Declassified photos of the Great Patriotic War

Declassified photos of the Great Patriotic War

Categories: History

On June 22, 1941, on Sunday, Nazi Germany and its allies attacked the Soviet Union: 190 divisions, more than 4 thousand tanks, 47 thousand guns and mortars, about 4.5 thousand aircraft, up to 200 ships-a total of five million people.

In April 2015, the Russian Defense Ministry declassified unique photos, several of which date back to the first days of the Great Patriotic War. Previously, these personnel were in closed funds and were available only to archive employees and military specialists. 

Declassified photos of the Great Patriotic War

Photos: Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation

Declassified photos of the Great Patriotic War

Leningrad Military District (Northern Front).

Declassified photos of the Great Patriotic War

Leningrad Military District (Northern Front).

Declassified photos of the Great Patriotic War

Western Special Military District (Western Front).

Declassified photos of the Great Patriotic War

Kiev Special Military District (South-Western Front).

Declassified photos of the Great Patriotic War

9th Army, Southern Front.

Declassified photos of the Great Patriotic War

Baltic Special Military District (North-Western Front).

Declassified photos of the Great Patriotic War

Leningrad Military District (Northern Front).

Declassified photos of the Great Patriotic War

Kiev Special Military District (South-Western Front).

Declassified photos of the Great Patriotic War

Baltic Special Military District (North-Western Front).

Declassified photos of the Great Patriotic War

Leningrad Military District (Northern Front).

Declassified photos of the Great Patriotic War

Documents of the main command.

Declassified photos of the Great Patriotic War

Kiev Special Military District (South-Western Front).

Declassified photos of the Great Patriotic War

Kiev Special Military District (South-Western Front).

Declassified photos of the Great Patriotic War

Documents of the main command.

Declassified photos of the Great Patriotic War

Kiev Special Military District (South-Western Front).

Declassified photos of the Great Patriotic War

9th Army, Southern Front.

Declassified photos of the Great Patriotic War

Documents of the main command.

Declassified photos of the Great Patriotic War

Baltic Special Military District (North-Western Front).

Declassified photos of the Great Patriotic War

Western Special Military District (Western Front).

Declassified photos of the Great Patriotic War

Leningrad Military District (Northern Front).

Declassified photos of the Great Patriotic War

Documents of the main command.

Declassified photos of the Great Patriotic War

Western Special Military District (Western Front).

Declassified photos of the Great Patriotic War

9th Army, Southern Front.

Declassified photos of the Great Patriotic War

Leningrad Military District (Northern Front).

Declassified photos of the Great Patriotic War

Baltic Special Military District (North-Western Front).

Declassified photos of the Great Patriotic War

Kiev Special Military District (South-Western Front).

Declassified photos of the Great Patriotic War

Western Special Military District (Western Front).

Declassified photos of the Great Patriotic War

9th Army, Southern Front.

Declassified photos of the Great Patriotic War

Western Special Military District (Western Front).

Declassified photos of the Great Patriotic War

Western Special Military District (Western Front).

Declassified photos of the Great Patriotic War

Western Special Military District (Western Front).

Keywords: War | Russian Federation | History | Archive | World War II | Great Patriotic War | Photo archives

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