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Soldier Raising The Soviet Flag Over The Reichstag 10 May 2013 | 08:32 am
Soviet Navy Photographer Yevgeny Khaldei made this composite image of a Red Army Soldier raising the Soviet flag over the Reichstag. Stalin decided to identify two Russians and a Georgian as the soldi...
Report on the Manila Massacre (February 1945) 10 May 2013 | 12:14 am
REPORT ON THE DESTRUCTION OF MANILA AND JAPANESE ATROCITIES. (34.7 MB) In February 1945, the Japanese killed 100,000 Filipinos in the Manila district of Intramuros. Defying the Imperial Japanese Army...
Reichstag After Fall of Berlin 10 Apr 2013 | 05:14 pm
Soviet Navy Photographer Yevgeny Khaldei made this composite image of the Red Army storming the Reichstag. It's made up of at least four different images.
Adolf Hitler and Hitlerjugend Wilhelm "Willi" Hubner 3 Apr 2013 | 12:23 am
Outside the Reich Chancellery on March 20, 1945, Wilhelm "Willi" Hubner was decorated for the second time by the Nazis. Adolf Hitler emerged from his bunker and warmly greeted Hubner as they were both...
Berlin, Reich Chancellery, Hitler's Bunker Busted 29 Mar 2013 | 02:36 am
The Fuhrerbunker was blown up - at least its surface components - in December 1947. Wehrmacht veteran and photographer Otto Donath took this photo after the Reich Chancellery was destroyed. The surfac...
It Happens In Scouting - Look At The Branches. Do Not Sleep In Secret - You Are Responsible For Everyone! 28 Mar 2013 | 11:04 am
The Razvedchiki were the all-purpose elite units of the Red Army. The Red Army combined the functions that the United States Army separated into reconnaissance and intelligence units.
Conserve Military Equipment - It Will Not Let You Down In Battle 28 Mar 2013 | 07:29 am
The Model 1910 Maxim was the standard heavy machine gun for the Red Army until 1943. This poster taught soldiers how to operate the Maxim in cold weather.
To Have Accuracy And Dexterity In Combat, Protect Your Rifle Like Your Life 28 Mar 2013 | 06:05 am
The Mosin Nagant 1891/30 was the standard infantry rifle for the Red Army. This poster taught soldiers how to clean their rifle.
85mm Air Defense Gun Model 1939 (52-K) At The Machine-Building Plant Named After Kalinin No. 8 28 Mar 2013 | 02:56 am
Anti-aircraft artillery made in the new factory in Sverdlov. The 85mm gun was not only an effective anti-aircraft gun, but it also was effective against tanks and was adopted for the T-34 to combat Ge...
Moscow Strikes Back 27 Mar 2013 | 10:53 am
Moscow Strikes Back was the 1942 Academy Award winner for Best Short Documentary. It had Edward G. Robinson as narrator. But a decade later, Robinson would be forced to declare, "The Reds made a sucke...
