Victory Day

70 years ago May was one of the happiest in the history of our country, but happy in a special way - with anguish and tears.

We have prepared 30 famous pictures of World War II, made fearless photojournalists. Each of these frames - a masterpiece, though, because they were made in very difficult conditions.

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Combat.

"Combat" - one of the most famous photographs of World War II. The photograph captures a junior political officer AG Eremenko, raising soldiers to attack for a few seconds before his death.









German air raids on Moscow July 26, 1941.









June 22, 1941-th. Kids hiding from the bombing.





Renowned photographer Mark Markov-Grinberg, made in 1943 and became a symbol of courage and heroism of Soviet soldiers.









A volley of Soviet rocket launchers "Katyusha" on the approaches to Vyborg.









Soviet soldiers with a cat in her arms in Stalingrad.









Soviet soldier gives a light German prisoners.









Kursk. Tankers and destroyed tank "Tiger».

Tank commander, Lieutenant BV Smelov shows a hole in the tower of the German tank "Tiger", the downed crew Smelov Lieutenant Lihnyakevichu.









The death of a Soviet soldier during an attack.









Soviet soldiers from the Czech baby in her arms.









Sergeant Ivan Kireev shoots from captured German rocket-propelled grenade during a night battle in the city of Breslau.









Heavy Guard soldier Yefim Costin, who was awarded the Order of the Red Star.









Soviet soldiers in the attack at Leningrad during the early to break the blockade.









Soviet intelligence agents in combat.









War Child.









Post defense on the roof of the hotel "Moscow" in the capital.









Pilot collects machine-gun belts.









Battery firing at the defending German troops. Belarus, summer 1944.









Under the tank treads.









Fountain "Children's dance" on the station square of Stalingrad after the Nazi air raid.









Swing war.









Maria Shalneva, a corporal of the 87th separate Road Maintenance Battalion, regulates the movement of military equipment near the Reichstag in Berlin in May 1945.









Soviet pilot feeding pigeons in moments of relaxation.









Soviet soldiers are sleeping in cars on one of the squares of Prague, in 1945.









Returned!









Living in Prague welcomed the car with the Soviet military.









Awarding of the young hero.









Victory Banner over the Reichstag.

When Eugene Chaldea reached the Reichstag, the flag was already set very much. Stumbling on a few soldiers, he took out his flag and asked for their help to get on the roof. Finding a convenient point to take pictures, he photographed two cassettes.

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