The liberation of Vyazma by the Red Army Infantry soldiers during Great Patriotic War of the Soviet Union (1941 – 1945). The Eastern Front of the Second World War in Europe.
Meeting of the Red Army soldier by the civilian population after the The liberation of Vyazma in March of 1943.
The city was occupied by the Germans on the October 7, 1941. Over the next year the Red Army has repeatedly tried to dislodge the Germans from the city, but the bloody battles were fruitless. March 12, 1943 Red Army soldiers of the Western Front during the Rzhev-Vyazma operation the city was liberated by the 5th and 33th Soviet Armies.
The photo shows the BA-10 armored cars of the Soviet manufacture from the Red Army Armored Force.
Photography Location: Vyazma, USSR
Time taken: March 1943
Author: Popov