Northern Russia-encirclement of Kholm.- parachute supply canister
stuck in the tree, in late January-March -series of photos shot by PKK
photographer Richard Muck who had the [luck][misfortune] to be stuck
in this dump of a town during the Russian counteroffensive- By 28th
January Kholm was fully encircled.
The fortress area measured barely a square mile, and later shrank to
only about half a square mile. It was held by 5000 to 5500 men. In
parts, the front of the pocket ran right through the middle of the
town. The men knew every house, every ruin, every tree, and every
bomb-crater between the northern cemetery, the hairpin bend, the GPU
prison, and the police-station ravine. These were the four most
notorious strongpoints of the fortress. The town was being besieged by
three Soviet rifle divisions, who charged day after day.
So Richard Muck had himself a real scoop and he continued taking
photos. The only downside was being killed, maimed or worst of all,
captured.
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