Soviet Counterattack on the Eastern Front This photo depicts Russian soldiers, following a Red Army tank, participating in the massive Soviet counterattack in mid-1942 to push back the Nazi onslaught while snow is still on the ground. German soldiers firing from somewhere behind the smoke have killed two of the Russians as their comrades trudge doggedly ahead. The photo suggests the brutal, inch-by-inch, farmhouse-by-farmhouse fighting on the eastern front. © Bettmann/CORBIS.