Young Red Army recruits take the military oath before their unit's battle flag during a solemn ceremony in the summer of 1944. Read more
A captured Hungarian 43M Zrínyi assault gun stands abandoned after fighting on the Eastern Front. The vehicle was later sent to Kubinka for examination by Soviet specialists.
Soviet infantry entrenched along the Eastern bank of the Western Dvina River fires a Maxim machine gun toward German positions during the liberation of Vitebsk in June 1944. Read more
Hungarian-operated Messerschmitt Me 210 heavy fighter equipped with rocket projectiles and a 40 mm cannon, photographed in late 1944 as Germany attempted desperate anti-bomber solutions. Read more
A Soviet Maxim machine gun crew fights under German artillery fire during the brutal battles for Crimea in the spring of 1944. Read more
Soviet soldiers operating a Maxim machine gun mounted on a Willys Jeep in 1944. A WWII image showing Lend-Lease mobility and frontline adaptation. Read more
U.S. Marines resting after the Battle of Peleliu, 1944. A powerful WWII image showing exhaustion after one of the Pacific War’s bloodiest battles. Read more