#eastern front
Russian prisoners of war on their way home, 1917. Photo taken in Volhynia - an area which straddles modern day Poland, Belarus, and Ukraine.
Original image source: Austrian National Library
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TheItalian Army in Russia(Armata Italiana in Russia, or ARMIR) was an army-sized unit of the Italian Royal Army(Regio Esercito Italiano) which fought on the Eastern FrontduringWorld War II. The ARMIR was also known as the 8th Italian Army and initially had 235,000 soldiers.The Italian participation in operations in Russia proved extremely costly. Losses of the 8th Army from 20 August 1942-20 February 1943 totaled 87,795 killed and missing and 34,474 wounded and frostbitten. In March–April 1943, the remnants of the Army returned to Italy for rest and reorganization. Upon the surrender of Italy in September 1943, the Army was disbanded. Officially, ARMIR losses were 114,520 of the original 235,000 soldiers.
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German soldiers using a flamethrower to light a cigarette. Flamethrowers were used on the Eastern Front during World War 2.
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