AlbumWar2: WWII Photo Archive & Rare High Resolution Images

Cattle on Palace Square in Besieged Leningrad, 1941

March 10, 2026 Reading time: 6 minutes

Cattle driven by residents from front-line areas stand on Palace Square in besieged Leningrad during the autumn of 1941. The photograph reflects the desperate efforts of the city to secure food supplies in the first months of the Siege of Leningrad. Read more



Leningrad Bomb Crater on the Fontanka Embankment, 1941

March 6, 2026 Reading time: 8 minutes

A massive bomb crater filled with water on the Fontanka embankment in besieged Leningrad. The photograph captures the destructive power of German air raids and artillery bombardment during the first weeks of the Siege of Leningrad in 1941. Read more