The German 14th Panzer Corps broke through the front of the Soviet 62 Army in the Vertyachiy region and, having covered 72 km in a day, reached the Volga north of Stalingrad; August 23, 1942.



Crossing the Volga river

A Pz.Kpfw. 38 tank from the German 7th Panzer Abteilung (Division) on the move. The tank is towing a trailer with a 200-liter barrel of fuel for the tank; Eastern Front, 1941.

Spare fuel to take along

German soldiers in an armored personnel carrier Sd.Kfz.250/10 (modification equipped with a PaK 35/36 gun) in the steppe (grassland plains, without trees) in the south of the USSR; August-September 1942.