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A German infantry section supported by a light anti-tank cannon makes a halt on its march after the Russians had opened fire,
waiting for the intervention of its own artillery. After the defeat at Stalingrad and the failure at Kursk, the German Army would
have to fight on the defensive until the dramatic end of the war.
The Red Army fights in Baranovicze and already approaches the western boundaries of the Soviet Union.
Finland, the land of the ten thousand lakes, as seen from the cockpit of a Heinkel He 111 that returns from a combat action.
A German fighter pilot paints on the rudder of his Messerschmitt Bf 109 an array of small red stars, indicating the number of
Soviet aircraft shot down by him.
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Some wounded German soldiers wait their turn to get onboard the Ju 52 aircraft that will transport them to the hospitals in Germany.
German soldiers in retreat, demoralized, drag over the muddy ground small sleds carrying their equipment. The war in the Eastern
Front is hopelessly lost and the soldiers return to their homeland for the last defense, attempting at the same time to delay
at any cost the feared Soviet advance.
Specialists on a German airfield effectuate maintenance on a fighter Messerschmitt Me Bf 109 operating on the Eastern
Front. The initial superiority of the Luftwaffe diminished over time, even if German aircraft were generally of a higher quality.
Besides the labor of the fighters, the missions effectuated by the Stuka bombers and tank destroyers
were invaluable to contain the threat posed by the large tank formations that pushed towards Germany.
A team of firemen in a German airfield tries to save from flames a bomber which was hit during an attack. The German air groups were
a favorite target for the Soviet ground-attack aircraft.
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