Soviet pontoniers build a bridge across the Prut River, Romania, 1944. Photo by Yevgeny Khaldei/TASS
A view of the Franz Joseph Bridge over the Danube River that had been destroyed by German forces and later restored by military engineers of the Red Army, Budapest, 1945
Unit of engineering troops of the Soviet Army on the roads of Europe
Soviet sappers work to restore the bridge over the canal in Vienna, blown up by the Nazis
Red Army soldier with a mine detector on the city ruins
Soviet sappers on the Spree embankment
Defenses of Leningrad
Sappers Sergeant V. Bulanov and Corporal A. Shishlov making a pass in defense wiring, September 1944
Sergeant C. Tkachenko, who cleared more than 150 mines with a mine detector under the enemy fire, 1943
Red Army soldier A. G. Zubakin and Sergeant M. V. Kamensky make passes in wire entanglement in the Sinyavino area near Leningrad
The best sapper of the unit, Sergeant Major V. Pinenkov, awarded the Order of the Red Star and the badge "Excellent sapper"
Soviet sappers on the Spree embankment
May 1945

Soviet sappers on the Spree embankment

Soviet sappers on the Spree embankment

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A. Arkhipov
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