A German soldier in a winter field attire - designed to keep him warm in the cold Russian winter and white, to help him blend into the snow covered landscape.
   Not enough of them were clothed this way, though...

For the cold Eastern Front weather

German soldier with an M-34 machine gun, ready to fire...

Wehrmacht machine gunner

American soldiers of the 171-ECB (Engineer Combat Battalion), 84th Infantry Division, constructing a foot-bridge over the Roer river, in the vicinity of the town of Linnich, Germany  (located approx. 10 kms north-west of Jülich).