Captain Fedor Shikunov with his P-30 Cobra.
Source https://ava.org.ru/iap/69g.htm
"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
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Soviet self-propelled guns ISU-122 and tank IS-2 on one of the roads of Transylvania (Romania). 3rd Ukrainian Front, September 1944.
"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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Ivan Konev (center) and Georgy Zhukov, Kursk, Ukraine, summer 1943
"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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Vyacheslav Molotov, Joseph Stalin, and Kliment Voroshilov, 25 Jun 1937.
"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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Valery Chkalov, Joseph Stalin, Aleksandr Belyakov, Kliment Voroshilov, and Lazar Kaganovich, 10 Aug 1936.
"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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A Soviet soldier sets up a loudspeaker to broadcast propaganda to German soldiers somewhere in Russia, 21 April 1942.
Soviet troops assaulting from a trench during the Battle of Stalingrad.
Source: https://www.britannica.com/event/Battle-of-Stalingrad
"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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Soviet soldiers on the offensive against German troops during the Battle of Stalingrad.
Source: https://www.britannica.com/event/Battle-of-Stalingrad
"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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Guards Lieutenant Semyon Alekseevich Filatov on the wing of his P39 aircraft.
Source: https://ava.org.ru/iap/69g.htm
"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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A Russian T-34, completely knocked out, is inspected by Finnish troops. Ihantala, June 1944.
Valentina Ivanovna Kemaeva (1924–1943) is pictured here with a young soldier wounded on the Voronezh Front. Kemaeva was killed in action on Oct 13, 1943, at the age of 19—three months after this photograph was taken.
..."The Soviet Union mobilized women on an enormous scale during the war. More than 800,000 women served in the Red Army, taking on roles that went far beyond traditional medical duties"...
