![German forces and supplies at a river crossing on the way to the front. [LCID: 08779]](https://encyclopedia.ushmm.org/images/large/c80f6ff9-f736-4918-bfee-17de7d7cc326.jpg "German forces and supplies at a river crossing on the way to the front. [LCID: 08779]")
SS troops unload artillery at a river crossing on the way to the front. Soviet Union, October 1941.
Item View![A German army column struggles through the mud, past a destroyed Soviet tank. [LCID: 09577]](https://encyclopedia.ushmm.org/images/large/9cc11a04-2795-4ae1-885b-c5dbcb9b677e.jpg "A German army column struggles through the mud, past a destroyed Soviet tank. [LCID: 09577]")
A German army column struggles through the mud, past a destroyed Soviet tank. Nevel, Soviet Union, fall 1943.
Item View![German infantry during the invasion of the Soviet Union in 1941. [LCID: 15582]](https://encyclopedia.ushmm.org/images/large/0435177c-fd3c-4581-835e-f61ad6fc1060.jpg "German infantry during the invasion of the Soviet Union in 1941. [LCID: 15582]")
German infantry during the invasion of the Soviet Union in 1941.
Item View![German officers review their orders during the invasion of the Soviet Union in 1941. [LCID: 15583]](https://encyclopedia.ushmm.org/images/large/fe03cf2f-3e22-4d8a-ae30-1f77e54868da.jpg "German officers review their orders during the invasion of the Soviet Union in 1941. [LCID: 15583]")
German officers review their orders during the invasion of the Soviet Union in 1941.
Item View![German vehicles loaded on trains headed toward the eastern front to reinforce German forces during the invasion of the Soviet Union ... [LCID: 15584]](https://encyclopedia.ushmm.org/images/large/4a5014ef-71de-47e8-8a67-91665edc7876.jpg "German vehicles loaded on trains headed toward the eastern front to reinforce German forces during the invasion of the Soviet Union ... [LCID: 15584]")
This photograph shows German vehicles that have been loaded on trains headed toward the eastern front to reinforce German forces during the invasion of the Soviet Union in 1941. A German soldier poses in the front car.
Item View![A column of refugees in the Soviet Union, following the German invasion of Soviet territory on June 22, 1941. [LCID: 03181]](https://encyclopedia.ushmm.org/images/large/e38ef037-b28f-4f3b-9b77-281b9558aa29.jpg "A column of refugees in the Soviet Union, following the German invasion of Soviet territory on June 22, 1941. [LCID: 03181]")
A column of refugees in the Soviet Union, following the German invasion of Soviet territory on June 22, 1941. Soviet Union, between 1941 and 1944.
Item View![Refugees in the Soviet Union, following the German invasion of Soviet territory on June 22, 1941. [LCID: 03179]](https://encyclopedia.ushmm.org/images/large/94413e71-cef8-461e-84c1-a275abae835a.jpg "Refugees in the Soviet Union, following the German invasion of Soviet territory on June 22, 1941. [LCID: 03179]")
Soviet refugees sit around a fire in a makeshift camp, following the German invasion of Soviet territory on June 22, 1941. Soviet Union, between 1941 and 1944.
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