Photos Taken During Combat - The Great Patriotic War

[another ant]

1941 infantry

[another ant]

close combats for Motherland and victory!











forgiveness for having hijacked the thread a little while.

[Scout]

Interesting pics

[Woolgar]

Fabulous images! You can almost hear the noise of battle!

Nick

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[Scout]

Its almost like there is an echo

[greimers]

I hope that these wont fall into the great many of purported Soviet photos, being re-enactments for propaganda purposes.

[Aleksander P]

I hope that these wont fall into the great many of purported Soviet photos, being re-enactments for propaganda purposes.

Staged photographs are usually easy to notice, because they tend to be over dramatic and the setting seems planned. Of course in the end, you never know for sure. Part of the photos posted by another ant are well known photographs and known for being authentic.

[Aleksander P]

Soviet infantry counterattacking during the battles in the South Caucasus, Fall 1942.

[Aleksander P]

A very famous photo and the most powerful that I've seen.

Anatoly Gagarin: Death of a Soldier

[Panzer 3]

Hi Aleksander,
Really interesting pics we dont see many like this, thanks for showing them.
Dave.