Communication point of the Waffen SS "Totenkopf" division somewhere in Russia, summer 1941. All's going well, so far. Conditions even allow a quick snooze wearing sunglasses. Almost like summer manoeuvres in peacetime.

All is quiet...for now

Waffen SS battle the Russians in a railway station at an unidentified location in 1942. Note the Mauser C96 with stock and 30-round magazine being deployed by the infantryman on the right. The 9-mm Parabellum pistol WW1 vintage and rather rare on the front line in WW2.

Russia 42

These German soldiers were taken prisoner and are under guard in the ruins of the French city of Coutances on July 27, 1944.