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SZ Photo - Onset of winter and retreat from Moscow, 1941

Second World War, Eastern Front: German fallback before Moscow - This selection contains pictures from our partner agency Süddeutsche Zeitung Photo.

Panje-horse wagon in snow on the Eastern front, 1941

01.12.1941 - After the defeat before Moscow, the remainder of the beaten armed forces pull back. In the -30 degree cold, only track-laying vehicles and Panje-horse wagons can make a way through...
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Soldiers of the Waffen SS on the Eastern front, 1941

01.11.1941 - Soldiers of the Waffen SS take cover in a barn during the combat around Moscow. [XPAEXPORTID000001]
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German troops in Kalinin in the mid sector of the Eastern front, 1941

03.11.1941 - Infantry and tanks in Kalinin during the German offensive against Moscow. [XPAEXPORTID000001]
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German soldier fighting in the mid sector of the Eastern front, 1941

01.12.1941 - A soldier fighting during the German offensive against Moscow. [XPAEXPORTID000001]
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German soldiers in the mid sector of the Eastern front, 1941

01.12.1941 - Infantry on the move at a position during the outbreak of winter on the front near Moscow. [XPAEXPORTID000001]
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German soldiers in the mid sector of the Eastern front, 1941

01.12.1941 - Soldiers march during the defensive battles of the Soviet offensive in December 1941. Only their summer coats protect them against the cold. [XPAEXPORTID000001]
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German soldiers on the Eastern Front, 1941

06.11.1941 - German soldiers wait freezing for orders during the German advance towards Moscow in the territory of the Army Group Centre. [XPAEXPORTID000001]
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German soldiers with horse wagons on the Eastern Front, 1941

01.11.1941 - German soldiers march during a snow storm with a horse carriage to Kerch. To the right drives a military transporter. [XPAEXPORTID000001]
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German soldiers with horse wagons on the Eastern Front, 1941

21.11.1941 - Soldiers with horse wagons in the winter in Russia. [XPAEXPORTID000001]
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German soldier on the Eastern front, 1941

01.11.1941 - A soldier in snow camouflage in the first Russian winter. [XPAEXPORTID000001]
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German soldier on the Eastern front, 1941

01.12.1941 - A soldier in snow camouflage in the first Russian winter near the Russian city of Klin, which the German troops had already captured in November during the offensive in the directi...
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German soldier on the Eastern Front, 1941

01.11.1941 - In the winter of 1941, a soldier stands on guard with a machine gun MG-34 mounted on a tripod. He wears a fur coat as a protection against the cold. [XPAEXPORTID000001]
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German supply convoy on the Arctic Ocean front, 1941

06.11.1941 - A convoy of pack animals during frosty winter weather on the way to the front. [XPAEXPORTID000001]
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Machine gunner in a position on the Arctic Ocean front, 1941

18.12.1941 - A German soldier in an advanced machine gun position. [XPAEXPORTID000001]
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German reconnaissance troop leader, 1941

01.01.1941 - A reconnaissance troop leader on the Eastern Front adjusts the time with a look at the watch. [XPAEXPORTID000002]
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German soldiers in a Russian town, 1941

01.11.1941 - Since provisions for the winter were not made from the side of the Wehrmacht, neither warm nor camouflage clothing was available, the troop got some white sheets, partly from the R...
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German horse-drawn wagons on the Eastern Front, 1941

01.12.1941 - Soldiers drive a supply wagon over a path in Russia in December 1941. [XPAEXPORTID000001]
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German soldiers in the winter on the eastern Front, 1941

01.12.1941 - Soldiers march on a supply route. [XPAEXPORTID000001]
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German 8.8 cm Flak at the Eastern Front, 1941

01.12.1941 - A German anti-aircraft gun is shooting at Russian troops during the winter warfare at the Eastern Front. [XPAEXPORTID000001]
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German soldier on the Eastern Front, 1941

05.12.1941 - German soldier on the Eastern Front with a tubular scarf that is worn under the helmet. [XPAEXPORTID000001]
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German soldiers warm themselves at a fire on the Eastern Front, 1941

01.01.1941 - Soldiers of an anti-aircraft gun unit of the Air Force on a campfire. In the background is the gun, a 2cm Flak 30. [XPAEXPORTID000002]
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German tank II on the Eastern Front, 1941

09.12.1941 - Tank II during fights in a forest. [XPAEXPORTID000001]
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German Soldiers During a Counter Offensive at the Eastern Front in the Winter of 1941

01.01.1941 - Infantrymen are marching to their emplacement in the Donets Basin. [XPAEXPORTID000002]
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German Coachman Standing Next to his Horses, 1941

02.11.1941 - A German coachman stands next to his horses. Supplies that were coming in at the Eastern front usually had to be transported by horses. Only a small number of units were fully moto...
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Warm up of a motor on a German reconnaissance plane on the Eastern Front, 1941

01.12.1941 - With a heat engine, the engine of a Henschel Hs 126 is being warmed up on an airfield in Finland, in order to be able to start. [XPAEXPORTID000001]
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German tanks and vehicles in a village on the Eastern Front, 1941

01.11.1941 - A tank III, spy vehicles and armored personnel carrier in a contested place. [XPAEXPORTID000001]
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French volunteers on the Eastern Front, 1941

01.12.1941 - Soldiers of the French Legion in deployment on the Eastern Front in December 1941. Among them is the 15 year old Leon M. [XPAEXPORTID000001]
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Exercise of a German unit on the Eastern Front, 1941

01.12.1941 - A German unit during a training on a frozen lake in the middle of the Russian winter. [XPAEXPORTID000001]
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Panje-horse wagon in snow on the Eastern front, 1941
German soldier fighting in the mid sector of the Eastern front, 1941
German soldiers on the Eastern Front, 1941
Soldiers of the Waffen SS on the Eastern front, 1941
German soldiers in the mid sector of the Eastern front, 1941
German soldiers with horse wagons on the Eastern Front, 1941
German troops in Kalinin in the mid sector of the Eastern front, 1941
German soldiers in the mid sector of the Eastern front, 1941
German soldiers with horse wagons on the Eastern Front, 1941

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