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Look into the faces of Soviet WWII soldiers (PHOTOS) Lifestyle. May 09 2021. Russia Beyond. Arkady Shaikhet/Private collection. The most dramatic event of the 20th century took millions of...
The daily lives of soldiers, captured Nazi prisoners and the liberation of concentration camps, as seen by women at war.
11 wrz 2011 · In the Soviet Union alone, some 800,000 women served alongside men in army units during the war. Collected here are images that capture some of what these women experienced and endured during the...
10 mar 2017 · Soviet photojournalist Yevgeny Khaldei recorded amazing scenes in the devastating war between Nazi Germany and the USSR.
Soviet women played an important role in World War II (whose Eastern Front was known as the Great Patriotic War in the Soviet Union). While most worked in industry, transport, agriculture and other civilian roles, working double shifts to free up enlisted men to fight and increase military production, a sizable number of women served in the army.
Over 800,000 women served in the Soviet armed forces in World War II, mostly as medics and nurses, which is over 3 percent of total personnel; nearly 200,000 of them were decorated. 89 of them eventually received the Soviet Union’s highest award, the Hero of the Soviet Union, they served as pilots, snipers, machine gunners, tank crew members ...
Browse 21,367 world war ii soviet photos and images available, or start a new search to explore more photos and images. Russian soldiers flying the Red Flag, made from table cloths, over the ruins of the Reichstag in Berlin.
