Abandoned Soviet T-26 Light Tank in Western Ukraine, 1941
August 23, 2025 Reading time: 4 minutes
Abandoned Soviet T-26 light tank in Western Ukraine, 1941, during the opening months of Operation Barbarossa. Read more
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German Soldier Writing a Letter on an Abandoned Soviet T-34-76 Tank, USSR 1941
August 22, 2025 Reading time: 4 minutes
A German soldier writes a letter home while sitting on an abandoned Soviet T-34-76 tank during the first year of the German invasion of the USSR, 1941. Read more
Wrecked Soviet Polikarpov I-153 “Chaika” Fighter Captured by German Soldiers, Summer 1941
August 18, 2025 Reading time: 4 minutes
German soldiers inspect the wreckage of a Soviet Polikarpov I-153 "Chaika" fighter destroyed during the opening weeks of Operation Barbarossa in the summer of 1941. Read more
Messerschmitt Bf.109E7 of JG-27 at a Yugoslav Airfield, April 1941
August 17, 2025 Reading time: 4 minutes
Messerschmitt Bf.109E-7 fighter of Luftwaffe Jagdgeschwader 27 (JG 27) at a Yugoslav airfield during the German Balkan campaign, April 1941. Read more
Luftwaffe Night Raid on Moscow, July 26, 1941 — Soviet Anti-Aircraft Defense in Action
August 14, 2025 Reading time: 5 minutes
On the night of July 26, 1941, Soviet anti-aircraft guns fired into the skies above Moscow as Luftwaffe bombers illuminated the capital with parachute flares during one of the largest early air raids of the war. Read more
Luftwaffe Night Raid on Moscow: July 26, 1941, by Margaret Bourke-White
August 10, 2025 Reading time: 4 minutes
A haunting night photograph by Margaret Bourke-White captures the Luftwaffe air raid on Moscow on July 26, 1941, showing the Kremlin, Moscow River, anti-aircraft fire, and illumination flares during one of the first major attacks on the Soviet capital. Read more
Captured Soviet Aircraft of the 15th Fighter Aviation Regiment at Kaunas Airfield, June 1941
August 10, 2025 Reading time: 4 minutes
Abandoned Soviet fighters at Kaunas airfield reveal the difficult transition period of the Red Air Force on the eve of Operation Barbarossa. Among the aircraft captured by German troops in June 1941 were Polikarpov I-15bis, I-153, I-16 fighters, UTI-4 trainers, and modern MiG-3 interceptors of the 15th Fighter Aviation Regiment. Read more