WW II - Eastern Campaign 1942

Propaganda text! from Nazi news reporting on the back of the picture: ' Here lived the Bolsheviks. The Bolsheviks systematically burned and scorched all villages, from which they were displaced again during the winter atrition warfare. This village in the middle section of the front, which was taken by a German surprise counter attack, was already burning in every nook and corner when the German troops appeared. The inhabitants were abandoned unprotected from the cold by them. ' Picture from the Eastern Front, 25 February 1942. (Flaws in quality due to the historic picture copy)