Soviet steam locomotive at the railway station seized by the Nazis
Soviet steam locomotive E.6009 at the railroad station seized by the Nazis. Source of Soviet steam locomotive photo information: 1. vparavoz.com
Burnt out hull Soviet DS-9 landing ship on the island of Shumshu, where the landing of the marines took place
The burnt-out hull of the Soviet-made amphibious assault ship DS-9 (LCI-554) on the beach of Shumshu Island, where the landing of the Red Army Marine Corps. In the battle, almost…
Soviet DS-5 landing ship destroyed by Japanese coastal artillery fire from Shumshu Island
Soviet DS-5 amphibious assault ship of the American-made (formerly USS LCI-525) destroyed by Japanese coastal artillery fire and sank at the landing site. Location: Shumshu Island, Kuril Islands, USSR
Soviet naval flag over the Japanese base of Kataoka on Shumshu Island
Japan’s capitulation: Deputy head of political model for Komsomol work, senior lieutenant V. Streltsov raises the Soviet naval flag over the former Japanese military base Kataoka. Location: Shumshu Island, Kuril…
Soviet motorcyclist gives a written message to the crew of the BA-10 armored car
Soviet-Finnish Winter War (1939–1940): TIZ-AM-600 the Soviet motorcyclist gives a written message to the crew of the BA-10 armored car. The rear wheels of the car are “shod” in removable…
Grafskaya Wharf in liberated Sevastopol
The Russian monument of architecture of 1848 – Grafskaya Wharf – in Sevastopol city, freed from the Nazis Forces. Location: Sevastopol, Crimea, Russia Date: 1944 Author photo Boris Sheinin
The best Soviet pilots of the 23rd Fighter Aviation Regiment
The best Soviet pilots of the 23rd Fighter Aviation Regiment. The 23rd Fighter Regiment in 1942 operated on the sector of the South-Western Front of the Red Army and was…
Soviet soldiers during the break of the Nazi siege in the Battle of Leningrad
Soviet soldiers from the infantry of the Red Army in the attack during the beginning of the Nazi siege in the Battle of Leningrad city. Location: Leningrad, USSR Date: January…
Red Army soldiers surrender to Waffen-SS
Disorganized soldiers of the Bolshevik’s Red Army surrender to the Waffen-SS during the Nazi Blitzkrieg in the East. Operation Barbarossa. Location: USSR Date: June 1941
Saving the surviving British and Australians from the torpedoed Japanese Rakué Maru prison ship
The rescue of the surviving British and Australians from the Japanese “Rakué Maru” prison ship, which was torpedoed by the American submarine “Sealion” (SS-315). The rescue of prisoners of war…