Waiting for the signal

German soldiers pause for a bite in the middle of fighting, while the city of Vitebsk, Belarus (USSR)  burns; 22 August, 1941.
    The city was under German occupation (10 July 1941 - 26 June 1944). Much of the old city was destroyed in the ensuing battles between the Germans and the Red Army.

Houses on fire nearby

A German soldier in a winter field attire - designed to keep him warm in the cold Russian winter and white, to help him blend into the snow covered landscape.