WEHRMACHT GERMAN ARMY IN RUSSIA: LARGE STUNNING COLOR IMAGES

All the images are from the Eastern Front


 Russia. A battle rages


 Seems like a scene out of 'Apocalypse Now'. The grim war zone is the Ostfront


 In the early days of Barbarossa many many Russian soldiers surrendered. They were badly treated by the Germans and most left to starve. There are reports that many Russian POW turned cannibalistic to survive.


 Fighting on a street in a Russian town

 Street fighting in a Russian town

A German soldier uses a flame-thrower to flush out Russians from a bunker


 Early days of German invasion of Russia. Stuka Dive Bombers (JU 87) roar over the Russian skies

 Russia burns as the German move in

 Scorched earth policy. Leave nothing useful behind for the enemy. Burn it all.

German army in Russia



 This German soldier seems to have found his soul-mate in Russia.

Like these two German soldiers. Hitler and Stalin would have foamed at the mouth seeing this image.

 The ubiquitous German motor-cyclist messenger


 A German tank moves through war zone

 A convoy of the elite Waffen SS troops

 Letter from home?

 A kind-hearted German soldier in Russia?

A German super-gun fires
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Points To Ponder

WHY WAS THE FIGHTING ON THE RUSSIAN FRONT SO FIERCE DURING WW2?

It is difficult to distinguish between the quality of both the German and Russian soldiers. Both were motivated by their love for their motherland. But there were others factors that drove the two sides to such desperate fighting.

One, both sides knew that this was a no-holds bar war. Not fighting was thus not an option.

Second, both Hitler and Stalin had squads that killed any deserter. Turning away from fighting was just not possible.

Thus was seen some of the most bitter, brutal and desperate fighting on the WW2 eastern (Russian) Front.
"Those who do not remember the past are condemned to repeat it."
-- George Santayana


Quotes....

"Be polite; write diplomatically; even in a declaration of war one observes the rules of politeness."
--Otto von Bismarck

"When the enemy advances, withdraw; when he stops, harass; when he tires, strike; when he retreats, pursue.'
--Mao Zedong

Quotes....

"The main thing is to make history, not to write it."
--Otto von Bismarck

"When you have to kill a man it costs nothing to be polite."
--Winston Churchill

Quotes....

"In time of war the loudest patriots are the greatest profiteers."
--August Bebel

"God is not on the side of the big battalions, but on the side of those who shoot best."
--Voltaire

Quotes about War....

"Anyone who has ever looked into the glazed eyes of a soldier dying on the battlefield will think hard before starting a war."
---Otto von Bismarck

Quotes....

"Naturally the common people don't want war; neither in Russia, nor in England, nor in America, nor in Germany. That is understood. But after all, it is the leaders of the country who determine policy, and it is always a simple matter to drag the people along, whether it is a democracy, or a fascist dictatorship, or a parliament, or a communist dictatorship. Voice or no voice, the people can always be brought to the bidding of the leaders. That is easy. All you have to do is to tell them they are being attacked, and denounce the pacifists for lack of patriotism and exposing the country to danger. It works the same in any country."
--Hermann Goering

Quotes....

"To conquer the enemy without resorting to war is the most desirable. The highest form of generalship is to conquer the enemy by strategy."
--Tzu Sun

"All men are brothers, like the seas throughout the world; So why do winds and waves clash so fiercely everywhere?"
--Emperor Hirohito