Romanian Peasant Woman Feeds Soviet Soldier with Cow’s Milk, August 1944
August 15, 2025 Reading time: 3 minutes
A Romanian peasant woman feeds a Soviet soldier with cow’s milk in August 1944, symbolizing friendship between liberators and locals. Read more
First German City Falls: Aachen Captured by US Forces, October 1944
August 14, 2025 Reading time: 3 minutes
In October 1944, Aachen became the first German city to fall to the Allies after brutal street combat. Captured German POWs stand in the heart of their homeland, marking a turning point in the Western Front campaign. Read more
German POWs March on Moscow’s Garden Ring, July 17, 1944
August 14, 2025 Reading time: 5 minutes
German POWs march through Moscow’s Garden Ring in July 1944 after their capture in Operation Bagration, with street-cleaning trucks symbolically following to cleanse the city of their presence. Read more
Street Washing in Moscow After the March of German POWs, July 17, 1944
August 13, 2025 Reading time: 4 minutes
Soviet street-washing trucks clean Moscow after 57,000 German POWs marched through the city in July 1944, marking the Soviet victory in Belarus. Read more
"Forward for the Motherland!" Soviet Soldier Charges into Battle in Belarus, 1944
August 3, 2025 Reading time: 7 minutes
A heroic Soviet soldier leads the charge with a PPSh-41 and RG-42 grenades during the liberation of Belarus in 1944, part of the Second Belarusian Front. Read more
Female Sniper of the Red Army in 1944 — Soviet Heroine on the Eastern Front
August 3, 2025 Reading time: 7 minutes
Female Red Army sniper, armed with a Mosin-Nagant rifle, in 1944 on the Baltic Front, showcasing the courage and heroism of Soviet women soldiers during WWII. Read more
Maria Dolina, Hero of the Soviet Union — Pe-2 Bomber Pilot in WWII
August 2, 2025 Reading time: 6 minutes
Maria Dolina, Hero of the Soviet Union, Pe-2 bomber pilot, completed 72 combat sorties and dropped 45 tons of bombs during WWII, awarded Hero status in 1945. Read more
