Against all odds, Soviet officer Gilel Mirlin was reunited with his wife Elena near the front in the Lviv area in 1944. She brought news that his pre-war doctoral dissertation had been officially approved — and nine months later, their daughter was born. Read more
Paratroopers of the U.S. 101st Airborne Division ("Screaming Eagles") receive final instructions before boarding transport aircraft for their airborne assault during Operation Overlord. Read more
Soviet civilians, likely teenagers, executed by retreating German troops in Belarus. According to eyewitness testimony, the victims were taken from the village shortly before the German withdrawal and shot without explanation. Read more
Kazakh officer Major Baltabek Zhetpysbayev and Guards Sergeant Trofim Shalayev operate a 122 mm M-30 howitzer during fighting in Lithuania. Their actions were later commemorated in a reconstructed wartime photograph. Read more
Soviet scouts Mikhail Yeremin and Seitkasim Ashirov of the 331st Rifle Regiment, 96th Rifle Division. Their successful raid behind German lines during Operation Bagration earned both men nominations for the title Hero of the Soviet Union. Read more
T-34-85 tank number 10 of the 36th Guards Tank Brigade in liberated Belgrade. A BA-64 armored car is visible in the background. Read more
German StuG III Ausf. G destroyed in battle, with the body of a crewman lying beside the vehicle. Read more