Major N.F. Syromyatnikov Assigns Combat Tasks to Red Army Signalmen — 1941, Dorohobuz

Major N.F. Syromyatnikov Assigns Combat Tasks to Red Army Signalmen — 1941, Dorohobuz

July 29, 2025 Reading time: 6 minutes

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 Watch the Evacuation of French Army Flags to North Africa — February 1941

Residents of Marseille Watch the Evacuation of French Army Flags to North Africa — February 1941

July 28, 2025 Reading time: 7 minutes

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


Captured Soviet T-34-76 Tank by Nazis — Early Model, Summer 1941

Captured Soviet T-34-76 Tank by Nazis — Early Model, Summer 1941

July 28, 2025 Reading time: 7 minutes

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 on Russian Roads — Autumn 1941, Eastern Front

German Trucks Stuck on Russian Roads — Autumn 1941, Eastern Front

July 25, 2025 Reading time: 6 minutes

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


Burnt Soviet BT-7 Light Tank — Destroyed on the Eastern Front, 1941

Burnt Soviet BT-7 Light Tank — Destroyed on the Eastern Front, 1941

July 24, 2025 Reading time: 7 minutes

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 — WWII, 1941

Funeral of a German Soldier on the Eastern Front — WWII, 1941

July 24, 2025 Reading time: 6 minutes

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


Abandoned Soviet KV-2 Tanks on the Streets of Zholkva — June 1941

Abandoned Soviet KV-2 Tanks on the Streets of Zholkva — June 1941

July 23, 2025 Reading time: 7 minutes

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