German infantrymen scout through a Russian forests in the Summer of 1941. <br>
The Point Man seems to expect some form of melee, as he has planted his bayonet. Alternatively, he might just intent to use it to search for hidden combatants.

Germans in the Woods

Ein deutscher Soldat hat Feldpost erhalten. Front der 6. Armee vor Stalingrad. (A German soldier has received field mail. Frontline of the 6th Army near Stalingrad)- [Bundesarchiv Bild 169-0661]

Russland Sommer

Members of the Panzer-Grenadier-Division "Großdeutschland" or from November 1944: Panzerkorps "Großdeutschland" (although it only existed on paper), teach an old Volkssturm-Zugführer how to handle and shoot with an MP 40, properly in the end of 1944. By Bazooka Joe