Month: May 2021

Nevsky Prospekt in the Russian city of Leningrad in the first months after the lifting of the Nazi siege and the defeat of the Wehrmacht’s Heeresgruppe Nord. Nevsky Prospekt photo…

Soviet pilot from the 9th Guards Fighter Aviation Regiment of the Red Army Air Force Amet-khan Sultan (1920-1971), Hero of the Soviet Union (future twice Hero), sits on the wing…

The famous German pilot from the 9th squadron of JG52 fighter squadron (9./JG52) of the Nazi Luftwaffe Hermann Graf near the Messerschmitt Bf 109f-4 fighter aircraft.In the photo, Hermann Graf’s…

German soldiers pull up a camouflage net over the firing position of the 88mm FlaK 18 anti-aircraft gun during the Phoney War (Drôle de guerre, Sitzkrieg). Location: GermanyPhoto Time: 1940

Mikhail Fomich Zolotar (right), born in 1910, sniper of the 2nd Rifle Battalion of the 439th Rifle Regiment of the 52nd Rifle Shumensky-Vienna Rifle Division of the Red Army. Mikhail…

A convoy of Soviet T-70 light tanks from the Armored Forces of the Red Army on the outskirts of Krasnoye Selo. T-70 light tanks photo source: krasnoselmuseum.narod.ru. Location: Leningrad region,…

A destroyed Soviet T-34-76 medium tank of the Red Army Armored Forces in the center of Poltava.A turret hatch is leaning against the T-34-76 road roller of the tank.In the…

Japanese Aoba heavy cruiser sunk by American aircraft at Kure. View from the stern. The catapult for launching the seaplane is clearly visible. The Aoba cruiser was built at the…

Portrait of the Soviet Army General Nikolai Fedorovich Vatutin (1901-1944) in 1943 on the line of the Soviet-German front. Location: USSRPhoto Time: 1943

German 88-mm anti-aircraft gun FlaK 36/37, abandoned on the outskirts of Konigsberg fortified city after its capture by the Forces of the Red Army. Location: Konigsberg, East Prussia, GermanyPhoto time:…