1943
All battles and events of 1943
Now and Then - Rzhev mine clearance
Bolshaya Spasskaya street, Rzhev. October 2022 / Commune street, Rzhev. March 1943 Soviet sappers searching for mines on one of the…
Liberation of Shlisselburg - memoirs of Nikolay Vasipov
Shlisselburg, Leningrad province. January 19th, 1943 / Shlisselburg, Leningrad province. April 2019 BA-10 armoured cars of the 61st…
Now and Then - Bomb on the Nevsky
Prospekt of the 25th of October, Leningrad. April 1943 / Nevsky prospekt, St. Petesburg. July 25th, 2022 Fence around the excavation…
The first POW victims of Stalingrad
In the course of its victorious advance the 6th Army of the Wehrmacht covered a huge stretch of Soviet land from Kharkov to Stalingrad…
Now and Then - Shlisselburg church
Shlisselburg, Red Square. Late January 1943 / Shlisselburg, Red Square. Spring 2019. BA-10 armoured cars on the streets of…
Now and Then - Gatchina German occupation
Lindemannstadt, occupied territory of the Leningrad province under civilian administration of Rear Area Command of Army Group North.…
Now and Then - Breakthrough of the Siege day
Today, 79 years ago. Prospekt of the 25th of October, Leningrad. January 1943 / Nevsky prospekt, St. Petersburg. March 2021 …
Now and Then - SU-122 guns at the Narva gate
Today, 79 years ago Stachek square, Leningrad. Winter 1944 / Stachek square, St. Petersburg. January 2021 SU-122 self-propelled guns…
Now and Then - Operation January Thunder
Mezhdunarodny prospekt, Leningrad. Mid-January 1943 / Moskovsky prospekt, St. Petersburg. March 2020 Red Army soldiers at a short…
Now and Then - Panorama museum
Here's my collection of pictures of the Breakthrough of the Siege of Leningrad Panorama museum. The panorama recreates the fighting on…
Breakthrough of the Siege of Leningrad - Dunayevskaya
Today, 79 years ago. Fragment of the Breakthrough of the Siege of Leningrad Diorama. The attack sector of the 268th Rifle Division was…
Siege diary cartoon
A few days ago I was sifting through an online diary project and found this little gem, a nicely illustrated and amazingly life-…