Great Patriotic War

 A column of German Tiger I heavy tanks and a MAN ML 4500 truck 

of the 1st SS-Panzer Division Leibstandarte SS Adolf Hitler become 

bogged down during the fight for Western Ukraine, November 1943

   

A Soviet Army soldier feeds a Russian baby he has found abandoned 

in an empty cabin in the village of Izvekov 14 March 1943

  

Russian civilians in Murmansk watch an aerial battle between 

Soviet and German pilots taking place over the city, 6 April 1943

 

Russian civilians in Nevel greet Soviet troops with flowers following the liberation 

of the city from German occupation following the Battle for Nevel, October 1943

 

Russian civilians joyously greet a Soviet Naval Infantryman following the 

liberation of Tagnarog from the occupying Germans, September 1943

 

Soviet machine gunners take up positions on the banks of the 

Dnieper River during the Battle of the Dnieper. September 1943

 

Soviet soldiers battle through the ruins of a house in a village near Kiev during 

the Battle of the Dnieper. The battle was one of the largest operations in 

the war, involving almost 4,000,000 troops on both sides. September 1943

 

Soviet soldiers help Russian refugees return to their homes following the Third Battle of Smolensk when Soviet forces of the 39th, 43rd and 10th Armies recaptured of the city and surrounding areas from Axis occupation. September 1943

 

Soviet soldiers in a trench fire on a German plane during the 

opening phase of the Battle of Kursk.  7 July 1943

 

Soviet soldiers of 248th Separate Infantry Brigade greet Russian 

civilians of a kolkhoz (collective farm) west of Kursk. February 1943

 

Soviet soldiers of the 270th Rifle Division, Soviet 7th Guards Army, 

begin a counteroffensive during the Battle of Kursk. 12 July 1943

 

Soviet soldiers talk to recently liberated Russian civilians 

in a small village near Rzhev, March 1943

 

The Soviet commander of the Budak Company of partisans (left) 

points out enemy German positions on a map to Komsosmol fighters 

Mariya Yelnik and Pavel Kiselev. Near Kursk, February 1943

 

Source: Anti-Worlds