War photo archive

The Komsomol ticket of the deceased soldier from Kazakhstan from 331 Rifle Division of the Red Army Nurmakhanov under №20405684 with a record on the pages “I’ll die, but not a step back”. The 3rd Belorussian Front...

German soldiers of the Nazi Wehrmacht look at the human skull, lying on the armor of the Soviet OT-34 flamethrower tank. The OT-34 flamethrower tank of the Red Army Armoured Force is installed in place of the course machine gun...

American transport aircraft Douglas C-47 Skytrain, made an emergency landing in Belgium. This C-47 participated in the supply of the 101st Airborne Division of the US Army, surrounded by the Nazis in the city of Bastogne...

German soldiers of the Nazi Wehrmacht surrender to the Red Army infantry in the capital of Lithuania – Vilnius city. Location: Vilnius, Lithuania, USSR Date: July 11, 1944 Author: Mikhail Savin

Color photo of the Second World War: The British battleship “Howe” (HMS “Howe”) passes through the Suez Canal on its way to the Pacific theater of war to fight against imperialist Japan. Location: Suez...

The first allied airborne army landed in the Nazi-occupied Dutch during Operation Market Garden. Location: The Netherlands Date: September 1944

Soviet mechanized division of the Red Army on the street of the liberated Russian Polotsk city. In the center of the Soviet mechanized division is ISU-152 self-propelled gun from the 333rd Guards heavy self-propelled artillery regiment, the 1st Baltic Front...

The peaceful inhabitants of Bucharest greet their Soviet liberators from the Nazi invaders – Red Army Force. The first two cars in the photo – amphibious “Ford” GPA (American production, supplied to the USSR under the Lend-Lease Act)...

The air battle over Hong Kong of the American bombers B-24 Liberator against the Japanese fighter A6M Zero. The B-24 Liberator bombers bombarded the ship docks of the Japanese-occupied Hong Kong. Location:...

German heavy tank Panzer VI Tiger I #912 from SS-Panzer-Division “Totenkopf” of the Nazi Panzerwaffe breaks the tree to get a spectacular photo. Occupied Poland. Summer of 1944. Location: Poland Date:...

Red Army construction of the bridge over the Wisla River. The 1st Belorussian Front. 1944-th year – a signature under a photograph in the Museum of Artillery, Engineer Troops and Communications Troops of the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation in St. Petersburg. In the summer of 1944, a wooden low-water bridge on piles over the Wisla River is being built...

American sniper from the 36th Division of the US Army the Private Edward J. Foley cleans the 7.62-mm springfield rifle of the M1903A4 modification. Location: Velletri, Italy Date: May 29, 1944