Germans capture Soviet soldiers, 1942
The small emblems on the sleeves of the two Germans just to the right of center of the pic indicate that they're signals troops. I'd guess this was happening well behind the front lines, and the surrendering troops (one emerging from the cellar, plus two at right of the picture) had been cut off and hiding out for awhile.
That or it was staged after the fact with pow's and troops that were available behind the lines.
That came out rather cynical-sounding, I don't mean to disparage the picture itself and staged war photographs have historical and sometimes artistic merit as well. It is also possible it was not staged, it just comes across as a possibility to me. (some people always get very irate when it is even presented as a possibility for some reason)
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