Frozen Front: Red Army Engages German Forces on Rybachy Peninsula, 1944

Frozen Front: Red Army Engages German Forces on Rybachy Peninsula, 1944

June 22, 2025 Reading time: 3 minutes

Soviet infantrymen armed with Mosin rifles, PPD-40s, and DP-27 light machine guns fight during the Arctic battle for the Rybachy Peninsula in 1944. Read more


Soviet Photographer Robert Diament Aboard the Destroyer Grozny During Arctic Convoy Escort

Soviet Photographer Robert Diament Aboard the Destroyer Grozny During Arctic Convoy Escort

June 22, 2025 Reading time: 4 minutes

Soviet Navy photographer Robert Diament aboard the destroyer "Grozny" during an Arctic convoy escort mission in 1943. Read more


Bf 109F-2 Fighter Shot Down Near Kyiv by Soviet Anti-Aircraft Fire

Bf 109F-2 Fighter Shot Down Near Kyiv by Soviet Anti-Aircraft Fire

June 20, 2025 Reading time: 3 minutes

German Bf 109F-2 from 3./JG3 downed by Soviet anti-aircraft fire near Kyiv. Pilot Heinz Schmidt captured. Read more


Black Jackets Attack: Soviet Naval Infantry Charge at Stalingrad, 1942

Black Jackets Attack: Soviet Naval Infantry Charge at Stalingrad, 1942

June 18, 2025 Reading time: 4 minutes

Naval infantrymen of the Volga Military Flotilla storm enemy positions during the Battle of Stalingrad. Armed with Mosin rifles and DP-27 machine guns, they played a key role in the city's defense. Read more


Leningrad Under Siege: Soviet D-3 Torpedo Boat Crew Prepares for Action, 1942

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

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

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