A german unit assembles for a limited counter attack at dawn. The soldiers are invariably armed with smg's, german and russian.

Counter attack at dawn

German mountain troopers during a short rest in the Alps of Carinthia (Austria), 1945.

German mountain trooper in the Alps

A lightly wounded german officer remains with his unit to continue the fighting. In the last months of the war casualties among german officers were horrendous causing sergeants to lead companies.