Battle of Rzhev

“Gun Crew Moves to New Positions”. A mounted gun crew moving to new positions.

Fucilieri sovietici avanzano nella neve nell'inverno 1942-43
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Russland, Soldat der französischen Legion
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Photographer
Gebauer
Archive descriptionInfoField
Description provided by the archive when the original description is incomplete or wrong. You can help by reporting errors and typos at Commons:Bundesarchiv/Error reports.
Sowjetunion, bei Wjasma.- Soldat der Légion des volontaires français contre le bolchévisme (LVF, 638. Infanterie-Regiment ?) im Winter, stehend; PK 694
Title
Russland, Soldat der französischen Legion
Depicted place
Russia
Date
November 1941date QS:P571,+1941-11-00T00:00:00Z/10
Collection
German Federal Archives
Native name
Das Bundesarchiv
Parent institution
Federal Government Commissioner for Culture and Media
Location
Koblenz (headquarters)
Coordinates
50° 20′ 32.71″ N, 7° 34′ 21.22″ E
Established
1946
Website
www.bundesarchiv.de
Authority file
: Q685753
VIAF: 137346469
ISNI: 0000000405552728
LCCN: n92025526
NLA: 36455393
OSM: 1844909
WorldCat
institution QS:P195,Q685753
Current location
Propagandakompanien der Wehrmacht - Heer und Luftwaffe (Bild 101 I)
Accession number
Bild 101I-214-0328-24
Source
This image was provided to Wikimedia Commons by the German Federal Archive (Deutsches Bundesarchiv) as part of a cooperation project. The German Federal Archive guarantees an authentic representation only using the originals (negative and/or positive), resp. the digitalization of the originals as provided by the Digital Image Archive.](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/68/Bundesarchiv_Bild_101I-214-0328-24%2C_Russland%2C_Soldat_der_franz%C3%B6sischen_Legion_Recolored.jpg)
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You can help by reporting errors and typos at Commons:Bundesarchiv/Error reports. Sowjetunion, bei Wjasma.- Soldat der Légion des volontaires français contre le bolchévisme (LVF, 638. Infanterie-Regiment ?) im Winter, stehend; PK 694 Title Russland, Soldat der französischen Legion Depicted place Russia Date November 1941date QS:P571,+1941-11-00T00:00:00Z/10 Collection German Federal Archives Native name Das Bundesarchiv Parent institution Federal Government Commissioner for Culture and Media Location Koblenz (headquarters) Coordinates 50° 20′ 32.71″ N, 7° 34′ 21.22″ E Established 1946 Website www.bundesarchiv.de Authority file : Q685753 VIAF: 137346469 ISNI: 0000000405552728 LCCN: n92025526 NLA: 36455393 OSM: 1844909 WorldCat institution QS:P195,Q685753 Current location Propagandakompanien der Wehrmacht - Heer und Luftwaffe (Bild 101 I) Accession number Bild 101I-214-0328-24 Source This image was provided to Wikimedia Commons by the German Federal Archive (Deutsches Bundesarchiv) as part of a cooperation project. The German Federal Archive guarantees an authentic representation only using the originals (negative and/or positive), resp. the digitalization of the originals as provided by the Digital Image Archive.

Russland, Soldat der französischen Legion

Russland, Soldaten der französischen Legion

Russland, Panzer IV im Schlamm

Russland, Instandsetzung eines Halbkettenfahrzeuges

Russland, Soldaten auf nasser Strasse

carri armati sovietici in avanzata durante l'operazione Marte

Post from injured soldier 87. Inf. Division Battle of Rschew

Soldati della divisione "Grossdeutschland" impegnati nella seconda battaglia di Ržev

Герой Советского Союза генерал-лейтенант Д. Лелюшенко награждает медалью бойца. Калининский фронт. Фото Б. Игнатовича. Январь 1942 года. Главархив Москвы

Выпуск газеты "Комсомольская правда" за 09.03.1943

“An artillery division on the march”. An artillery division on the march. The Western Front. The offensive to the north-west of Vyazma, about 200 kilometers west of Moscow. Izvekovo village.

“A rifle regiment marching”. A caravan of the artillery going to the frontline to the north-west of Vyazma.

“Soldiers of mopping up anti-tank battalion”. The Great Patriotic War of 1941-1945. Western Front. Soldiers of mopping up anti-tank battalion moving toward Vyazma after battles for Rzhev.

“Ruins of a house”. A woman and two girls looking at their destroyed house.

document of military glory town for Rzhev

Excavations at the site of a mass grave of soldiers who died in battles near Rzhev during the Great Patriotic War

Czołg niemiecki PzKpfw 38 (t) Ausf E/F przejeżdża przez przesmyk na rowie przeciwczołgowym w rejonie Rżewa.

Czołg PzKpfw 38 (t) Ausf C z żołnierzami utknął w błocie na froncie w okolicy Rżewa.

Бойцы и командиры РККА беседуют с жительницей освобожденного Ржева. Крайний слева — Сергей Афанасьевич Комаров (1906-1966), председатель Ржевского горисполкома, бывший комиссар 2-го Ржевского партизанского отряда. Действие происходит напротив здания Образцовой школы № 3 (улица Коммуны, 19), в настоящее время в нем располагается детский отдел центральной библиотеки им. А.Н. Островского, современный адрес ул. Большая Спасская, 19.

Вид на одну из улиц освобожденного Ржева.

Один из районов города после его освобождения от немецко-фашистских захватчиков в ходе Ржевско-Вяземской операции

Бойцы 11-го кавалерийского корпуса в наступлении.

Немецкое зенитное орудие и знамя части, брошенное на поле боя у разбитого опорного пункта Гжатска.
Historical Overview
The "Meat grinder" of Rzhev.
Quick Facts
German Army
- Commander: Walter Model
- Strength: 600000
- Casualties: 200000
Red Army
- Commander: Georgi Schukow
- Strength: 1500000
- Casualties: 1.000.000+
Strategic Context
Pinning German forces near Moscow.
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