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
Wrecked German Ju-88 Recon Plane Displayed in Central Moscow – July 1941
June 16, 2025 Reading time: 4 minutes
Junkers Ju 88 reconnaissance aircraft F6+AK, shot down near Istra, displayed in central Moscow as a wartime trophy. Read more
Stalingrad’s Triumph: Red Flag Raised Over Fallen Soldiers’ Square
June 9, 2025 Reading time: 3 minutes
A Soviet soldier raises the Red Flag over Fallen Soldiers’ Square in Stalingrad, shortly after the surrender of the German 6th Army. The department store building in the background was where Field Marshal Paulus was captured. Read more
Civilian Defense Efforts During the Battle of Moscow – Autumn 1941
June 9, 2025 Reading time: 3 minutes
Civilian volunteers constructing street defenses in Moscow during the German advance on the capital in the Battle of Moscow. Read more
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