A mixed outfit of both Heer and Waffen-SS troops going to the front. Note the Vienna parliament building in the background. Spring 1945.

To the front - Vienna 1945

On October 7 the encirclment of several Soviet armies is completed near Viasma - German soldiers getting the stubbornly defending Bolshevists from theirs positions south-west of Viasma

POW's

In the Steppes East of the Ukraine, there were no road signs and few landmarks by which the Germans could take their bearings. Good maps were few and far between. As a result german patrols and dispatch riders (such as this one) had to ask their way of women and old men working in the fields. The poor planning and the consequent foundering of the German troops in the vastnesses of the uncharted territory, are reflected in photos such as this one. (scanned by HOS Bandit)