A Soviet KV-1 heavy tank lies in the River Shchara after being abandoned by its crew during an attempted armored thrust through the town of Slonim. The tank slid off the riverbank and became immobilized. The crew survived and later joined Soviet partisan units. Read more
Abandoned Soviet KV-2 heavy tank with towing cables, likely left behind after a mechanical breakdown during the opening months of Operation Barbarossa. A 152mm shell rests atop the turret. Read more
Loading of a Soviet 76mm F-22 divisional gun onto the destroyer leader Tashkent before her final mission to Sevastopol. Read more
Soviet naval infantrymen of the 2nd Separate Brigade of the Baltic Fleet during the Battle for Leningrad. Front and center is Chief Petty Officer Nikolai F. Garanovsky, who was later killed in action in 1944. Read more
Soviet soldiers stand beside the grave of Junior Lieutenant Nikolai Ivanovich Smyslov, who was killed in action on August 28, 1942. His name is partially visible on the grave marker. Read more
A Soviet sergeant receives the Order of the Red Banner, one of the Soviet Union's highest military decorations, for bravery during the Second World War. Read more
German 12th Panzer Division tankers use Soviet POWs to roll barrels of fuel onto a Pz.Kpfw. IV Ausf. B during the early stages of Operation Barbarossa. Read more