Russian Infantry

[Myles]

The Red Army liberates Klin during the Soviet counter-offensive of December 1941. Fighting at the limits of their capacity the offensive came as a shock to the Germans, but despite taking heavy losses and being pushed back some 100 - 250 kilometers from Moscow, they managed to hold the line.

 

[Myles]

Battle of Moscow.

 

[Louis]

 

[Louis]

1942, Battle of Stalingrad

 

[Louis]

A captured Soviet commissar talking to his encircled comrades through a loudspeaker, Sept 1941.

 

[Louis]

Soviet soldiers in training following the german invasion of your country. Moscow, 30 Aug 1941.

 

[Louis]

Over the roof of a factory shop in Stalingrad, 1942.

 

[Bootie]

Russ POW's drink from partly frozen stream

 

[Louis]

Moment of the meal

 

[Rico]

Soviet soldiers, North Korea, 1945 ... what's often striking with Russian infantry units in WW2 is the wide range of ages amongst the soldiers...

 

[Louis]

Soviet wireman checking telephone lines in Vienna.

 

[nektoman]

Soviet soldiers, North Korea, 1945 ... what's often striking with Russian infantry units in WW2 is the wide range of ages amongst the soldiers...

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Such as the cause - the scale of human casualties in eastern front on both sides.

 

[Louis]

After the victory, Russian troops outside the Reichstag building in Berlin. 1945.

 

[Louis]

Stalingrad
(The image reminds me of Ron Perlman in Enemy at the gates)

 

[Louis]

Soviet troops in Vienna, 1945.

 

[Louis]

Roza Shanina, sniper who was credited with fifty-nine confirmed kills. Killed in action on Jan. 28, 1945. Age 20.
Shanina had four brothers: Mijaíl, Fiódor, Sergéi and Marat. Mikhail dies at the Leningrad site in 1941, Fiódor was killed the same year during the Battle of Crimea in 1941. Sergei never returned from the war alive, leaving Marat as the sole survivor.

The last photograph taken of Roza Shanina, January 1, 1945.

 

[Rico]

Soviet troops in Vienna, 1945.

What is that guy at the back carrying?

 

[Unknown]

It is a mortar tube. His comrade in the foreground carries the corresponding/belonging base plate on his back.

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[Gunner]

It looked like an old time breech loading cannon.
And what is a sculpture of Mark Twain doing on the wall?

 

[Gunner]

(Found on Imgur)

Female snipers of the 3rd Shock Army, 1st Belorussian Front. The ‘Shock’ armies were created with the specific structure to engage and destroy significant enemy forces, and were reinforced with more armored and artillery assets than other combined arms armies. Where necessary the Shock armies were reinforced with mechanized, tank and cavalry formations and units.

The snipers in the picture:

First row –
Guard Staff Sergeant, VN Stepanova: 20 kills,
Guard Sgt JP Belousova: 80 kills,
Guard Sgt AE Vinogradova: 83 kills.

Second row –
Guard Lieutenant EK Zhibovskaya: 24 kills,
Guard Sgt KF Marinkin: 79 kills,
Guard Sgt OS Marenkina: 70 kills.

Third row – Guard Lieutenant NP Belobrova: 70 kills,
Lieutenant N. Lobkovsky: 89 kills,
Guard Lieutenant VI Artamonova: 89 kills,
Guard Staff Sergeant MG Zubchenko: 83 kills.

Forth row –
Guard Sergeant, NP Obukhova: 64 kills,
Guard Sergeant, AR Belyakova 24 kills.

Total number of confirmed kills: 775.
Photo taken in Germany, May 4, 1945.