General Susloparov signed the act in Reims at his own peril and risk, since he did not have time to contact the Kremlin in time and receive instructions. Stalin was outraged by the signing of the surrender at Reims, in which the Western allies played the leading role.
Representatives of the allied command (from left to right): Major General I.A. Susloparov, Lieutenant General Walter Smith, Army General Dwight Eisenhower and Air Marshal Arthur Tedder. Reims, May 7, 1945.
General Susloparov's career was not very successful.
On May 11 he was summoned to Moscow. The head of the Main Intelligence Directorate, Lieutenant General Ivan Ivanovich Ilyichev, ordered him to write an explanatory note addressed to the Chief of the General Staff, Army General Alexei Innokentyevich Antonov. Susloparov explained in detail why he signed, adding quite sincerely:
“The complete and unconditional surrender of the German armed forces meant the complete victory of our Red Army and allies over Germany and put an end to the war. This, willingly or unwillingly, turned my head, since this was the end of the war that not only we, the military people, but all progressive humanity expected ".
Having learned that his telegram with a ban on signing anything was late, Stalin said that there were no complaints against Susloparov personally. But in fact, the general’s advancement up the career ladder stopped there. After returning to Moscow, he was appointed head of the Higher Advanced Courses for Command Staff of the Soviet Army. In 1955, Major General of Artillery Ivan Alekseevich Susloparov was sent to the reserve for health reasons. He died on December 16, 1974, and was buried at the Vvedensky cemetery.
The signature that the general put on the act of surrender of the German army in May 1945 cost him his career, but forever preserved his name in history...
The document signed in Rains came into force at 23:00 on May 8th. Many believe that due to the time difference between the USSR and Europe, it turned out that we celebrate this holiday on different days. However, not all so simple.
The fact is that, at Stalin’s request, the act of surrender was signed again. By the time President Truman and British Prime Minister Churchill reported Germany's surrender to Stalin, he had already scolded Susloparov for being too hasty in signing the act.
Stalin ordered Marshal Zhukov to accept general surrender in the capital of the defeated state, Berlin, from representatives of the branches of the German armed forces.
On May 8 at 22:43 Central European time (May 9 at 0:43 Moscow time) in the suburbs of Berlin, Field Marshal Wilhelm Keitel, as well as Luftwaffe representative Colonel General Stumpf and Kriegsmarine Admiral von Friedeburg signed the act of complete surrender of Germany again .
“I can’t help but brag,” photographer Petrusov later wrote. “It took me a lot of effort to tear myself away from the close-up shots of Marshal Zhukov, Keitel and others, to give up my hard-won place at the table itself, to step aside, climb onto the table and take this picture, which gives the overall picture of the signing. I am rewarded - there is no such second shot.”
Among other things, Stalin had another reason to demand the re-signing of the Act of Surrender of Germany.
The fact is that on May 7, the 1st Division of the ROA (Vlasov Army), under the leadership of General Bunyachenko, turned its bayonets against the German troops and took the side of the rebels of Prague. During fierce battles, Prague was practically liberated by ROA troops. At the end of the war, Stalin was very sensitive not only to the purely military aspect, but also to the political one. Therefore, at the time of signing the Act, Prague should have been liberated by the Soviet army, and the “Vlasovites” should have been arrested. It is unlikely that this moment was decisive, but it probably also influenced Stalin’s decision.
However, all these details, while of interest to researchers, in no way affect our attitude towards the very fact of the Great Victory. And it is absolutely not important today when someone celebrates Victory Day. Common Victory.
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A series of documentary photographs for Victory Day in the Second World War 1941-1945. A selection of 95 rare photographs of military equipment and participants in the Second World War. A unique photo from the scenes of events of 1941-1945, military actions in the history of black and white photography. We look at online documentary photos of the Second World War 1941-1945.
German self-propelled gun "Hummel", destroyed by Soviet artillery near the city of Lvov in July 1944.
