Life and death on the Eastern Front : rare colour photographs from the Second World War

This incredible visual record of life and death along the Eastern Front features more than 250 images from the the PIXPAST Archive, a collection of more than 32,000 original color photographs taken between 1936 and 1946. Collated into three parts and organized thematically, the book begins with images of the ground war, including Hitler’s invasion of the Soviet Union and the tanks, vehicles, weaponry and infantry on both sides. Moving into the war in the skies, the images depict aircraft in flight and on the ground, the bombers, fighters, Luftwaffe personnel and the destruction wrought from battle. And finally, the images take us behind the lines, to the prisoners of war, partisans, medics, the daily lives and leisure activities of soldiers and civilians along the front and the impact of the harsh Russian winter. Accompanied by text by renowned author and commentator Anthony Tucker-Jones, these images offer a rare, often surprising insight into the realities of the Second World War and people caught up in it, in vivid color detail. This incredible visual record of life and death along the Eastern Front draws from the PIXPAST Archive, a collection built by Ian Spring of more than 32,000 original colour photographs taken between 1936 and 1946. Collated into three parts and organised thematically, the book begins with images of the ground war, including Hitlers invasion of the Soviet Union and the tanks, vehicles, weaponry and infantry on both sides. Moving into the war in the skies, the images depict aircraft in flight and on the ground, the bombers, fighters, Luftwaffe personnel and the destruction wrought from battle. And finally, the images take us behind the lines, to the prisoners of war, partisans, medics, the daily lives and leisure activities of soldiers and civilians along the front and the impact of the harsh Russian winter. With 250 photographs and text by renowned author and commentator Anthony Tucker-Jones, these images offer a rare, often surprising insight into the realities of the Second World War and people caught up in it, in vivid colour detail. Cover Also by Anthony Tucker-Jones Copyright Contents Introduction: The Cameramen Eastern Front Chronology: Key Events Part One The Ground War 1 Day of the Panzer 2 ‘Had I Known’ 3 Yellow Waffenfarben 4 Beasts of Burden 5 Poor Bloody Infantry 6 God ofWar 7 ‘The Door Knocker’ 8 Stalin’s Debris 9 The Art of Logistics 10 The Officer’s Limo 11 A Job for the Engineers Plate section Part Two War in the Skies 12 The Luftwaffe’s Fighters 13 Smashed on the Ground 14 Wail of the Dive-Bombers 15 TheWelcome Auntie 16 Air Defence Duties Part Three Behind the Lines 17 Troublesome Axis Allies 18 Prisoners ofWar 19 The PartisanWar 20 The Medics 21 Leisure Time on the Ostfront 22 Enduring Russia’sWinter Sources and Further Reading Back Cover A visual journey through the landscape of war along the Eastern Front as never seen before.