Wehrmacht soldiers listen to the orders given to them by their officer before the upcoming offensive; June 22, 1941.

Start of Operation Barbarossa

German infantry with the help of a Panzer IV clearing the field from the enemy in the vicinity of the forest in the Volchov area; Leningrad Front, February 1942.

Eliminating opposition

A column of American prisoners of war march under German escort in Rome, Italy, on Via dei Fori Imperiali. In the background is the Victor Emmanuel II, monument; spring, 1944.