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Extensive Photo Album World War II – Advance & Russian Campaign (Eastern Front) 1941-1943 - Extensive World War II Photo Album – Advance & Russian Campaign (Eastern Front) approx. 250 photos Item Description: An authentic, contemporary photo album from the Second World War is offered. The album documents in impressive black and white photographs the advance of German troops towards the East (Operation Barbarossa) starting from the summer of 1941. The album is meticulously kept, with most pages handwritten with place names, dates, and consecutive numbers. It offers deep insights into the daily life of soldiers, military logistics, and the landscapes and cities of occupied Russia. Album Highlights: • Place & Stage Directory: Documentation of important stations such as Smolensk, Vitebsk, Lida, Nagatino, Staraya Russa, as well as bivouac sites (e.g., Alt-Keykut, Niedersee). • Military Technology & Equipment: Contains rare photographs of tanks, destroyed Soviet tanks and transport aircraft, motorized units, and ambulance vehicles (DRK). • Soldier Life & Advance: Scenes of the advance on dusty country roads, horse gas masks in use, life in the bivouac, field post situations, retreat, and portrait photographs of soldiers. • Theater of War: Evocative images of burning farms, forest shelters, Ju 52, divisional cemetery, destroyed city districts in Russia, and soldiers' cemeteries (”Grave of Lt. Frhr. Grote”). • Scope: Several dozen original photos, firmly mounted on checkered album pages, mostly cleanly labeled with blue ink.