German soldiers try to catch a little warmth by the fire in the cold of the brutal Russian winter near the town of Volokolamsk, during the drive for Moscow; December, 1941.

Cold is also the enemy

Pvt. Alfred Gallman, left, of New York City, a military policeman of the 359th Regiment, 90th Infantry Division, on duty in the Metz sector of France, stops to chat with two French policemen whose work brings them together; 29 October, 1944. 

Military and regular police

SS soldiers on a halt in a snowy field, presumably near Kharkov, USSR. In the background, a Soviet T-34 tank is visible; January, 1943.