The Recapture of Kharkov
After the destruction of the 3rd armored army, despite reinforcements sent by the Stavka south of Kharkov, the Soviets can no longer contain the 4.Panzerarmee offensive towards the Donets basin city. The town falls into the hands of the Germans on the 15 or 16 of March (the date of the end of the battles in the town cannot be determined precisely, as a few isolated groups of Russian soldiers tried for several days to rejoin their lines), that is a month after being abandoned by Paul Hausser.
Photo: the only division troops fighting in the Kharkov itself are from Kampfgruppe “Kuntsmann”. 7.Kp./SS-Pa.Regt.3 is part of it. Its chief SS-Oberturmführer Behr, is on the left with the headphones. One of his section chiefs share a brief respite with him.