The barrel of a German anti-aircraft gun still points skyward, but it is silent. So are the men who served it. They were mowed down at their posts before they had a chance to join the retreat before the winter offensive of the Red Army.

Winter Offensive

Frozen bodies of fallen Finnish soldiers. Kuhmo, Finland. Winter War,1939-1940

Finnish casualties (Winter War)

These German Soldiers froze to death like thousends of others not having propper winter clothing. Germans stacked up without burial in speedy retreat, USSR, 1942.

