Soviet Army soldiers from the 2nd Guards Taman Division pass through the captured Wehlau city (now Znamensk in Russia’s Kaliningrad region, Lithuanian name: Vėluva) in East Prussia is an important stronghold of the Wehrmacht captured during heavy fighting.
In the Taman Division soldiers background are the walls of the former Wehlau financial district management (now Znamenskaya school is located in a building).
Photography Location: Wehlau, East Prussia, Germany
Time taken: 23 February 1945