German prisoners of war march through Moscow’s Garden Ring on July 17, 1944, after their capture during Operation Bagration, in what became known as the “Parade of the Vanquished.” Read more
Soviet street-washing trucks follow the route of 57,000 German prisoners of war through Moscow on July 17, 1944, after the famous "Parade of the Vanquished" following Operation Bagration. Read more
Soviet infantryman armed with a PPSh-41 submachine gun and RG-42 hand grenades during the liberation of Belarus in 1944, one of the decisive Soviet offensives of the Second World War. Read more
Female Red Army sniper armed with a Mosin–Nagant sniper rifle during operations on the Baltic Front in 1944, representing the important role of Soviet women in frontline combat during the Great Patriotic War. Read more
Maria Dolina, Hero of the Soviet Union and deputy commander of the 125th Guards Bomber Aviation Regiment, photographed in 1944 after dozens of combat missions in the Pe-2 dive bomber during the Great Patriotic War. Read more
Destroyed Pz.Kpfw. IV tanks of the German 20th Panzer Division after the Bobruisk Offensive, Belarus, June 1944. The photograph documents the aftermath of fighting during Operation Bagration. Read more
A collection of destroyed German vehicles, including a Lanz Bulldog Type 22/38 PS Kuhlerbulldog HR 6 aerodrome tractor, stands abandoned in Normandy, France, during the Normandy Campaign, 1944. Read more