German soldiers in the shelters dug in the slopes of the anti-tank ditch in Lohshtedskogo forest, near the Fortress of Pillau; Baltic Sea (former Konigsberg)

Waiting for the Soviet attack

Wehrmacht infantrymen advance across a snowy field on the outskirts of the city of Rostov-on-Don, USSR.

Winter offensive

German soldiers in an anti-tank ditch at Lohshtedskogo forest. One of the many lines of defense in front of the sea fortress Pillau, Baltic Sea (Prussia,  the former Koenigsberg
