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SZ Photo - Battles in the area of Army Group Courland, 1944-45

Combat operations in northern part of the eastern front, Heeresgruppe Nord - Army Group Courland. - This selection contains pictures from our partner agency Süddeutsche Zeitung Photo.

Explosion of a bazooka shell during the fighting in Kurland, 1945

13.03.1945 - A bazooka shell that was fired from German positions explodes on a Soviet tank. [XPAEXPORTID000001]
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Latvian soldier of the weapon SS, 1945

10.01.1945 - A Latvian anti-tank targets with the bazooka in the basin of Kurland. [XPAEXPORTID000001]
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German soldiers during combat in the Courland pocket, 1945

16.01.1945 - Soldiers during the 3rd Courland battle. [XPAEXPORTID000001]
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German supply column in Courland, 1944

12.12.1944 - Supply column at the Courland bridgehead which is held by German troops. [XPAEXPORTID000001]
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Soldiers of the Waffen SS in the Courland pocket, 1944

21.11.1944 - Infantry of a SS unit on the way to advanced positions. [XPAEXPORTID000001]
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German infantry in Courland, 1944

20.10.1944 - Soldiers march on the front in the Courland pocket. [XPAEXPORTID000001]
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Supplies for the German troops trapped in Courland, 1945

08.03.1945 - At an agreed placed on the ice, a ship has left supply barrels to be retrieved by the German forces trapped in Courland. [XPAEXPORTID000001]
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German Panther tank during combat near Jelgava in Courland, 1944

12.10.1944 - German panzer V 'Panther' of the tank grenadier division 'Grossdeutschland' ('Greater Germany') in combat with Russian forces in the Courland pocket. [XPAEXPORTID000001]
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German soldiers from Courland disembark in a German harbor, 1944

03.10.1944 - Soldiers form the cut off Courland pocket leave a ship in a German harbor. [XPAEXPORTID000001]
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German soldiers in Courland, 1944

02.11.1944 - German vanguards secure a street against advancing Soviet troops. In the foreground is a machine gun 34. [XPAEXPORTID000001]
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German Soldier During the Latvia Campaign, 1944

21.08.1944 - At the Baltic front, a dispatch rider is waiting to go on a mission. The soldier is wearing the Iron Cross First Class and the Infantry Assault Badge. [XPAEXPORTID000001]
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German Flak on the Eastern front in Soviet Latvia, 1944

10.10.1944 - On a road at the Eastern front, a 2cm Flak 38 on a 1 ton Sdkfz.10 mover rolls by a group of soldiers. This photo was taken in the region south of Riga, Latvia. [XPAEXPORTID000001]
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German tank destroyer Marder III on the Eastern front, 1944

22.09.1944 - A tank destroyer Marder III on the edge of a road near Madona (Latvia/Baltic) [XPAEXPORTID000001]
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German soldiers during combat in Courland-Brueckenkopf, 1945

01.01.1945 - Soldiers have moved to cover in a forest position and await the enemy. The soldier in front has an assault rifle 44. [XPAEXPORTID000001]
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Setting up of infantry guns in Soviet Latvia in 1944

19.08.1944 - In the Jelgava (Mitau) combat area, Wehrmacht soldiers bring light infantry guns of the type "7,5-cm-leichtes Infanteriegeschuetz 18" in position over the rubble of a bridge. [XPAE...
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Decoration of Latvian Waffen SS soldiers in Courland Brueckenkopf, 1945

10.01.1945 - Latvian SS volunteers are awarded the Iron Cross 1st Class by the Unterscharfuehrer (sergeant) of their unit after a successful combat patrol operation. [XPAEXPORTID000001]
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Downed T-34 during the fighting in the Courland Bridgehead, 1944

09.10.1944 - German soldiers look at a Soviet T-34 / 85, downed by a Panzerfaust. The men are armed with other bazookas, which they carry on their shoulders. [XPAEXPORTID000001]
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Explosion of a bazooka shell during the fighting in Kurland, 1945
German supply column in Courland, 1944
Supplies for the German troops trapped in Courland, 1945
Latvian soldier of the weapon SS, 1945
Soldiers of the Waffen SS in the Courland pocket, 1944
German Panther tank during combat near Jelgava in Courland, 1944
German soldiers during combat in the Courland pocket, 1945
German infantry in Courland, 1944
German soldiers from Courland disembark in a German harbor, 1944

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