Kharkov, Ukraine, USSR. 1941. The German attack on Russia began on 1941-06-22, Hitler's objective ...

Accession Number P02018.035
Collection type Photograph
Object type Negative
Conflict Second World War, 1939-1945
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Description

Kharkov, Ukraine, USSR. 1941. The German attack on Russia began on 1941-06-22, Hitler's objective being to capture vital areas of Western Russia and thereby make Russia militarily impotent in a quick campaign "before the end of the war against England". Here German tanks and troops are in the streets of Kharkov in the Ukraine.

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