Title
Third Reich - World War II - Eastern Campaign 1942
Caption
Propaganda text on the back of the picture for National Socialist report: "The street of retreat and destruction at the River Don. Chaos awaits us at the bank of the Don."
Motive from the Eastern front / Russia from the 15th of July in 1942.
The German attack of the Soviet Union was decided on in July 1940 and was prepared under the alias
"Operation Barbarossa" from December 1940 on. The Soviet-German war started on the 22nd of June in 1941 with the attack of the German Wehrmacht on the Soviet Union.
Photo: Berliner Verlag / Archiv
Date
Jul 15, 1942
Credit line
Photo12/dpa-pa
Reference
DPA11A01_024
License type
Rights managed
Available size
55,0Mb (7,5Mb) / 17,5in x 12,2in / 5241 x 3666 (300dpi)