Private photo; German soldiers pose with a BMW motorcycle, that has a side car attached.

Motorcycle and parked column of vehicles

During the early phase of the German offensive in Hungary, in the spring of 1945. German panzergrenadiers load into half-tracks before advancing toward a Soviet-occupied village near Lake Balaton. These troops are dressed in heavy winter gear, as snow covers the landscape.

Spring offensive in Hungary

A German Waffen SS Mark V "Panther" medium tank rolls through the street of a Hungarian village during the combat of the German offensive "Konrad III", the aim of which to capture the besieged capital, Budapest. On the left are the remains of a knocked-out Soviet T-34 tank and a destroyed truck; January 20, 1945.