Hellfire on Gogol Street: Flamethrower Puchkov in Stalingrad, WWII
June 29, 2025 Reading time: 4 minutes
Soviet flamethrower operator A.D. Puchkov fires at German troops entrenched in the lower floor of a ruined building during the Battle of Stalingrad. Read more
Major Baltabek Zhetpysbayev: A Kazakh Officer’s Heroic Stand in Lithuania – WWII
June 29, 2025 Reading time: 5 minutes
Kazakh officer Major Baltabek Zhetpysbayev and Russian gunner Sgt. Trofim Shalayev man a 122mm M-30 howitzer under fire during the battle for Lithuania. Read more
Shadow Hunters: Soviet Scouts Strike Behind German Lines, Belarus 1944
June 27, 2025 Reading time: 5 minutes
Soviet scouts Mikhail Yeremin and Seitkasim Ashirov of the 331st Rifle Regiment, 96th Rifle Division. Their daring raid behind German lines in July 1944 helped secure a major Red Army breakthrough. Read more
T-34s in Enemy Hands: Captured Soviet Tanks Used by Wehrmacht, 1943
June 27, 2025 Reading time: 4 minutes
Captured Soviet T-34 tanks modified and pressed into Wehrmacht service, featuring Panzer III cupolas and German equipment. Read more
T-34-85 Rolls Into Belgrade: Soviet Liberation of Yugoslavia, 1944
June 27, 2025 Reading time: 3 minutes
T-34-85 tank number 10 of the 36th Guards Tank Brigade in liberated Belgrade. A BA-64 armored car is visible in the background. Read more
T-34-85s Roll Through Berlin: Soviet Tanks Pass Shattered German Halftrack, 1945
June 27, 2025 Reading time: 3 minutes
Two T-34-85 tanks of the 9th Tank Corps drive past a destroyed German Sd.Kfz. 11 halftrack and a Lend-Lease Chevrolet G7107 truck during the Battle of Berlin. Read more
Blown Apart: Soviet T-34 Tank Destroyed by Massive Explosion, 1942
June 27, 2025 Reading time: 4 minutes
Soviet T-34-76 tank #323, likely destroyed by a heavy mine or aerial bomb. Frontal armor completely breached, showing the devastating effects of explosive force during WWII. Read more
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