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Junior Sergeant Konstantin Aleksandrovich Shuty (06/18/1926-12/27/2004) (left), brother of Mikhail Shuty, with a fellow soldier, also a junior sergeant.
Junior sergeant, mortarman - Nikolai Polikarpov at a firing position near Kiev. 1st Ukrainian Front.
A US 5th Division Marine killed by a Japanese sniper, shot in the head (a bullet hole is visible on his helmet).
Sailors of the Soviet destroyer Project 7 “Crushing” with the ship’s pet, area of the bow torpedo tubes, bow view.
The German dive bomber Junkers Ju-87 "Stuka" being repaired at a field airfield.
The beginning of a counterattack by one of the units of the 270th Rifle Division of the Soviet 7th Guards Army on the Kursk Bulge.
The head of the political department of the 4th Ukrainian Front, Major General Leonid Ilyich Brezhnev (center), the future leader of the USSR in 1964-1982, during the Victory Parade.
Head of Communications of the 51st MTAP V.V. Bykov instructs gunners-radio operators before the flight Kolberg (Germany) - Pernov (Estonia). From left to right Mikhalev, Karpov, Archakov, Shishkin, Volkov, Chekanov, Bykov.
Unknown partisans of the 1st Proletarian Brigade of the NOAU, armed with Czech light machine guns ZB vz. 26. The village of Zharkovo near Belgrade on the eve of the battles for the city.
Unidentified Soviet female snipers near the dugout. They are wearing sergeant's shoulder straps and holding a Mosin rifle with a PU optical sight (Short Sight).
An unknown American soldier of the US 87th Infantry Division, killed by a German sniper in the spring of 1945 in the city of Koblenz, Germany. The soldier's weapon is the BAR automatic rifle.
The German 105-mm self-propelled gun "Wespe" (Sd.Kfz.124 Wespe) from the 74th self-propelled artillery regiment of the 2nd tank division of the Wehrmacht, passes next to an abandoned Soviet 76-mm ZIS-3 gun in the area of the city of Orel.
German self-propelled gun "Vespe" after being hit by a large-caliber projectile.
German self-propelled gun "Hummel", destroyed by Soviet artillery near the city of Lvov in July 1944.
German self-propelled gun "Hummel", destroyed by Soviet artillery near the city of Lvov in July 1944.
German self-propelled gun Marder II in an ambush, between houses, in a Ukrainian village.
German quad 20-mm anti-aircraft self-propelled gun (ZSU) "Werbelwind" based on the Pz.Kpfw tank. IV, destroyed by a direct hit from a large-caliber shell.
German rangers at an MG-34 machine gun on the Eastern Front.
German officers captured by French soldiers during the liberation of Paris. Hotel Majestic, favored by the Wehrmacht during the occupation.
German infantrymen and tank crews select bottles of alcoholic drinks in a warehouse.
German soldiers in a captured Soviet T-34 tank. The car is ready to be sent to Germany for testing. On the front sheet the inscription “O.K.H.Wa. Prvf. 6" (military acceptance 6).
German soldiers inspect the captured positions of Soviet troops.
Now it’s hard for us to imagine, but 74 years ago the month of May became one of the happiest in the history of our country, but happy in a special way - with anguish and tears. The war ended, and with it the bombing, the fear of not waking up in the morning, the whistle of bullets, the howl of sirens, the bitterness of losing comrades. Few were destined to see victory - millions of people both at the front and in the rear never saw this long-awaited May.
To us, who know about the events of that time from history textbooks and the stories of our grandparents, the voice of war still comes from photographs taken by fearless photojournalists who, risking their lives, captured the unique and often very terrible faces of war. Each of the photographs of the Great Patriotic War is a masterpiece, if only because it was taken under unrealistic conditions. And today we have prepared a selection of 35 famous photographs of the Great Patriotic War, which tell the best story about the victory that we achieved with such difficulty.
