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Title: WWI - Crossing the Soviet Border 1941
Caption: Members of the German Wehrmacht cross the border to the Soviet Union in the morning of 22 June 1941, accompanied by the cameraman of the propaganda company. Place unknown. The Nazi Propaganda! on the back of the image is dated 24 June 1941: "Across the border into the Soviet territory. Image of crossing the border in the morning at 3.05 am on 22 June. View of the border demarcation, which was cleared, in the foreground." The attack on Russia by the German Reich was agreed on in July 1940 and prepared since December 1940 as the "Operation Barbarossa". On 22 June 1941, the invasion of the Soviet Union by the German Wehrmacht started. Photo: Fotoarchiv für Zeitgeschichte/Archiv
Event date: 22/06/1941
Category: WAR • POLITICS
Credit: Album / picture alliance / ZB
Image size: 4565 × 3341 px | 43.6 MB
Print size: 38.7 × 28.3 cm | 1797.2 × 1315.4 in (300 dpi)