This photo is a rare document of the german evacuation of the Kuban bridgehead/Southern Russia in autumn of 1943.  Within 34 days more than 200000 soldiers, 70000 horses and 40000 vehicles were transported to the Crimea peninsula. One of the most organizational and logistical achievements of WW2.

Evacuation of the Kuban bridgehead

General Scherer awards his friend Hauptmann (captain) Biecker with the Knight's Cross inside the Cholm Pocket, March 20, 1942. Five weeks later Hauptmann Dr. Albert Biecker was killed in action.

Knight's Cross award in Cholm Pocket

German trench system near Bjelgorod/Russia photographed by a soviet reconnaisance aircraft.