Many words have been said about the courage of our soldiers, hundreds of songs have been sung, and it is simply impossible to overestimate the feat and dedication of each and every warrior. We are proud of this victory, and we are eternally grateful for the gift of spring and freedom!
1. Battalion commander. Photographer Max Alpert.
“Combat” is one of the most famous photographs of the Great Patriotic War, taken by Soviet photographer Max Alpert. The photo shows junior political instructor A.G. Eremenko, rousing soldiers to attack, a few seconds before death.
2. Banner of Victory over the Reichstag. Photo by Evgeniy Khaldey.
The first flag was placed far from the Reichstag, on the roof of the headquarters of the 8th Guards Army, near a sculpture of an eagle perched on a globe. The second is over the Brandenburg Gate. When Chaldean reached the Reichstag, a lot of flags had already been installed. Having stumbled upon several fighters, he took out his flag and asked them to help climb onto the roof. Having found a convenient point for shooting, he filmed two cassettes.
Tank commander Lieutenant B.V. Smelov shows a hole in the turret of a German Tiger tank, knocked out by Smelov’s crew, to Lieutenant Likhnyakevich. This hole was made by an ordinary armor-piercing shell from a 76-mm tank gun, so the photo was often used for propaganda purposes, showing that the newest and strongest German tanks could be penetrated by our T-34.
4. Lydia Litvyak, pilot of a fighter aviation regiment, after a combat flight on the wing of her Yak-1B fighter.
On August 1, 1943, Lydia Litvyak made four combat missions, during which she personally shot down two enemy aircraft and one in the group, but she did not return from the fourth flight - her plane was damaged by a burst of German fighter fire and went missing.
5. Soviet soldier with a Czech child in his arms.
6. Girl sniper of the 1st Baltic Front, 1944.
7. Senior Sergeant I. Kireev fires from a captured German grenade launcher during a night battle in the city of Breslau.
8. Soviet soldiers in between battles.
9. A salvo of Soviet Katyusha rocket launchers on the approaches to Vyborg.
10. Guards machine gunner Private Efim Kostin, awarded the Order of the Red Star.
11. Soviet soldiers in the attack near Leningrad during the beginning of the breakthrough of the blockade.
12. Soviet intelligence officers in battle.
13. “Grief”, photo by Dmitry Baltermants.
14. Child of war.
15. Machine gunner Zina Kozlova.
16. A Soviet soldier gives a light to captured Germans.
17. Awarding the young hero.
18. The murdered boy Vitya Cherevichkin with a dove in his hands.
19. Air defense post on the roof of the Moscow Hotel in the capital of the country.
My friends, I congratulate you all on Victory Day! Let us bow to the soldiers of that Great War - our grandfathers and great-grandfathers. I wish everyone a new May 45th, when we will again have to cleanse the Earth of fascism that is raising its head.
And for the Great Holiday, friends, a selection of photographs depicting the May days of 1945, how our grandparents, soldiers of the Red Army and the entire Soviet people celebrated the Victory.
1. A ceremonial meeting at the main base of the Northern Fleet in Polyarny, dedicated to the victory over the enemy in the Great Patriotic War. Town-class destroyers are moored to the pier: on the left is Zharkiy, on the right is Zharkiy, between them is the Project 7U destroyer Gremyashchiy, in the background is on the right the Daring, on the left is the Worthy. 05/09/1945
2. Group portrait of soldiers and officers of the counterintelligence department SMERSH NKVD of the USSR 70th Army against the background of the Reich Chancellery on Victory Day. 05/09/1945
3. Soviet soldiers in Berlin drink wine in honor of the Victory. 05/09/1945
4. Victory Banner on the defeated Reichstag on May 1, 1945. The photo was taken by war correspondent of the Pravda newspaper V.A. Temin from the Po-2 plane.
