WWII in Focus: Daily Photos from the Frontlines
American Convoy Rolls Through Liberated Cherbourg, 1944 — With Captured Nazi Kettenkrad
June 22, 2025 Reading time: 3 minutes
A U.S. military convoy crosses Cherbourg’s Place du Général de Gaulle in 1944. Visible on the right is a captured German NSU HK-101 Kettenkrad, pressed into Allied service. Read more
Rare Soviet SU-T-26 Improvised Self-Propelled Gun Defends Besieged Leningrad, 1941
June 22, 2025 Reading time: 4 minutes
Military inspector V.O. Shpakovsky examines a rare 76mm SU-T-26 self-propelled gun during its final inspection at the Kirov Plant in besieged Leningrad. Read more
Soviet T-28 Multi-Turreted Tank Defends Leningrad, 1941
June 22, 2025 Reading time: 3 minutes
A rare T-28 medium tank, from the 42nd Army’s 51st Independent Tank Battalion, dug in as a fixed gun position during the defense of Leningrad. Read more
"The Commissar" – Soviet Infantry Counterattack Near Stalingrad, 1942
June 22, 2025 Reading time: 3 minutes
Soviet infantry launches a counterattack near Stalingrad during heavy German artillery fire. Central figure wields a PPSh-41. Photo known as “The Commissar.” Read more
"For the Motherland!" – The Iconic Soviet WWII Photo by Mark Markov-Grinberg, 1943
June 22, 2025 Reading time: 3 minutes
Soviet soldier storms into battle during WWII. One of the most iconic war photographs ever taken, symbolizing Red Army courage on the Eastern Front. Read more
German Military Parade in Plovdiv, Bulgaria – Axis Allies on the Balkan Front, 1940
June 22, 2025 Reading time: 3 minutes
German infantry parade through the central square of Plovdiv while Bulgaria was politically aligned with Nazi Germany during WWII. Read more
Erwin Rommel and the Surrender of the British 51st Highland Division, June 1940
June 22, 2025 Reading time: 3 minutes
German General Erwin Rommel with captured British officers including Major-General Sir Victor Morven Fortune, following the surrender of the 51st Highland Division. Read more