German soldiers in Russia: Early Years: An Album

Images of German soldiers on the Eastern Front during Operation Barbarossa, early days on the Ostfront.

Germans cross a bridge in Russia

Germans at Brest

A German general discusses strategy with his men

This officer's car is stuck in the Russian slush

At Vyazma

A camel seized by the Germans and used by mountain rangers. 1941

Windfall. Germans are delighted to find these cans of tinned food left behind by the Russians

German tanks move towards Kerch

This German gunner is making necessary adjustments in his gun

These German officers are poring over a map

Examining a Soviet anti-tank gun

Germans on the streets of Krasnodar. The German has a gleam in his eye!

Again in Krasnodar. 1942

On the streets of Taganrog

Hoisting their flag in Stalingrad

On  a Rostov street. 1942

In a Russian village

In Grodno. 1941

VIDEO: GERMANS ENTERING THE TOWN OF GRODNO, 1941

German thoroughness. Checking documents

Novgorod. August 1941

At a Russian village

Using French guns in Russia