1945

French citizens released by Soviet troops from German captivity on one of the streets of the city after the German surrender

French citizens released by Soviet troops from German captivity on one of the streets of the city after the German surrender

Aircraft bomber pilots Constantin Mulyukin and Pavel Plotnikov (from left to right), Germany

One of the streets of the city after its liberation from the Nazi invaders, Germany, Willenberg

Soviet traffic controller on the square at the Brandenburg gate after the end of the Berlin Offensive

Soldiers of the Fourth Ukrainian Front Soldiers of the Fourth Ukrainian Front at a height recaptured from the enemy in the Carpathian Mountains during the Western Carpathian strategic operation of the Soviet troops.

A soldier of one of the units of the 4th Ukrainian Front with a machine gun at a firing point in the Carpathian Mountains

Soviet anti-aircraft artillerymen with an automatic anti-aircraft gun during the Western Carpathian Strategic Operation. January 1945

Reception of the wounded soldiers at the battalion medical center in the Carpathian Mountains during the Western Carpathian strategic operation

Soldiers of the Fourth Ukrainian Front in pursuit of retreating Nazi units in the Carpathian Mountains

Battery of First Lieutenant Alexander Kuznetsov on a firing position in the Carpathian mountains during the West Carpathian operation

Commander of the 21st Guards Rifle Corps, Hero of the Soviet Union Guards Major General Semyon Kozak and Guards Cornel Semyon Yeletskov (left to right) work at an observation post, Austria, April 1945

Sergey Lugansky, commander of a squadron of 270th fighter aviation regiment, twice awarded the Hero of the Soviet Union

Local people greet the Red Army soldiers after the liberation of the city, Prague, May 1945

Residents of the city during the unloading of potatoes delivered by the Soviet command to supply the city's population