German bridge sentry at Oka river near Orel (Orjol). Central Russia, march 1942.

Bridge sentry

Wehrmacht soldiers and Ukrainians in traditional dressing celebrating. Poltava, september 1941. (Bundesarchiv Bild 169-0165)

Wehrmacht soldiers and Ukrainians

Some of the 20,000 Germans south of the Loire River, France,General Erich Elster who were surrendered his troops to General Macon of the U.S. Ninth Army and to General Weyland, Commanding General of the XIX Tactical Air Command, on September 16, 1944. The formal surrender, which took place on the Beaugency Bridge, was largely the result of a campaign of isolation by XIX TAC fighter-bombers