WWII USSR-ITALY Two officers in ambush along the Don; in the winter of 1942; shortly before the breakthrough of the front in Ukraine. With binoculars is Lieutenant Alpine Roberto Cacchi (1914-2004): author of numerous valuable photographic evidences in colors of the tragic expedition to Russia; he had asked the orderly Neo Ruffini to take it back with his Leica; Lieutenant and attendant survived and returned as veterans of the 2nd Division Alpine "Tridentine"; 6th Alpini Regiment; Battalion Verona. USSR; Winter 1942