Month: May 2018

Japanese A6M “Zero” fighters before flying to attack the US Navy base in Pearl Harbor on the deck of the “Akagi” aircraft carrier. A6M “Zero” fighter photo taken a few…

“Forward – to the West!” – Sergeant M. Kurmaev, awarded with two Orders of Glory and a medal “For Courage”, makes an inscription on his Soviet helmet. With him, Sergeant…

Mamayev Kurgan in the winter of 1945 after the end of Battle of Stalingrad. In the foreground is a broken German anti-tank gun Pak 40 of the Nazi Wehrmacht. Location:…

Soviet experimental KV-13 medium tank of the Red Army Armoured Force. Russian KV-13 tank, designed as a universal tank, designed to replace both KV and T-34. However, in the future,…

English pilot, Flight Sergeant George “Grumpy” Unwin on the Spitfire Mk IA fighter from the 19 th Squadron of the Royal Air Force (RAF) is preparing for combat sorties. The…

Recharging weapons and refueling the British Hurricane Mk.I fighter of the Royal Air Force (RAF) during the Battle of Britain. Ground personnel of the airfield are engaged in charging the…

American soldiers from the 5th Marine Division of the US Army overcome a hill of volcanic sand. Iwo Jima Island, landing zone (beach) “Red” No. 1, February 19, 1945. Source…

Automatic 37-mm anti-aircraft gun 70-K with it team on the roof of the turret of the battleship Sevastopol of the Red Navy (until May 31, 1943, the Paris Commune). In…

Soviet Ilyushin Il-2 ground attack aircraft from the 4th Air Army of the Red Air Force (commanded by Colonel-General of the Aviation K. Vershinin) in the sky over Berlin. Location:…

Portrait of the Soviet sailor of the cruiser Molotov of the Worker’s and Peasant’s Red Fleet of the Soviet Union. Author: Evgeni Khaldei