One of the most controversial photographs from the Eastern Front depicts a Waffen-SS soldier armed with an MP 40 submachine gun standing beside several Soviet prisoners of war, one of whom appears to be critically wounded. Read more
A heavily burdened Axis machine gunner transports a captured Soviet DS-39 heavy machine gun across the snowy landscape of the Eastern Front. Read more
This striking winter photograph captures Red Army soldiers examining several captured German MG 34 machine guns after the Soviet counteroffensive during the Battle of Moscow. Dressed in heavy sheepskin coats and armed with PPSh-41 submachine guns, the Soviet troops carefully inspect one of the Wehrmacht's most feared infantry weapons. Read more
A battle-damaged Soviet Maxim machine gun abandoned during the dramatic opening months of the German invasion of the Soviet Union. Read more
The wreckage of the Soviet armored train “For the Motherland!” after devastating Luftwaffe air attacks near Voroshilovgrad in July 1942. Read more
Soviet ski scouts in white camouflage disembark from NKL-16 aerosleds during a winter reconnaissance mission behind enemy lines in 1942–1943. Read more
A remarkable 1944 photograph showing young wartime veterans of the Soviet Union on Palace Square in Leningrad after being accepted into the newly created Suvorov Military School. Read more