LaGG-3 fighter No. 932 of the 88th Fighter Aviation Regiment, bearing the Georgian inscription "For Soviet Georgia", photographed in the North Caucasus during the spring of 1943, illustrating how civilians across the Soviet republics contributed to the wartime aviation effort. Read more
Soviet infantrymen of the Kalinin Front gather around a harmonica player before the assault on Velikiye Luki on January 14, 1943, capturing one of the final quiet moments before returning to one of the fiercest battles on the Eastern Front. Read more
Baltic Fleet sailors hold two-year-old Igor, rescued from starvation during the Siege of Leningrad in 1943. The photograph, taken by Boris Kudoyarov, became one of the enduring visual records of civilian survival during the blockade. Read more
Vickers Wellington Mk.IA bomber N2887 of the Royal Air Force Central Gunnery School in flight over Chatteris, Cambridgeshire, on June 24, 1943. Read more
Soviet soldier throws an RGD-33 grenade during close combat on the Eastern Front in 1943. The dramatic moment was captured by Soviet photographer Dmitry Baltermants. Read more
German soldiers with an MG-34 machine gun during the winter of 1942–1943 on the Eastern Front. The soldiers are wearing fur winter hats similar in appearance to the Soviet ushanka. Read more
Soviet tankers from the 6th Guards Tank Breakthrough Regiment pose with a KV-1S heavy tank in April 1943. Read more