A German motorcycle courier pauses at the board, displayed by the 16th Army, Wehrmacht Army Group “North”. On the board, a  “Special Report”, the results of the first 5 days of the war:”Destroyed 2,333 Russian tanks, 4107 aircraft, against German losses of 150”… unspecicfied things. 


Early success of Barbarossa

Major General Erich Brandenberger (left) and general Fritz Erich von Manstein inspecting a map the day before beginning of operation "Barbarossa"; 22 June 1941. 

Consulting the map

Berlin, May 1945 - German defenders surrender to the Russians at the entrance of the Oranienburger Tor metro station.
taken from fb/WW2 soldiers