Soviet Union In WWII (Photo Essay)
By: Anand Pant
Overview
1. Operation Barbarossa (June 22, 1941)
German Tanks in the Soviet Union Preparing for an Attack as Part of Operation Barbarossa, July 21, 1941. Digital image. Britanica. N.p., n.d. Web. <http://media-2.web.britannica.com/eb-media/98/150098-004-3DA852C8.jpg>.
2. Evacuation of Soviet Factories (July, 1941)
A Soviet Tank Production Factory. Digital image. Wikipedia. N.p., n.d. Web. <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Soviet_tank_production_factory_wwII.jpg>.
3. Battle of Kiev (August 23, 1941)
A Truck Travels over Frozen Lake Ladoga on a Route Known as "the Road of Life." Digital image. N.p., n.d. Web. <http://gdb.rferl.org/2F4B199D-E55E-4403-BBBB-9BD8D0EA6A22_mw1903_mh892_s.jpg>.
4. Siege of Leningrad (September 8, 1941)
Stalin refused to give up Leningrad and the city was under siege for almost 3 years. Few citizens were evacuated and eventually the city became a heavy industrial area which was nearly self-sufficient. That being said, many died of starvation and disease, and some even resorted to cannibalism. The following is the the “Road of Life”, a frozen river that allowed supplies to be transported in and the women/elderly out.
German Soldiers Taken Prisoner after the Battle of Stalingrad, 1943.Digital image. Britanica. N.p., n.d. Web. <http://media-3.web.britannica.com/eb-media/63/127263-004-DF95F719.jpg>.
5. Battle of Stalingrad (August 23, 1942)
German Soldiers Taken Prisoner after the Battle of Stalingrad, 1943.Digital image. Britanica. N.p., n.d. Web. <http://media-3.web.britannica.com/eb-media/63/127263-004-DF95F719.jpg>.
6. Battle of Kursk (July 5, 1943)
Soviet Forces Use Signal Flares to Illuminate a Night Attack during the Battle of Kursk in July–August 1943. Digital image. N.p., n.d. Web. <http://media-1.web.britannica.com/eb-media/04/79604-004-97F44643.jpg>.
7. Tehran Conference (November 22, 1943)
Stalin, Roosevelt and Churchill at the Tehran Conference. Digital image. N.p., n.d. Web. <https://s3.amazonaws.com/static.history.state.gov/milestones/tehran-conference.jpg>.
8. Order of Maternal Glory (July 8, 1944)
Order First Class Variation. Digital image. N.p., n.d. Web. <http://soviet-awards.com/order_pics/detail/mglod1v1.jpg>.
9. Vistula-Oder Offensive (January 12, 1945)
It was a successful Red Army offensive in Eastern Europe that allowed the Soviet Union to gain 300 miles of land and which put them within 43 miles of Berlin. Illustrated here are Soviet Tanks pushing into Lodz.
Lodz Liberation. Digital image. N.p., n.d. Web. <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vistula%E2%80%93Oder_Offensive#mediaviewer/File:Lodz_liberation2.jpg>.
10. Tass Posters (1941-45)
TASS_ss. Digital image. N.p., n.d. Web. <http://www.artic.edu/aic/collections/files/aic/TASS_ss.jpg>.
11. German Propaganda (1941-45)
(1941-45) Although not directly pertaining to the Soviet Union, as the principal and most hated enemy, German propaganda is significant as well. As it translates, the Association for the Fight Against Bolshevism. Sub-human, implications.
"Anyone who has ever looked in the face of a Red Commissar knows what the Bolsheviks are like . . . we would be insulting the animals if we were to describe these men, who are mostly Jewish, as beasts."
James Weingartner, 'War against Subhumans: Comparisons between the German War against the Soviet Union and the American War against Japan, 1941-1945,' The Historian 58, no. 3 (1996), https://www.questiaschool.com/read/1G1-18516918.
German Propaganda Poster. Digital image. N.p., n.d. Web. <https://adamrussell1967.files.wordpress.com/2012/06/06.jpg>.
12. Soviet Women (1941-45)
Pilots of the 46th Taman Regiment (The Night Witches). Digital image. N.p., n.d. Web. <https://blogs.lt.vt.edu/annapope/files/2014/10/46th.jpg>.