Leningrad Under Siege: Soviet D-3 Torpedo Boat Crew Prepares for Action, 1942
June 18, 2025 Reading time: 4 minutes
The crew of Soviet torpedo boat D-3, commanded by Hero of the Soviet Union Vladimir P. Gumanenko (right), during naval operations of the Baltic Fleet in the Siege of Leningrad. Read more
Final Winter of the I-16: Soviet Fighter Pilots on the Kalinin Front, 1943
June 18, 2025 Reading time: 4 minutes
Commander I.A. Ivanenkov (right) of the 728th IAP hears a mission report from I-16 pilot Denisov during winter operations on the Kalinin Front. Read more
Panther Destroyed: Burned-Out German Tank Amid Grazing Geese, Belarus 1944
June 17, 2025 Reading time: 3 minutes
Burned-out German Panther tank (Ausf. A) abandoned in a field during Operation Bagration. Geese roam freely around and inside the wreck. Read more
Yak-9D Fighters Patrol the Skies Over Sevastopol – May 1944
June 17, 2025 Reading time: 4 minutes
Four Yak-9D fighters of the 6th Guards Fighter Aviation Regiment patrol over Sevastopol. Pilots include Grib, Belozyorov, Voronov, and Akulov. Read more
Defeated and Paraded: German POWs Marched Through Moscow After Bagration
June 17, 2025 Reading time: 4 minutes
German prisoners of war, captured during Operation Bagration, march through central Moscow in one of the largest public displays of enemy defeat in WWII. Read more
Thunder of the D-1: Soviet 152mm Howitzers Strike German Lines in Belarus, 1944
June 17, 2025 Reading time: 4 minutes
Soviet 152-mm D-1 howitzers of the 110th Howitzer Regiment shell German positions during Operation Bagration. In the foreground: Lt. Vyacheslav S. Tsarapkin, commander of a firing platoon. Read more
Downed Ju-88 Displayed in Moscow as a Wartime Trophy (WWII)
June 16, 2025 Reading time: 5 minutes
Wreckage of Ju 88 F6+AK displayed publicly in central Moscow after being shot down near Istra during a reconnaissance mission. Read more