Major Nikolai Syromyatnikov, Chief of Communications of the 127th Rifle Division, assigning tasks to Red Army signalmen near Dorohobuz, 1941. Read more
Residents of Marseille watching the evacuation of French army flags to North Africa after the defeat of the French army by Nazi Germany in February 1941. Read more
A captured Soviet T-34-76 tank by the Nazis in the summer of 1941, showcasing an early model of the T-34 with missing machine gun and roadwheels. Read more
German trucks stuck in the muddy roads of Soviet Russia during autumn 1941, as German soldiers struggle to free their vehicles in a captured village. Read more
A burnt Soviet BT-7 light tank, destroyed on the Eastern Front in 1941. This tank was part of the Red Army's early losses during the Nazi invasion. Read more
Funeral of a German soldier on the Eastern Front, 1941, showing a military honor guard before burial. The soldier, Albert Holthausen, served in the 18th Infantry Regiment. Read more
Two abandoned KV-2 tanks from the 8th Tank Division of the Red Army on the streets of Zholkva, Western Ukraine, June 1941, during the Soviet retreat in the face of Nazi invasion. Read more