier is travelling on an assault gun.

German soldiers at the Russia campaign, 1941

Soldiers are waiting for new orders at a pause in the fighting. The soldier in the foreground is carrying a range finder.

German military trailblazers are attacking at the Eastern Front, 1941

A group of military trailblazers are attacking a position at the Lenin Line.

German soldiers are attacking Russian positions, 1941

Infantrymen are attacking a building across the road where Soviet soldiers are hiding.

German soldiers at the Eastern Front, 1941

Kradschuetzen [WW II German motorcycle mounted infantryman] are taking cover in a roadside ditch to fight Russian soldiers.

German Infantry on the march at the Eastern Front, 1941

German Infantry on the march at the Eastern Front.

German convoy on the advance in Russia, 1941

A convoy of vehicles close to Tauroggen on the advance on the first day of the Russian campaign. The vehicle in front is a 1 ton tractor Sdkfz. 10 with a 2cm flak 38.

German soldier sleeps in a march break, 1941

A soldier falls backward on a galloping horse and uses a break for a short sleep.

German regiment command post on the Eastern Front, 1941

Meeting in the regiment command post of an infantry regiment in a captured bunker of the Stalin Line in Ukraine. An officer explains the situation to the regiment chief, a Colonel (center with monocle) by using a map. A radio operator waits for commands. The officers hide their shiny badges of rank, apart from the Colonel, in order to protect themselves in the battle.

German Panzer IV on the Eastern Front, 1941

Panzer IV of the 12th armoured division in a Russian city in the central sector of the Eastern Front.

German soldier sleeps on the Eastern Front, 1941

A soldier of the Air Force sleeps in the first days of the Russian campaign on his motorcycle.

Heinz Guderian with officers on the first day of the Russian campaign, 1941

The commander of the Panzer Group 2 General colonel Guderian (right) with officers of the staff at the bow north of Brest Litovsk. The recording was made on the 22.06.1941 at 03.15h, at the time of the attack on the Soviet Union.

German soldiers sleep during a break on the Eastern Front, 1941

Infantrymen use a march break in order to sleep in a ditch.

German soldier with a captured tank on the Eastern front, 1943

German soldiers with a captured Red Army 'KW II' tank in WWII on the Eastern front.

German soldiers on the Eastern front, 1941

Infantry lie in a ditch under cover while a cable-layer with a cable drum lays a telephone wire.

Germans advancing in Russia, 1941

German Panzer III during the advance on the Eastern Front at Bereza Kartuska (Biaroza).

German transport plane on a military air field on the Eastern front, 1941

Junkers Ju 52 at a military air base. In the foreground are fuel barrels.

explosion of a Soviet tank at the eastern Front, 1941

After a successful hit of a German anti-tank gun the ammunition of a Soviet tank explodes.

German soldiers on the eastern Front, 1941

Infantrymen during the fights in one place.

Supply route in Russia, 1941

A truck on a supply route on the eastern front. One unit of the Reich Labor Service improves the street.

Supply route to Russia, 1941

Trucks of a German air force unit (right) and a field kitchen on an extended road on the eastern front.

Supply route in Russia, 1941

A German truck on an extended road on the eastern front.

German soldiers on the Eastern Front, 1941

Led by a lieutenant, soldiers go forward on the Eastern Front.

Jacob Stalin after his capture, 1941

The first son of Josef Stalin, Yakov Dzhugashvili waits, after his capture on the Eastern Front, on a German airfield for his transfer to the rear for a hearing.

Jacob Stalin after his capture, 1941

The first son of Josef Stalin, Yakov Dzhugashvili waits, after his capture on the Eastern Front, on a German airfield for his transfer to the rear for a hearing. Around him, German air force officers.

German soldiers with a prisoner on the Eastern Front, 1941

German soldiers patdown a Soviet soldier at the beginning of the Russian campaign.

German troops on the Eastern Front, 1941

German troops, including cyclists, in the central section of the Eastern Front. In the background are abandoned Red Army tanks of the type BT-5 or BT-7. On the left is a vehicle with a 3.7 cm Pak 36.

22.06.1941 - beginning of the aggression in the Soviet Union

German Junkers Ju 87 Stuka starting in the beginning of Barbarossa.

Beginning the assault in Russia, 22/06/1941

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

German soldiers on the Eastern Front, 1941

Infantrymen marching on the Eastern Front.

Fighting on the Eastern Front, June 1941

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

Soviet prisoners in June 1941

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

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.

Beginning of the assault in Russia, 22 June 1941

German soldiers on a bridge across the Bug, which marks the former border between the German and Soviet spheres of influence.

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.

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.

Beginning of the attack in Russia, 22.06.1941

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

German troops at the beginning of the Russian campaign, 1941

German infantry and an Sd.Kfz. 250 (Schuetzenpanzerwagen Sd.Kfz. 250) infantry fighting vehicle (left) on the advance near Virbalis (German: Wirballen) on the border to Lithuania. Area Army Group North (Heeresgruppe Nord).

Beginning of the attack in Russia, 22/06/1941

A convoy of the Wehrmacht on the first day of the Russian campaign.

German soldiers speak with an Ukrainian woman, 1941

Soldiers speak with a peasant woman in the southern sector of the Eastern front.

Russian population greets German soldiers of the Army Group South, 1941

A vehicle of the tank group 1 Kleist drives through a welcome portal at the entry to a Ukrainian village. A sign hangs on the portal with the text: 'A Warm Welcome. Heil Hitler' and there is also a Reich eagle and a swastika.

Greeting German soldiers in the are of Army Group South on the Eastern front, 1941

An armed forces colony is greeted by villagers.

Greeting German soldiers in the area of the Army Group South on the Eastern front, 1941

A Ukrainian woman gives a bouquet of flowers to soldiers passing on a motorcycle.

German Panzer III during combat in Latvia, 1941

A German tank column during combat for an town on the river Aiviekste in the northern sector of the Eastern front.

German soldiers in Lithuania, 1941

Soldiers of an infantry platoon in a village in Lithuania.

German soldiers during combat on Lake Peipus in Estonia, 1941

Soldiers fire with a 3.7 cm Pak 36 on Russian positions in Ddow on Lake Peipus.

German soldiers on the march in Lithuania, 1941

Soldiers on the march in the area of Army Group North.

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.

German supply column on the Eastern front, 1941

While advancing, an armed forces column passes an antiaircraft carriage built from Maxim machine guns.

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