Photos WW2 Soviet Forces

[Иван Феоктистов]

Soviet soldiers in Vyborg in front of the Vyborg castle with a camouflaged 45-mm anti-tank gun. June 1944.

 

[Иван Феоктистов]

Soviet traffic controller on the street near the Market Square of the liberated Vyborg. June 21, 1944. To the right under the turret is а Churchill tank.

 

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Soviet tank T-34 on the march along the streets of the liberated city of Vyborg. June 20-21, 1944.
Author: Vsevolod Tarasevich.

 

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Finnish self-propelled assault gun BT-42, knocked out at the end of June 1944 at the Vyborg railway station. Vehicle registration number R-712 from a separate tank company (Er.Ps.K).

 

[Иван Феоктистов]

Soviet soldier from the 23rd Army, wounded during the fighting for Vuosalmi. Leningrad region, Vyborgsky district, Druzhnoe, July 1944. Most likely a tanker - his face and hands were burnt

 

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Soviet soldiers inspect the abandoned Finnish T-26 tank, captured by the Finns during the Winter War or in 1941-43.

 

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Squadron commanders of the 957th Assault Aviation Regiment are studying a map of the combat area. Karelia, Olonetsky district, Vidlitsa airfield, 1944.

From left to right: the commander of the 3rd squadron, senior lieutenant A.A. Efanov, commander of the 2nd squadron, senior lieutenant S.I. Gavrichenko.

 

[Иван Феоктистов]

Pilots of the 1st Squadron of the 609th Fighter Aviation Regiment at the airfield at the Hawker Hurricane MkII after a sortie in the Medvezhyegorsk direction. Karelian front, Afrikand airfield (Murmansk region), summer 1942.

 

[Иван Феоктистов]

Pilot of the 957th Assault Aviation Regiment, Deputy Commander of the 3rd Squadron, Senior Lieutenant Alexander Antonovich Efanov in the cockpit of the Il-2 aircraft. Leningrad region, Tikhvin district, Shugozero airfield, January-February 1944.

 

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Soldiers of the Soviet 46th Infantry Division in a battle with Finnish troops on the streets of the city of Koivisto (Karelo-Finnish SSR), June 1944.

 

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Soviet tank-mine minesweeper KV-1 guards Lieutenant Lomovatsky. Karelian Isthmus, 1944. The tank is equipped with a PT-3 roller mine sweep.

 

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A squadron of Soviet Pe-2 dive bombers drops bombs over the Karelian Isthmus, June 1944.

 

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Soviet soldiers on the Karelian front are learning how to fight.

 

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The Finnish self-propelled artillery unit of the German-made StuG III assault gun class captured by the Soviet troops.