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
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
Commander Ivan A. Ivanenkov (right) of the 728th Fighter Aviation Regiment listens to pilot Denisov's combat report after a mission flown in a Polikarpov I-16 fighter during winter operations on the Kalinin Front. Read more
Burned-out German Panther (Ausf. A) tank abandoned in a Belarusian field after Operation Bagration. Geese wander around the wreck as nature gradually reclaims the battlefield. Read more
Four Yak-9D fighters of the 6th Guards Fighter Aviation Regiment patrol over Sevastopol during the final stage of the Crimean Offensive. The formation includes pilots Grib, Belozyorov, Voronov, and Akulov. Read more
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
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