WW II - Eastern Campaign 1942

Propaganda text! from Nazi news reporting on the back of the picture: 'Anti-tank dogs, a new Soviet perfidiousness. During fighting in the East our soldiers encountered a new Soviet fighting method, which can only have its source in a Jewish Bolshevik head. The Soviets have trained dogs to crawl under German tanks with an explosive charge on their backs. When the dogs back touched the tank a detonator was supposed to set off the 3. 6 kg charge and blow up the tank. These dog units, pompously called 'destroyer' by the Bolsheviks, consisted of 235 men, each of whom had one dog. The dog was obviously supposed to lose its life and according to orders found on prisoners, the dog handlers were supposed to return after the dog was 'used up' and receive a new one. - Our picture shows a trial with a captured anti-tank dog. Although the animal approached the tank, it turned away from it shortly before reaching it. Despite the long training the dogs were gun-shy and took flight in the head of battle. ' (Flaws in quality due to the historic picture copy)