The Russian counterattack of December 1941 used troops trained and equipped to operate in the sub-zero conditions. German commanders were badly shaken, and Hitler assumed personal command of the army, ordering his men to hold on regardless of cost.
A nation at war: members of the Moscow Young Communists digging an anti-tank ditch outside the Russian capital.
German prisoners captured during the Russian winter offensive. It is unlikely that any of the soldiers depicted here survived the war.
Saturday, June 6, 2009
The Russian Winter — 1941
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