Air raid of Luftwaffe bombers to the Moscow city (the Capital of the Soviet Union) on the night of July 26, 1941. Eastern Front, Second World War.
Thin glowing track – work of the Soviet air defense, a thick white line – German parachute flares to illuminate the area for applying and adjusting air strikes (due to the large exposure when photographing tracks merged into a single line).
Pictured during Air raid of Luftwaffe is the Moscow River, Kremlin Embankment, Kremlin Vodovzvodnaya and Borovitskaya towers, the Bolshoy Kamenny Bridge.
Photography Location: Moscow
Time taken: 26 July 1941
Author: Margaret Bourke-White