Crew of Soviet Pe-2 Dive Bomber After Combat Mission, August 1944
October 7, 2025 Reading time: 5 minutes
Exhausted Soviet Pe-2 crew from the 11th Independent Reconnaissance Aviation Regiment after a dangerous combat sortie, August 1944. Read more
AlbumWar2: WWII Photo Archive & Rare High Resolution Images
Liberation of Kerch by 2nd Guards Tamanskaya Division, April 1944
October 3, 2025 Reading time: 4 minutes
The soldiers of the 2nd Guards Tamanskaya Rifle Division remove a German occupation sign from the Engels Club in Kerch, Crimea, after the liberation of the city during the Crimean Offensive, April 1944. Read more
US Sherman Tank Crew Poses Next to Destroyed German PzKpfw IV, 1944
October 3, 2025 Reading time: 5 minutes
American Sherman tank crew poses beside the destroyed German PzKpfw IV in Western Europe, 1944. Read more
Commanders of the Poltava Air Hub with Soviet Female Interpreter, June 1944
October 3, 2025 Reading time: 4 minutes
USAAF Colonels Barton and Rice pose with a Soviet female interpreter at the 169th Special Purpose Air Base during Operation Frantic, Poltava, Ukraine, June 1944. Read more
US and Soviet Officers at Tail Gun of B-17 Flying Fortress, Poltava Airfield, June 1944
October 2, 2025 Reading time: 4 minutes
Soviet Lieutenant Vorozheev and USAAF Staff Sergeant Thomas Summers stand beside the tail gun position of a B-17 Flying Fortress at Poltava Airfield during Operation Frantic, June 1944. Read more
US and Soviet Technicians Service B-17 Flying Fortress Engine at Poltava Airfield, June 1944
October 2, 2025 Reading time: 4 minutes
USAAF and Soviet technicians perform maintenance on the engine of a B-17 Flying Fortress at Poltava Airfield during Operation Frantic, Ukraine, June 1944. Read more
Russian Child Soldier “Son of the Regiment” with US Servicemen at Poltava Airfield, June 1944
October 2, 2025 Reading time: 5 minutes
A World War II photograph of USAAF Sergeant S. Weinshenker and Tech Sergeant William Topps posing with a 10-year-old Soviet “Son of the Regiment” at Poltava Airfield, Ukraine, during Operation Frantic, June 1944. Read more