GERMAN WW2 CIGARETTE CASE, VON ANFANG BIS ENDE

GERMAN WW2 CIGARETTE CASE, VON ANFANG BIS ENDE
RARE GERMAN WW2 CIGARETTE CASE
The case has inscription in German: Von Anfang bis Ende ( from the beginning to the end), Iron Cross and date 1939-1945. Trench art.
CONDITION: The item is described to the best of our knowledge. Please refer to pictures and email with any questions.
SIZE: 78 x 42 x 10 mm. Very collectible item. This item was obtained from a large old collection in Europe.
Original, not reproduction. From real old collection! The item is for historic museum or private collection. Please note: last image is for sample only.
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WIKIPEDIA: Use of armored forces was crucial for both sides on the Eastern Front. Operation Barbarossa, the German invasion of the Soviet Union in 1941, involved a number of breakthroughs and encirclements by motorized forces. Its goal according to Fuhrer Directive 21 (18 December 1940) was 'to destroy the Russian forces deployed in the West and to prevent their escape into the wide-open spaces of Russia'. The Red Army was to be destroyed west of the Dvina and Dnieper rivers, which were about 500 kilometers (310 miles) east of the Soviet border, to be followed by a mopping-up operation. The surprise attack resulted in the near annihilation of the Voyenno-Vozdushnye Sily (VVS, Soviet Air Force) by simultaneous attacks on airfields, allowing the Luftwaffe to achieve total air supremacy over all the battlefields within the first week. On the ground, four German panzer groups outflanked and encircled disorganized Red Army units, while the marching infantry completed the encirclements and defeated the trapped forces. In late July, after 2nd Panzer Group (commanded by Guderian) captured the watersheds of the Dvina and Dnieper rivers near Smolensk, the panzers had to defend the encirclement, because the marching infantry divisions were still hundreds of kilometers to the west.