German soldiers are in position to launch an attack in the outskirts of Stalingrad; 1942.

Going on the attack

German soldiers trying to push a BMW R75 motorcycle out of the mud in the Don river area; north of the Black Sea, USSR. 

Fighting the natural enemy

Field Marshal Erwin Rommel awards Corporal Gunther Halm with the Knight's Cross.
   During the battle near El Alamein, Egypt, the artillery crew of Corporal Gunther Halm of the 104th Grenadier Regiment, have destroyed with shots from the PaK-36 anti-tank gun, nine Valentine tanks of the 23rd British Armored Brigade, within a few minutes; July 22, 1942.