German soldiers climb up a steep hillside after they crossed a river in Belgium.


Up the hill we must go

A German Feldwebel medic tries on straw overshoes, woven by a Ukrainian peasant. Ukraine, February 1942.
taken from fb/R.Kennedy/Soldiers of WW2

Wintershoes

Getting ready for the big push. Waffen-ss soldiers are handloading 50-round metal belts for their Mg34. The rounds all appears to be full metal jacket, no tracer tips visible. In the lower right corner a 300 round cardboard battle pack lies on its side, with empty 15-round wrappers scuttled around. The Pancho Villa style carrying of the belts is not a way to prepare for combat. It is simply a way to work to keep dirt away from the belts. When finished the belts will be placed in a Gurtrommel or linked together and put in a Patronenkasten.
taken from fb/Bergflak