Operation Barbarossa
Historical Overview
The launch of "Operation Barbarossa" marked the beginning of the Nazi invasion of the Soviet Union, the largest military campaign in human history. The primary strategic objective was the total destruction of the USSR as a continental superpower. The plan dictated neutralizing the Red Army near the border and advancing deep into Soviet territory to establish a holding position along the Volga-Archangelsk line. This line was intended to permanently block Soviet influence from Europe, securing conquered resources to serve as a staging ground for future operations.
Eine Pionierbrücke über die Düna
Armed with heavy shovels, a hastily assembled work force of Moscow women and elderly men gouge a huge tank trap out of the earth to halt German Panzers advancing on the Russian capital. In the feverish effort to save the city, more than 100,000 citizens labored from mid-October until late November digging ditches and building other obstructions. When completed, the ditches extended more than 100 miles. Source: Scanned from "Russia Besieged" (ISBN 705405273), page 165 Image originally from the United States Information Agency
Barbarossa Decree , 2nd page.
Barbarossa Decree , 3rd page.
1st Panzer Division column on the move in Russia, 1941
I have no information on this photo so all that information is educated guesswork Clues that makes me think it’s Operation Barbarossa: Photo was likely taken in summer based on the background Most Barbarossa photos feature wide open grassy fields like this, makes me also think he could be part of Army Group Centre The soldier is very characteristically 1941 dressed - no green collar, decal on helmet The atmosphere doesn’t really have the same nightmarish hell on earth feel that Eastern Front photos gradually gained over the years Colorized by me
Eine Pionierbrücke über die Düna
Photograph is part of an album I recently purchased belonging to the Gefreiter in this photograph. From other photos in the album I’ve been able to figure out his rank and most likely his regiment. Photograph shows the owner of the album, fiddling with something. It appears they’re taking a break from digging trenches in a field. In the trench you can see 2 shovels together with a captured Soviet SVT-40. On the trench edges there’s three helmets and a tunic probably belonging to our Gefreiter. On the right of him you can see his mess kit, perhaps a lunch break.
Original of the german 'Aufmarschanweisung "Barbarossa"' (troop deployment instruction Barbarossa) in the russian Central Armed Forces Museum in Moscow, time stamped February 1, 1941.
Barbarossa Decree (C-50), first page.
![For documentary purposes the German Federal Archive often retained the original image captions, which may be erroneous, biased, obsolete or politically extreme. Prop. Kp. 501 Film-Nr. 3362/13
Ostfront , bei Molwoitzi 8.12.41
Verlegewagen auf Panjeschlitten
An der Ostfronthat sich auch die Nachrichtentruppe auf den Winter umgestellt und den kleinen Verlegewagen für das Feldfernkabel auf Panjeschlitten "montiert".
Bildberichter: Fenske
31. Dezember 1941 [Herausgabedatum]
11071-41
[Scherl Bilderdienst]](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/e/e6/Bundesarchiv_Bild_101I-002-3362-13%2C_Russland%2C_Feldkabel_mit_Schlitten_verlegt.jpg)
For documentary purposes the German Federal Archive often retained the original image captions, which may be erroneous, biased, obsolete or politically extreme. Prop. Kp. 501 Film-Nr. 3362/13 Ostfront , bei Molwoitzi 8.12.41 Verlegewagen auf Panjeschlitten An der Ostfronthat sich auch die Nachrichtentruppe auf den Winter umgestellt und den kleinen Verlegewagen für das Feldfernkabel auf Panjeschlitten "montiert". Bildberichter: Fenske 31. Dezember 1941 [Herausgabedatum] 11071-41 [Scherl Bilderdienst]
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Cover of the Nazi propaganda brochure "Der Untermensch" (The Subhuman)
"German-Russian Soldier's Dictionary", belonging to a Norwegian SS volunteer. Center for Studies of the Holocaust and Religious Minorities, Norway.
Bilder meines Großvaters, wären der Jahre 1939 bis 1943, Beschreibungen folgen später
Duitse tanks rukken op tijdens de Kesselschlacht bij Wjasma.
Eastern Poland farmhouse destroyed during German invasion in 1941. Territory of todays Belarus or Ukraine.
Bilder meines Großvaters, wären der Jahre 1939 bis 1943, Beschreibungen folgen später
Bilder meines Großvaters, wären der Jahre 1939 bis 1943, Beschreibungen folgen später
Bilder meines Großvaters, wären der Jahre 1939 bis 1943, Beschreibungen folgen später