The Marine establishes the Soviet naval flag in the liberated Sevastopol
The Russian Marine establishes the Soviet naval flag in the Sevastopol city, liberated from the Nazi occupation. Location: Sevastopol, Crimea, USSR Date: May 1944
The doctor of the Soviet military hospital Nikolai Shatalin
The doctor of the Soviet Red Army military hospital Nikolai Ivanovich Shatalin. Bryansk Front, November 1942 year. Signed on the back of the Nikolai Shatalin photo: “Dear, beloved, I am…
Residents of Prague dismantling a street barricade
Peaceful residents of Prague dismantle the street barricade after the end of hostilities in the city. Location: Prague, Czechoslovakia Date: May 1945
Soviet pilot from the 29th GIAP Major Andrey Chirkov
Russian pilot, future Hero of the Soviet Union assistant commander of the 29th Guards Fighter Aviation Regiment of the Red Army Air Force for the air-shooting service of the Guard…
The Soviet Er-2 long-range bomber during the factory tests
The Soviet long-range bomber Yer-2 during the factory tests at the Flight Research Institute (LII). The photo shows the first prototype of DB-240. The long-range bomber Er-2 was developed under…
Yokosuka MXY7 Ohka a plane-projectile for Japanese kamikaze pilots
Yokosuka MXY7 Ohka – Japanese special-purpose aircraft – a “cruise bomb” with a rocket engine, controlled by a kamikaze pilot. This Yokosuka MXY7 Ohka copy number I-I3 is now in…
The bomb shelter in London Underground
The Londoners use the Elephant&Castle metro station in the Southwark area as a bomb shelter during a night raid by German aviation of the Nazi Luftwaffe on the city. The…
Shot from a German 240-mm heavy howitzer
Shot from the German 240-mm heavy howitzer on the positions of Red Army on the Perekop Isthmus, Soviet Russia. This is 240 mm heavy howitzer of the Czechoslovak company Škoda,…
The population of the Chinese city of Dalian joyfully meets the Soviet T-34 tank
The civilian population of the Chinese city of Dalian (Dalny) joyously meets the Soviet T-34 medium tank from the 7th Mechanized Corps of the 6th Guards Tank Army. Location: Dalian,…
Repair of the KV-1 Suvorov tank at Moscow’s military plants
Repair of the heavy tank KV-1 “Suvorov” of the Red Army Armoured Force at one of the military factories in Moscow. Also on the left is the middle tank T-34,…