Style1½ inches thick (3.75 cm) Product Details Artist grade canvas, archival inks, wooden stretcher bars, and UVB protective coating
AvailablityUsually ships within five business days. ArtistP Coote CollectionWorldWarII
Description In late September 1942 General von Paulus ordered the 6th Army to undertake another offensive to try and capture the city of Stalingrad and drive the defending Russians into the Volga. The exhausted veterans of the 389th Infantry Division had been in almost constant combat for months but, once again, were ordered to attack and capture the huge Red October steel factory. This painting depicts two members of the 545th Infantry Regiment, tension and fear etched on their faces, taking cover whilst advancing towards the burning factory workers apartments on the morning of the 28th September. The fighting involved brutal, close-quarter killing of their brave and determined Russian opponents.
P Coote Member Since November 2008 Artist Statement The German soldier in World War 2
The artist has a long-standing historical interest in the German armed forces that fought on land during the Second World War. Thus, the artist specialises in depicting individual soldiers or the battles that they fought in. The works are original and inspired by the wealth of photographs from the conflict and attempt to portray the experience of conflict as captured on the faces of the participants.
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