A Russian woman reunited with a soldier returning after the war, 1 Jun 1945
The inside of a German barrack house, a occupied home, the dining room, decorated by unit soldiers, including the eagle and small lamps over the fireplace. In 1943, the walls were painted by an amateur landscape artist with views of home. many photographs like this one had to be taken secretly by those who could this was taken by a civilian domestic cleaner. Jersey
Soviet army soldier passing by a dead german soldier during operation bagration the greatest defeat of the German armed forces in World War II.
The volunteers of lieutenant-colonel Poulus. ‘Their spirit is carried by fanaticism to free Greece from communist gangs’, according to the original caption. The fascist militia of Poulus was armed with a variety of small arms, as this picture proves. On the left are two Greek Mannlicher-Schonauers Model 1903/14 (a rifle and a carbine), while someone in the back-ground holds an Italian Breda light machine gun. The man on the right raises an MP41, which was probably used by Germany to arm some of her allies, notably Rumania and other Balkan countries.
Greece, July 27,1944.