German soldiers on the road in Poland
German soldiers from the Nazi Wehrmacht infantry on the road during the aggression against bourgeois Poland. Location: Poland Date: 1939
People’s Commissar of the Navy of the USSR, the flagship of the fleet of rank 2 Nikolai Kuznetsov
People’s Commissar of the Navy of the USSR, the flagship of the fleet of rank 2 Nikolai Gerasimovich Kuznetsov. The flagship of the fleet of the 2nd rank is the…
The Soviet sailor of the October Revolution battleship performs the Yablochko dance
Soviet sailor of the “October Revolution” battleship of the Baltic Fleet (until June 27, 1925, “Gangut”) of the Red Navy performs for his comrades the “Yablochko” dance of Russian naval…
German Sd.Kfz. 231 heavy armored car, destroyed by Polish artillery
German heavy armored car Sd.Kfz. 231 (8-Rad) from the reconnaissance battalion of one of the Nazi Wehrmacht Armored Divisions, destroyed by Polish artillery. Location: Poland Date: September 1939
The Soviet navigator-shooter Peter Zemlyakov during training at the flight school
The navigator-shooter of the wing of the 210th bomber air regiment, senior lieutenant Pyotr Alekseyevich Zemlyakov (1915-1943), flew to the Su-2 bomber in the winter of 1941, paired with twice…
Polish prisoners of war in a temporary German camp
Polish prisoners of war in a temporary German concentration camp, created by the Nazis in the territory of Poland that lost the war. Location: Poland Date: September 1939
Soviet soldiers prepare Maxim machine gun for conducting anti-aircraft fire
Soviet soldiers of the Red Army Air Defence are preparing Maxim machine gun to conduct anti-aircraft fire against Finnish aviation during the Winter War of 1939-1940. The Maxim machine gun…
Lieutenant Alexander Vorobyov, wounded in battles against Finnish troops
Lieutenant Alexander Vorobyov of the Red Army Infantry, wounded in battles against Finnish troops. 1939. Lieutenant Alexander Vorobyev served in the Railway Troops and the Military Communications Service (VOZO) of…
English King George VI inspects the 85th Squadron in France
English King George VI (in a light raincoat in the first row) inspects the 85th RAF squadron in France. On the airfield are Hawker “Hurricane” Mk I fighters (with a…
The German Admiral Graf Spee heavy cruiser, burning at the mouth of the La Plata River
Burning at the mouth of the River La Plata, the German “Admiral Graf Spee” heavy cruiser (“pocket battleship”) of the Nazi Kriegsmarine after flooding his team. Location: Uruguay Date: December…