Wiking soldiers during Operation Blue in 1942.

Operation Blue

The first week of the war. German soldiers from the 101st Infantry Division escorting  prisoners of the Red Army across the river at the border city of San Przemysl (now Przemysl, Poland).  Right foreground - SS officer. 

 The city was captured by the Germans in the afternoon on June 22, but the next morning was liberated by Soviet troops.  The 99th Infantry Division under General Nicolai  Dementieva, together with border guards battalions drove  out three parts of the German 101st Infantry Division from the  fortified area of ​​the city . The city was kept until June 27, when it was finally occupied by the Germans.

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Defeated

Young infantrymen from the Wiking Division in 1942.