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Wary encounters on the Eastern Front

10th February 1942: The Wehrmacht and Red Army keep each other at arms length in the bitter cold of Russia

Feb 10, 2022
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On the Eastern Front German soldiers improvise a small ‘Panjeschled’ for laying field communications cable.

On the Eastern Front the sub zero temperatures continued to restrict the movements of the Wehrmacht. Germans troops were adapting to the conditions as best they could but it was more a matter of local improvisation than being supplied with proper …

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