KV-1S Heavy Tank of the 6th Guards Tank Breakthrough Regiment — Red Army, April 1943
July 21, 2025 Reading time: 3 minutes
Soviet tankers from the 6th Guards Tank Breakthrough Regiment pose with a KV-1S heavy tank in April 1943. Read more
AlbumWar2: WWII Photo Archive & Rare High Resolution Images
Soviet Partisans: 13-Year-Old Leonid Fedorov and Elderly Kolkhoz Worker I.V. Grishin — July 1943
July 21, 2025 Reading time: 3 minutes
13-year-old Leonid Fedorov and I.V. Grishin, an elderly collective farm worker, stand guard as members of a Soviet partisan detachment in the Soshikhinsky District, Leningrad Region, July 1943. Read more
Soviet Infantry Counterattack in the Battle of Stalingrad — November-December 1942
July 20, 2025 Reading time: 3 minutes
Soviet infantry led by Sergeant N. Surkov advances during the Battle of Stalingrad, November–December 1942. Photograph by Alexander Ustinov. Read more
Street Fighting in the Battle of Stalingrad — Autumn 1942
July 20, 2025 Reading time: 3 minutes
Soviet infantry advances through the ruins of Stalingrad during the Battle of Stalingrad, autumn 1942. Photograph by Georgy Zelma. Read more
Close Combat in Gizel Village, North Ossetia — The Battle for the Caucasus, November 7, 1942
July 19, 2025 Reading time: 3 minutes
Soviet infantry advances during the fighting near Gizel, North Ossetia, on November 7, 1942, during the Battle for the Caucasus. Read more
Shot-Down Soviet U-2 Aircraft — Red Army Air Force, Summer 1941
July 18, 2025 Reading time: 3 minutes
A Soviet U-2 biplane after a forced landing or crash during the summer of 1941. A German soldier examines the aircraft in this rare photograph from the opening months of the German-Soviet War. Read more
Captured German Tanks Pz.Kpfw. III and StuG III in the Red Army, 1942
July 18, 2025 Reading time: 3 minutes
Captured German armored vehicles, including a Pz.Kpfw. III Ausf. J tank and a StuG III assault gun, operated by Soviet crews on the Western Front in March 1942. A rare photograph illustrating the Red Army's use of trophy equipment during World War II. Read more