5. Soldiers of the 150th Infantry Idritsko-Berlin, Order of Kutuzov 2nd degree division at the Reichstag.
6. Victory salute over the Moscow Kremlin. 05/09/1945
7. Victory salute in Moscow. View of the Kremlin chimes. 05/09/1945
9. Fireworks in honor of the Victory on the roof of the Reichstag. Soldiers of the battalion under the command of Hero of the Soviet Union S. Neustroev.
10. Victory salute in the village of Detershagen on the Elbe. 134th Rifle Verdinskaya Order of Lenin Red Banner Order of Suvorov Division. The salute is fired from 76-mm ZiS-3 divisional guns. 05/09/1945
11. Soviet submarine L-22 and the light cruiser Murmansk at the Victory Parade in the Kola Bay. 05/13/1945
12. Canteen workers in Arkhangelsk roll out a barrel of beer in honor of the Victory. Trinity Avenue. The Obelisk of the North is visible on the left. 05/09/1945
13. Arkhangelsk Bishop Father Seraphim at the Victory celebration. 05/09/1945
14. Residents of Arkhangelsk go to Trade Union Square for celebrations in honor of the Victory. 05/09/1945
15. Soviet soldiers with an accordion on one of the streets of Berlin. The inscription on the wall of the house: “Berlin will remain German!” (Berlin bleibt deutsch!)
16. Soviet artillerymen listen to their comrade play the accordion on the streets of Berlin. In the foreground is a 122 mm M-30 howitzer. May 1945
17. A column of soldiers of the Soviet 5th Shock Army at a parade in Lusgarten Park in Berlin. May 1945
18. A column of soldiers of the Soviet 5th Shock Army at a parade in Lusgarten Park in Berlin.
19. Parade of units of the Soviet 5th Shock Army in Lusgarten Park in Berlin. 05/04/1945
20. Soviet soldiers applaud their dancing comrade at the Brandenburg Gate in Berlin. May 1945
21. Victory salute in Moscow. View of Red Square. The festive fireworks began on May 9, 1945 at 22.00. Thirty salvoes followed from a thousand guns into the sky, illuminated by searchlights. 05/09/1945
22. Officers of the 98th separate adjustment and reconnaissance air regiment (from right to left): deputy commander of the guard regiment, Major Valery Aleksandrovich Verkholantsev (1916-2001), navigator of the guard regiment, Major Ilya Prokofyevich Lesnoy (1920-1989), chief of staff Boris Misakovich Avzhiyan (1910- ) with fellow soldiers celebrating the Victory in the vicinity of the German town of Fürstenwalde. The photo was taken on the night of May 8-9, 1945, at 1:25 am. On May 15, 1945, Guard Major Valery Aleksandrovich Verkholantsev was awarded the title Hero of the Soviet Union.
23. Soviet submarine L-22 at the Victory Parade in the Kola Bay. 05/13/1945
24. Soviet tank crews take photographs against the backdrop of the broken Brandenburg Gate in Berlin, standing on the armor of the IS-2 heavy tank. May 1945
25. A Soviet officer dances with an Austrian girl on the Karl-Renner-Ring square in Vienna. 05/09/1945
26. Soviet citizens congratulate the officer on the Victory against the backdrop of the Bolshoi Theater in Moscow. 05/09/1945
27. On the Spit of Vasilievsky Island in Leningrad during the fireworks in honor of the Victory. 05/09/1945
29. Group portrait of pilots of the 102nd Guards Vyborg Fighter Aviation Regiment. In the top row, fourth from the left (slightly behind) is Sergei Ivanovich Smirnov, Andrei Petrovich Bredik is sitting in the center.
30. Leningraders on Nevsky Prospekt listen to the message about Victory over Germany. 05/09/1945
31. Soviet photojournalists and cameramen near the Reichstag building. From left to right, first row: G. Samsonov, A. Morozov, F. Kislov, L. Zheleznov, I. Shagin, O. Knorring; second row: S. Alperin, A. Kapustyansky, G. Petrusov, R. Carmen; third row: A. Arkhipov, M. Redkin, N. Finikov. May 1945
32. Fireworks in honor of the Victory on the roof of the Reichstag. Soldiers of the battalion under the command of Hero of the Soviet Union S. Neustroev.
