A group of Hungarian soldiers near the Church of St. Nicholas in the occupied city of Pryluky in north-central Ukraine, USSR; 1942.

Out in the cold

Hungarian soldiers and officers listen to messages on a field radio, installed in a military car. In the background are an Sd.Kfz.253 armored vehicle of the observers and an ACS StuG III. assault gun.
   The photograph probably shows the men and equipment of the 30th Tank Regiment, 1st Armored Division of the 2nd Hungarian Army. - In the period from August to December 1942, the soldiers of the Hungarian Army have fought long battles in the area of Uryv and Korotoyak of the Don river bend, approximately 25 miles south of the city of Voronezh. 


Area of the Don river bend

Hungarian officers study a map on a table, outdoors. In the center of the picture are a Major General and a Colonel; Eastern Front, 1942.