A destroyed Königstiger and Panzer IV pushed to the side of the road in post war Germany.
More salvaged wrecks are in the background.
Post War Germany, 1945.
#OTD in 1944 the 501st Heavy Tank Battalion as hurriedly sent towards the Vistula to deal with a Soviet breakthrough. Their new King Tiger tanks were tremendously unreliable and only 8 reached Szydłów to fight the Red Army there. #tanks#history#WW2#WWII