33. Soviet tank crews and soldiers celebrate the Victory. May 1945
34. Festive feast for officers of the 143rd Mortar Regiment on May 9, 1945. In the foreground on the left is Captain Skarupski. 05/09/1945
35. First day of peace in Berlin. Soviet soldiers communicate with civilians. May 1945
36. Soviet soldier near German banners captured in Berlin. The author's title of the photograph is “Winner”. May 1945
37. A group of political workers of the 385th Infantry Division, led by the head of the political department, Colonel Mikhailov, at the Reichstag.
38. Soldiers of the 88th Separate Guards Heavy Tank Regiment take pictures at the Bismarck monument in Berlin. After the announcement of Germany's surrender, fellow soldiers went for a walk around Berlin, and among the photographs taken was a photograph at a landmark monument for Germany. 05/09/1945
39. Soldiers of the 88th Separate Guards Heavy Tank Regiment celebrate Victory in a Berlin park. 05/09/1945
40. Victory salute in Moscow. View of Red Square. The festive fireworks began on May 9, 1945 at 22.00. Thirty salvoes followed from a thousand guns into the sky, illuminated by searchlights. 05/09/1945
41. Female snipers of the Soviet 3rd Shock Army. 05/04/1945
43. Soviet military personnel celebrate the Victory. May 1945
44. Soviet soldiers in a Berlin tram car. The author's title of the photo is “The first passengers of the Berlin tram.” May 1945
45. Residents of Leningrad at the fireworks in honor of the Victory. May 1945
46. Residents of Leningrad at the fireworks in honor of the Victory. May 1945
47. Soviet soldiers on the streets of Berlin. May 1945
48. Soviet soldiers drink to Victory - at the general formation of the unit, the Victory over Nazi Germany was announced on May 9, 1945. The bottle is poured by Private Vladimir Alekseevich Milyutin, a reconnaissance officer from a self-propelled gun brigade of the First Ukrainian Front. V.A. Milyutin, born in 1914, has been at the front since June 23, 1941. He walked the battle route from Moscow to Potsdam. 05/09/1945
49. Soviet soldiers and an officer drink with the Americans for the Victory. 1945
50. Poet Evgeny Dolmatovsky with a sculptured head of Hitler in Berlin. May 1945
51. Soviet soldier in Goebbels’ apartment in Hitler’s bunker under the Reich Chancellery. May 1945
52. The famous Soviet singer Lydia Ruslanova performs “Katyusha” against the backdrop of the destroyed Reichstag. May 1945
53. Soviet soldiers, resting on the steps of the Reich Chancellery, look at German awards that were never awarded. Berlin. May 2, 1945.
54. Soviet officers sail in a boat along a destroyed embankment in Berlin.
55. A pile of Soviet trophies is a symbol of the defeat of Nazi Germany. Rifles, MP-40 submachine guns, machine gun, awards and banners. In the center is the standard of the SS division “Leibstandarte SS Adolf Hitler”.
56. Soviet soldiers rest on the banks of the Spree River in Berlin. May 1945
57. Poet Evgeny Dolmatovsky speaks at the Brandenburg Gate. 1945
58. Rally of Red Army soldiers at the Brandenburg Gate in Berlin. May 1945
59. Reconnaissance platoon of the 88th separate guards heavy tank regiment with its commander Vladimir Ivanovich Kuznetsov (third from right). As the caption on the back of the photo says, taken in Berlin in Humboldt Park on May 8, 1945.
