Downed Ju-88 Displayed in Moscow as a Wartime Trophy (WWII)
June 16, 2025 Reading time: 3 minutes
Wreckage of Ju 88 F6+AK displayed publicly in central Moscow after being shot down near Istra during a reconnaissance mission. Read more
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Wrecked German Ju-88 Recon Plane Displayed in Central Moscow – July 1941
June 16, 2025 Reading time: 3 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
Soviet troops raise the Red Banner over the Square of the Fallen Fighters in Stalingrad after the capture of Field Marshal Friedrich Paulus, January 31, 1943.
Civilian Defense Efforts During the Battle of Moscow – Autumn 1941
June 9, 2025 Reading time: 2 minutes
Civilians construct anti-tank defenses in Moscow during the Battle of Moscow as German forces approached the Soviet capital, October 1941.
Red Army Riders: Soviet M-72 Motorcycles Roll Out to the Eastern Front
June 9, 2025 Reading time: 3 minutes
Soviet M-72 motorcycle column with DP-27 machine guns, led by an FAI-M armored car, preparing for deployment from Moscow, November 1941. Read more
Victory Banner Returns to Moscow from Berlin – June 1945
June 8, 2025 Reading time: 3 minutes
Arrival of the Victory Banner from Berlin at the Central Moscow Airfield on June 20, 1945, led by Captain Valentin Ivanovich Varennikov. Read more
Soviet Sacrifice: Fallen Mortar Crew Beside Their 50mm Model 1938
June 8, 2025 Reading time: 3 minutes
Fallen Soviet 50 mm mortar crew beside a Model 1938 infantry mortar in a forward defensive position on the Eastern Front, 1941–1942. Read more