Caption

Burning Police Headquarters, Vienna, Austria, April 1945 After the successful liberation of Budapest, the Red Army moved towards Vienna. The Vienna Operation 1945 or Battle of Vienna lasted from March 16 to April 15, 1945. The fighting in the urban area itself lasted only a few days from April 6 to 13

Credit line

Photo12/ImageBROKER/Jewgeni Chaldej / Sammlung E.Volland & H.Krimmer

Reference

BRK26H24_134

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No

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No

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Rights managed

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36.0Mb (12.0Mb) / 14.1in x 9.9in / 4240 x 2965 (300dpi)

Keywords

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