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[German troops in winter uniform, 1942: five riflemen walking in Caucasus Mountains, Russia, December] / by Poetsch. – Antique Print

[German troops in winter uniform, 1942: five riflemen walking in Caucasus Mountains, Russia, December] / by Poetsch., 1942 — historic photograph
[German troops in winter uniform, 1942: five riflemen walking in Caucasus Mountains, Russia, December] / by Poetsch., 1942. Historic photograph from the Historic Print Archive collection.

(Originally scanned by the Library of Congress. Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)

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[German troops in winter uniform, 1942: five riflemen walking in Caucasus Mountains, Russia, December] / by Poetsch.

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Five German riflemen in winter uniforms trudge through the Caucasus Mountains in December 1942, a scene from the southern front at its farthest reach. That summer, German forces pushed toward the Caucasus oil fields in an offensive called Operation Edelweiss, but by late autumn the advance had slowed under steep terrain, early snow, and stiffening Soviet resistance. Photographs like this one, credited to Poetsch, were often produced for wartime audiences at home, presenting soldiers as steady and equipped for the cold. The heavy winter clothing and long supply lines behind these men hint at how hard the season was on troops so far from their bases.

Created / published1942
Medium1 photographic print.
GenrePhotographic prints 1940-1950.
SubjectsWorld War, 1939-1945--Military personnel--German.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Original scan1,536 × 1,145 px · prints to 5 × 4 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-HPA-148160

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