Soviet sappers use wire cutters to clear barbed wire in front of a fortified German position whilst trying to avoid mortar shells - Zhitomir, Ukraine, Dec 1943 #ww2 #worldwar2 #zhitomir #ukraine #easternfront #sappers #mortars #wirecutters #history

German troops retake the city of Zhitomir, Ukraine - Dec 1943. It proved to be a short lived success #ww2 #worldwar2 #zhitomir #ukraine #easternfront #sovietunion