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SZ Photo - Defense against the Soviet offensive and battles in May-June 1942

In may 1942 german troops defend succesfully the soviet army around Charkiw. Following battle in the Donets region allow good start position for the following battle in southern area of eastern front, which lead to Stalingrad. - This selection contains pictures from our partner agency Süddeutsche Zeitung Photo.

German infantry advancing on the southern Eastern front, May 1942

01.05.1942 - German infantrymen, armed with Karabiner 98, march on the Donets front towards Stalingrad. A soldier carries a machine gun 34 over his shoulder. In the background soldiers on horse...
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Supplies for the southern sector of the Eastern Front, June 1942

01.06.1942 - The convoy of a German unit at Donetsk near Petschenogi with supplies for the German troops in the southern sector of the Eastern Front. War reporter: Mittelstaedt. [XPAEXPORTID000...
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German motorized infantry on the Donetsk front, May 1942

14.05.1942 - German motorcycle troops go in battle on the isthmus of Kerch behind an earthen wall for cover. On the rear of the sidecar, the inscription "Roth" can be seen. War reporter: Kirsch...
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German infantrymen at the southern sector of the Eastern Front, May 1942

01.05.1942 - German infantrymen marching on a country road to the detachment at the southern Eastern Front at the Donetz. In the foreground there are barricades made of wooden sled, overturned...
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German assault gun at the southern sector of the Eastern Front, May 1942

01.05.1942 - German infantry with assault guns of the type Sturmgeschuetz III before the village Alekseyevka during the advance on the south Eastern Front towards Stalingrad at Donetz. To camou...
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German infantrymen during the advance towards Stalingrad, May 1942

01.05.1942 - German infantrymen marching through the burning village of Braschowka in the southern sector of the Eastern Front during the advance at Donets towards Stalingrad. War reporter: Wet...
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German artillery on the Eastern front, May 1942

01.05.1942 - German infantrymen have put their 3m7cm Pak in position and are ready for the fight. In the background dark smoke rises from a village. war correspondent: Kipper. [XPAEXPORTID00000...
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Soviet war prisoners, May 1942

29.05.1942 - A train of Soviet prisoners of war is taken to a German prison of war camp after the cauldron battle near Kharkov-Izium. Most of them are wounded. war correspondent: Horter. [XPAEX...
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Ruins of Soviet troops near Kharkov, June 1942

02.06.1942 - Debris left behind by Soviet troops after the battle of encirclement at Kharkov-Izyum . In the foreground, the completely destroyed wreck of a Soviet car, in the background German...
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German infantrymen on the southern Eastern front, May 1942

04.05.1942 - German infantrymen storm a house in the southern section of the Eastern front. In the foreground, an abatis made of barbed wire. war correspondent: Wetterau. [XPAEXPORTID000001]
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Opera house in Kharkov, May 1942

12.05.1942 - A few days after the recapture of Kharkov by German troops, the opera of the city was reopened. Here the opera house, on which the German Reichskriegsflagge is blowing. In the fore...
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German assault gun in the southern section of the Eastern front, May 1942

01.05.1942 - A German Sturmgeschuetz III in the southern section of the Eastern front. In the background, the houses of a village. war correspondent: Kipper. [XPAEXPORTID000001]
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German assault gun in the southern section of the Eastern front, May 1942

01.05.1942 - A German Sturmgeschuetz III (StuG III) assault gun in a Soviet village in the southern section of the Eastern Front. war correspondent: Kipper. [XPAEXPORTID000001]
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Capture of Soviet soldiers, May 1942

01.05.1942 - German infantrymen are capturing Soviet soldiers. Here, a Red Army soldier surrenders and comes with raised hands out of a bunker built under a village near Kharkov. [XPAEXPORTID00...
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Destroyed Soviet tank convoy near Kharkov, July 1942

01.07.1942 - German infantrymen inspect a destroyed Soviet tank train at Baranovo near Kharkov. war correspondent: W. Koch. [XPAEXPORTID000001]
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German tank at Kharkov-Izium, May 1942

12.05.1942 - A German Panzer IV loaded with barrels and young tree trunks rolls over a wooden fence at Meschenskiye during the second battle of Kharkov. The number 331 is visible on the front....
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Transport of prisoners through Kharkov, May 1942

01.05.1942 - A German military policeman escorts Soviet prisoners of war through a road in Kharkov. war correspondent: Schneider. [XPAEXPORTID000001]
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German cartoon on the Battle of Kharkov, 1942

28.05.1942 - 'A caricature of the artist Erik on the tank battle at Kharkov on the Eastern front. Churchill holds out a bowl with destroyed Russian war material to the newscaster of Radio Londo...
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German tanks at Kharkov-Izium, May 1942

12.05.1942 - German Panzer III and trucks are moving forward during the second battle of Kharkov on an unpaved road at Lowowenyka. war correspondent: Funck. [XPAEXPORTID000001]
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German armored cars at Kharkov-Izium, May 1942

12.05.1942 - German armoured reconnaissance vehicle of the type Sd.Kfz. 231 in the steppe between Grutojarka and Lisovskiy during the encirclement battle at Kharkov-Izium. In the foreground, en...
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German infantry advancing on the southern Eastern front, May 1942
German infantrymen at the southern sector of the Eastern Front, May 1942
German artillery on the Eastern front, May 1942
Supplies for the southern sector of the Eastern Front, June 1942
German assault gun at the southern sector of the Eastern Front, May 1942
Soviet war prisoners, May 1942
German motorized infantry on the Donetsk front, May 1942
German infantrymen during the advance towards Stalingrad, May 1942
Ruins of Soviet troops near Kharkov, June 1942

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