60. Reconnaissance platoon of the 88th separate guards heavy tank regiment with its commander Vladimir Ivanovich Kuznetsov (in the center with two orders). Berlin. 05/08/1945
61. Soviet military - a private and a lieutenant - with a banner in Berlin against the backdrop of the Brandenburg Gate. 1945
62. Soviet soldiers with an accordion on one of the streets of Berlin. 1945
63. Red banners on the quadriga of the Brandenburg Gate. May 1945
64. Red banner on the quadriga of the Brandenburg Gate. May 1945
65. A column of German troops without an exact destination. The surrender of Germany has already been announced. Czechoslovakia, May 1945
66. Officers of the 3rd Belorussian Front accept Germans who surrender along with armored vehicles, including from the 4th Tank Division. Spit Frisch-Nerung, May 9, 1945
67. Soviet soldiers on a T-34-85 against the backdrop of the Brandenburg Gate in Berlin. May 1945
68. Fireworks in honor of the Victory on the roof of the Reichstag. Soldiers of the battalion under the command of Hero of the Soviet Union S. Neustroev. May 1945
69. Soviet mortar soldier Sergei Ivanovich Platov leaves his autograph on a Reichstag column. 05/10/1945
70. Maria Timofeevna Shalneva (Nenakhova), corporal of the 87th separate road maintenance battalion, regulates the movement of military equipment near the Reichstag in Berlin. 05/02/1945
71. Near a passenger vehicle of the 88th separate heavy tank regiment. 05/09/1945 Thanks to the driver Tyutin, the car traveled from Stalingrad to Berlin. The awards of the 88th separate tank regiment are painted on the windshield - the Order of Lenin, the Red Banner, Suvorov III degree, Kutuzov III degree, Bogdan Khmelnitsky II degree. From right to left: regiment commander P.G. Mzhachikh, driver of regiment commander Tyutin, deputy. regiment commander F.M. Zharkoy, adjutant to regiment commander Molotkov.
72. Command staff of the 88th separate guards heavy tank regiment in Berlin. The regiment took part in the assault on Berlin, and on May 9, after Germany surrendered and the fighting ended, the officers went on a tour of the city. From left to right: deputy technical engineer of the regiment N.P. Romanchenko, deputy chief of staff of the regiment I. German, chief of staff of the regiment N.V. Shiroky, regiment commander P.G. Mzhachikh, deputy regiment commander F.M. Zharkoy, deputy chief of staff of the regiment Komarovsky. Top left: Timchenko. 05/09/1945
73. Commander of the 88th separate heavy tank regiment P.G. Mzhachikh against the backdrop of Reistag, in the assault of which his regiment also took part. 05/09/1945
74. Fellow soldiers of the 88th separate heavy tank regiment at the Reichstag. 05/09/1945
June 22, 1941. Announcement of the beginning of the Great Patriotic War.
Moscow, 25th October street.
Photo by E. Khaldei
Soldiers of the Red Army go to the front.
Photo TASS
Soldiers go to the front from the Moscow Hippodrome.
Photo by A. Shaikhet
Soldiers of the N-unit at the forefront.
Photo by M. Alpert
Actor I. V. Ilyinsky at the defense circle classes at the Maly Theater. Moscow.
Photo by B. Vdovenko
The best gun crew of Captain Khlebnikov's unit fires from a closed position. On the right is the gun commander, junior sergeant Komsomol member D. Kalyakin.
Photo by E. Khaikin
During the break between fights.
Photo by B. Yaroslavtsev
Concert of front-line brigade artists in the active army.
Photo by V. Malyshev
The harvest of the first year of the war.
Photo by D. Baltermants
Junior Lieutenant S.G. Malovsky interrogates the captured fascist intelligence officer Vanker Helmut.
Photographer unknown
Red Army soldiers in the village.
Photo by B. Vdovenko
A detachment of the N unit crosses the river.
Western direction.
Photo by M. Redkin
Soldiers of the N-ship at the moment of a combat chemical alarm.
Northern Fleet.
Photo by E. Khaldei
On the enemy - fire!
Photo by D. Baltermants
At the firing position.
