World War 2 photos: Soviet JS-2 tank (Joseph Stalin heavy tank) of the Red Army Armored Force overcomes concrete anti-tank obstacles. East Prussia, 3rd Byelorussian Front, January 1945. The Eastern Front.
JS-2 tank (Object 240) is a Soviet heavy tank during the Great Patriotic War. The abbreviation JS means Joseph Stalin (the Communist Party leader of the Russia) the official name of the serial Soviet heavy tanks of the 1943-1953 edition.
Place of photo: East Prussia
Date of the photo: January 1945