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Battle Lines Photos and captions on front line fighting on all fronts. Major battles like Tobruk, Stalingrad, Tarawa as well as small unit actions.

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Old May 21st, 2008, 11:46 PM
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Nothing like the Russian mud to stop an army.

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A VW Kübelwagen (700kg) being pulled out of the mud by nine SS soldiers, November 1943.


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A VW-Schwimmwagen of the LSSAH in the mud. Note the Panther tanks in the background. November 1943.
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The soldiers are unloading fuel drums (for the Tigers) before digging this supply truck (SS-169 659) out of the muck and mire.
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Re: Mud
What a fun place.

Russian vehicles seemed to suffer the same problems. Two versions of the T28, one of which is in glue.

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Troops board a ME 323 on muddy Russian airfield.

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Re: Mud
And it seemed to go on for miles...



Wehrmacht trucks on a mud slick road in Russia
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Re: Mud
This might be pretty good in the mud.
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That's brilliant Horch. Don't know what it is, but it's brilliant.
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It's a 'Latil' TL 4X4 Tractor. Those grippers would fold in around the hub when not in use.
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This might be pretty good in the mud.
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Re: Mud
These are images from the invasion of Yugoslavia in April 1941:

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