German Volkssturm troops with Panzerfäuste at Königsberg, Germany, Jan 1945DShK M1938 heavy machine being used as a tank-mounted weapon by a Soviet soldier in Danzig, late Mar 1945Soviet troops fighting in Königsberg, East Prussia, Germany, Apr 1945German prisoners of war marching across a bridge after being captured by the Soviets, Königsberg, Germany (now Kaliningrad, Russia), Apr 1945
German Volkssturm troops with Panzerfäuste at Königsberg, Germany, Jan 1945DShK M1938 heavy machine being used as a tank-mounted weapon by a Soviet soldier in Danzig, late Mar 1945Soviet troops fighting in Königsberg, East Prussia, Germany, Apr 1945German prisoners of war marching across a bridge after being captured by the Soviets, Königsberg, Germany (now Kaliningrad, Russia), Apr 1945
Fort after Soviet capture, Königsberg, Germany (now Kaliningrad, Russia), circa mid-Apr 1945
Fort after Soviet capture, Königsberg, Germany (now Kaliningrad, Russia), circa mid-Apr 1945
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