Abandoned Soviet KV-2 heavy tank with towing cables, likely left behind after a mechanical breakdown during the opening months of Operation Barbarossa. A 152mm shell rests atop the turret. Read more
Soviet naval infantrymen of the 2nd Separate Brigade of the Baltic Fleet during the Battle for Leningrad. Front and center is Chief Petty Officer Nikolai F. Garanovsky, who was later killed in action in 1944. Read more
German 12th Panzer Division tankers use Soviet POWs to roll barrels of fuel onto a Pz.Kpfw. IV Ausf. B during the early stages of Operation Barbarossa. Read more
Wehrmacht motorcyclists pause beside a road sign near Leningrad during the opening months of Operation Barbarossa. Read more
Military inspector V.O. Shpakovsky examines a rare improvised 76 mm self-propelled gun based on the T-26 light tank during final inspection at the Kirov Plant in besieged Leningrad. Read more
A rare Soviet T-28 medium tank of the 51st Independent Tank Battalion, 42nd Army, converted into a fortified firing position during the defense of Leningrad. Read more
German Bf 109F-2 fighter of 3./JG3 "Udet" shot down by Soviet anti-aircraft fire near Kyiv during the opening phase of Operation Barbarossa. Pilot Heinz Schmidt was captured alive. Read more