Same subject
Operation Barbarossa, 1941
Title
Third Reich - World War II - Advance in the East 1941
Caption
Propaganda text on the back of the picture for National Socialist report: "The population of Lemberg welcomes the German troops enthusiastically."
Motive from the Eastern front / Ukraine from the 4th of July in 1941.
The German attack of the Soviet Union was going under the alias "Operation Barbarossa" and started on the 22nd of June in 1941.
Whereas German troops were at first welcomed by the population, hatred developed later and off-loaded in a brutal guerilla war.
Photo: Berliner Verlag / Archiv
Date
Jul 04, 1941
Credit line
Photo12/dpa-pa
Reference
DPA11A00_437
License type
Rights managed
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