50 GERMANY TRIUMPHANT 1939 –1941
On land and in the air
Early in the Soviet invasion of the USSR in
June 1941, Heinkel 111 bombers fly over
German motorized and infantry forces
advancing in a column. It is likely this photo
was manipulated for dramatic effect,
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