Photo by G. Konovalov
Construction of fortifications.
On the approaches to Moscow.
Photo by D. Baltermants
Combat training of workers on the streets of Moscow.
Photo by N. Kubeev
Marines near Moscow.
Photo by A. Shaikhet
Residents of Rostov-on-Don are building barricades.
Photo by B. Yaroslavtsev
Women partisans.
In the occupied area of the Moscow region.
Photo by M. Bachurin
The soldiers are fighting on the front line of defense.
Photo by N. Granovsky and A. Shaikhet
Fighter pilots head to the airfield.
Photo by S. Mazaev
Aircraft repair.
Photo by A. Ustinov
In ambush.
Photo by G. Zelma
Manufacturing parts for projectiles at a defense plant. Moscow.
Photo by Y. Khalip
Skiers from Lieutenant Malkov's unit on the march.
Photo by N. Kubeev
The Siberians are going on the attack.
Near Moscow.
Photo by A. Shaikhet
Senior Lieutenant V.S. Efremov before a night flight deep behind enemy lines.
Photo by K. Leshko
The downed fascist plane Yu-88 is burning out.
Photographer unknown
Manufacturing warheads for high-power rocket artillery shells at a defense plant.
Photo by Y. Khalip
Clearing ice from the main caliber gun turret of the battleship Paris Commune.
Black Sea Fleet.
Photo by A. Mezhuev
Purification of drinking water in a front-line laboratory.
Photo by L. Dorensky
Artillerymen who receive new military weapons take a solemn oath.
Photo by M. Markov-Grinberg
In the rest house for commanders.
Photo by B. Vdovenko
Loading shells onto an armored train.
Photo by A. Ustinov
Captured command vehicle. It contained a banner, lingerie, a hammock, a table clock, and staff documents.
Photo by A. Ustinov
Service dog handlers are sent to the battle line.
Photo TASS
Competitions in bayonet fighting at the Central Park of Culture and Culture named after. Gorky.
Photographer unknown
Calculation, for battle!
Photo by D. Baltermants
Defense of Sevastopol.
Marine combat operations.
Photographer unknown
The first trophies of the combat units of the Southern Front (more than 60 bicycles).
Photo by B. Yaroslavtsev
The crew of Sergeant A. S. Kotikov’s “listeners” at work.
Photo by Yu. Solovyov
The gun crew of Lieutenant Zuev leads the gun through the forest thickets to a new firing line.
Photo by G. Konovalov
A diving team checking a submarine before going on a combat operation. Northern Fleet.
Photo by E. Khaldei
Photo by D. Baltermants
Commander of the 122nd Tank Brigade, Lieutenant Colonel Mikhail Ivanovich Rudoy (left) and tank commander Ivan Vasilyevich Vlaskin.
Photo by A. Ustinov
Tanks are firing.
Photo by D. Baltermants
Armor-piercers.
Photo by N. Bode
In defense of the Motherland.
Photo by S. Strunnikov
The partisans gather for combat reconnaissance.
Leningrad region.
Photo by S. Loskutov
Stalingrad.
Photo by E. Evzerikhin
Stalingrad fountain.
Photo by E. Evzerikhin
Photo by D. Baltermants
Prisoners.
Photo by N. Bode
Prisoners from the “cauldron” near Kalach.
Photo by N. Bode
Stalingrad. Fight for the house.
Photo by G. Lipskerov
Fight on the territory of a German airfield.
Photo by G. Kapustensky
Stalingrad. Fight in the workshops of the Red October plant.
Photo by G. Samsonov
Stalingrad. For them, the war is already over.
Photo by G. Lipskerov
Stalingrad. Prisoners.
The Russian frost will be remembered for a long time.
Photo by G. Lipskerov
Liberation of Kharkov.
Photo by A. Shaikhet
Marine landing. Northern Fleet.
Photo by R. Diament
Partisan attack.
