Behemoth Lost: Soviet KV-2 Heavy Tank Captured by Germans, 1941
June 25, 2025 Reading time: 4 minutes
Abandoned Soviet KV-2 heavy tank with towing cables, likely left behind after a breakdown during the early stages of the German invasion. A 152mm shell is visible atop the turret. Read more
Loading Soviet Troops Onto the Destroyer Leader Tashkent Before the Fall of Sevastopol
June 25, 2025 Reading time: 4 minutes
Loading of a Soviet 76mm F-22 gun onto the destroyer leader “Tashkent” before her final mission to Sevastopol. Read more
Black Jackets Prepare: Soviet Naval Scouts, 2nd Baltic Fleet – August 1941
June 25, 2025 Reading time: 5 minutes
Soviet naval infantry of the 2nd Separate Brigade of the Baltic Fleet during the Battle of Leningrad. Front and center: Chief Petty Officer Nikolai F. Garanovsky, later killed in action in 1944. Read more
Fallen Hero: Grave of Soviet Lt. Nikolai Smyslov Near Voronezh, 1942
June 24, 2025 Reading time: 4 minutes
Soviet soldiers stand beside the grave of Junior Lieutenant Nikolai Ivanovich Smyslov, killed in action on August 28, 1942. His name is partially visible on the grave marker. Read more
Honored Hero: Soviet Sergeant Awarded the Order of the Red Banner, 1943
June 24, 2025 Reading time: 4 minutes
A Soviet sergeant receives the Order of the Red Banner — a rare honor for an enlisted man — for exceptional valor on the Eastern Front. Read more
Wehrmacht Refueling Operation: Pz.Kpfw. IV Ausf. B Reloaded in Smolensk – July 1941
June 24, 2025 Reading time: 3 minutes
German 12th Panzer Division tankers use Soviet POWs to roll barrels of fuel onto a Pz.Kpfw. IV Ausf. B during early stages of Operation Barbarossa. Read more
Rare Soviet SU-T-26 Improvised Self-Propelled Gun Defends Besieged Leningrad – 1941
June 22, 2025 Reading time: 4 minutes
Military inspector V.O. Shpakovsky examines a rare 76mm SU-T-26 self-propelled gun during its final inspection at the Kirov Plant in besieged Leningrad. Read more