Title

Third Reich - World War II - Advance in the East 1941

Caption

Propaganda text on the back of the picture for National Socialist report: "Flooded in the River Daugava. That is how the big tank battle ended for the Soviets"
Motive from the Eastern front / Latvia from the 21st 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 21, 1941

Credit line

Photo12/dpa-pa

Reference

DPA11A00_460

License type

Rights managed

Available size

48,7Mb (5,7Mb) / 16,6in x 11,4in / 4972 x 3421 (300dpi)

Keywords

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