German combat engineers just finished construction of a small bridge across the Purtse River, in north-east Estonia;  late summer, 1941 

Advance beyond the river

German advance patrol soldiers with motorcycle, monitoring Soviet positions in a village during the outbreak of war with the USSR; June, 1941. 

Observing enemy activity

Commander of the Panzer Army Africa, Colonel-General Erwin Rommel and Italian Governor of Libya and commander of Italian Forces, General Ettore Bastico (on the right), stand in the company of other Italian officers next to a German 88 mm anti-aircraft gun Flak 18.