Photo by M. Trakhman
Sergeant Pavel Tarasov's PTR crew, under the cover of a smoke screen, approaches enemy tanks.
Photo by M. Savin
Soviet soldiers overcome barbed wire barriers.
Photo by Yu. Solovyov
Unit of the N unit on the march.
Photographer unknown
Artillerymen carry shells to their battery.
Photographer unknown
Fight to the death!
Photo by E. Evzerikhin
Kursk Bulge. How the Tigers were beaten. Through and through and even deeper! The tank commander, the brave Lieutenant B.V. Smelov, knocked out the Tiger tank. Comrade Smelov shows Lieutenant Likhnyakevich (who knocked out 2 fascist tanks in the last battle) a hole in the Tiger’s turret. It was fired by an ordinary armor-piercing shell from a 76-mm tank gun. The Tiger's turret is full of cracks from several hits from our shells.
Photo by N. Bode
Photo by M. Savin
The machine gunner and his "Maxim".
Photo by A. Egorov
Children of war. Village near Belgorod.
Photo by N. Bode
On the heels of the enemy.
Photo by G. Lipskerov
Offensive.
Photo by N. Bode
The crew of the armored vehicle of Lieutenant V.N. Kokhmansky repairing the railway track.
Photo by Yu. Solovyov
Guard Lieutenant Sviridov is the best signalman.
On the front line.
Photographer unknown
In polar latitudes.
Little bear Masha is a pupil of the North Sea residents.
Photo by S. Shimansky
Leningrad. Nevsky.
Photo by S. Shimansky
On the street of the city of Berdichev.
Photo by P. Troshkin
Residents of liberated Kirovograd meet their liberators, soldiers and officers of the Red Army.
Photo by G. Omelchuk
Photo leaflet dedicated to the lifting of the siege of Leningrad.
Photographer unknown
Delivery of ammunition by dogs. Karelia.
Photo by S. Konovalov
Artillery crew crossing.
Photo by D. Baltermants
Crossing of Sivash.
Photo by A. Ustinov
At the crossing.
Photo by A. Shaikhet
Carts at the parade of the Horse Guards of the Guard of Lieutenant General N. S. Kulikovsky.
Photo by I. Utkin
Motorized reconnaissance.
Moldova.
Photo by Y. Ryumkin
Transportation of weapons and shells to the line of fire.
Photo by N. Shestakov
On the approaches to East Prussia, machine gunners clear the lake shore of Germans.
Photo by M. Savin
Fight with the Nazi invaders on the outskirts of Warsaw, Prague.
Photo by Y. Ryumkin
Street fight.
Photo by B. Yaroslavtsev
Fight on the streets of Belgrade.
Photo by E. Khaldei
The best crew of the attack aircraft hunter “Alexander Suvorov” is junior lieutenant V.T. Aleksukhin and gunner A.D. Gamayunov.
Photo by S. Guraria
Prisoners.
Photo by B. Yaroslavtsev
Forced march.
Photo by D. Baltermants
Photo by D. Baltermants
Let the soldiers get some sleep...
Czechoslovakia.
Photo by G. Lipskerov
Destroyed and burned houses in Warsaw.
Photo by Y. Ryumkin
Street fight in Mühlhausen.
East Germany.
Photo by A. Shaikhet
There is silence on the Oder. Germany.
Photo by D. Baltermants
The soldiers pull out the car.
Photo by A. Ustinov
Traffic controller Tanya - Artemyeva Tatyana Aleksandrovna.
Photo by M. Redkin
American soldiers demonstrate the Willis' weapons.
On the Elbe.
Photo by A. Ustinov
They give up.
Photo by A. Ustinov
Deputy Supreme Commander-in-Chief Marshal of the Soviet Union G.K. Zhukov before signing the Act of Surrender of Germany. Berlin.
Photo by E. Khaldei
Fraternization of Soviet and American soldiers.
Photo by N. Shestakov
Victory Parade on Red Square.
