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Soldiers go to the front, Moscow, 1941.
Soviet airman carrying a FAB-50 ordnance, 1942.
FAB-50: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/FAB-50
If that weighs 50 kilos, he's a pretty stout fellow.
German infantry inspecting the lone KV-2 of the 2nd Soviet Tank Division after it held off the entire 6th Panzer Division for 4 days. The KV-2's crew survived 3 88mm Flak hits and was eventually knocked out by a grenade thrown in through one of the holes punctured by the 88mm Flak.
Soviet soldiers talk with children at the Auschwitz concentration camp in occupied Poland after its liberation on Jan 27, 1945.
Captured MG 34?
Red Army soldier looks over a corpse. Melitopol (today Ukraine) Oct 1943.
Berlin, May 1945 — the Soviet flag over the Reichstag.
One of the defining images of the Eastern Front’s final chapter.
"Si vis pacem, para bellum." — Vegetius
"Do not hurry to the sound of the guns without knowing why they are firing." — British maxim
"In war, the simplest things are difficult." — Clausewitz
"No plan survives first contact with the enemy." — Moltke
"The side that can most quickly exploit success is the side that will win." — Guderian
Some days you’re the hammer, some days you’re the nail. 🪖🎲
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Looks tough, whatever he's eating... 😆
One of the most horrible features of war is that all the war-propaganda, all the screaming and lies and hatred, comes invariably from people who are not fighting.
- George Orwell, Homage To Catalonia
Soviet women snipers train with scoped rifles during World War II, part of the Red Army’s extensive program that produced thousands of female marksmen. Many proved deadly effective on the Eastern Front, with some—like Lyudmila Pavlichenko—becoming among the most successful snipers of the war. 🎯🪖
"Si vis pacem, para bellum." — Vegetius
"Do not hurry to the sound of the guns without knowing why they are firing." — British maxim
"In war, the simplest things are difficult." — Clausewitz
"No plan survives first contact with the enemy." — Moltke
"The side that can most quickly exploit success is the side that will win." — Guderian
Some days you’re the hammer, some days you’re the nail. 🪖🎲
Looking for a game? Challenge me here:
Soviet workers greasing artillery shells prior to packing them for the front, 1940
"Si vis pacem, para bellum." — Vegetius
"Do not hurry to the sound of the guns without knowing why they are firing." — British maxim
"In war, the simplest things are difficult." — Clausewitz
"No plan survives first contact with the enemy." — Moltke
"The side that can most quickly exploit success is the side that will win." — Guderian
Some days you’re the hammer, some days you’re the nail. 🪖🎲
Looking for a game? Challenge me here:
Russian poet Yevgeniy Dolmatovsky performing in Berlin before the Brandenburg Gate for Red Army soldiers during a Soviet rally, April/May 1945
"Si vis pacem, para bellum." — Vegetius
"Do not hurry to the sound of the guns without knowing why they are firing." — British maxim
"In war, the simplest things are difficult." — Clausewitz
"No plan survives first contact with the enemy." — Moltke
"The side that can most quickly exploit success is the side that will win." — Guderian
Some days you’re the hammer, some days you’re the nail. 🪖🎲
Looking for a game? Challenge me here:
A Soviet W-403 sub in the Arctic, 1945
"Si vis pacem, para bellum." — Vegetius
"Do not hurry to the sound of the guns without knowing why they are firing." — British maxim
"In war, the simplest things are difficult." — Clausewitz
"No plan survives first contact with the enemy." — Moltke
"The side that can most quickly exploit success is the side that will win." — Guderian
Some days you’re the hammer, some days you’re the nail. 🪖🎲
Looking for a game? Challenge me here: