Battles for the Caucasus and Sevastopol, the assault on Berlin (1942-1945)

An artillery unit of the Red Army climbs the mountain during the Battle of the Caucasus in 1942.

A horse falls with a mortar barrel loaded on it.

Red Army soldiers raise the unharnessed horse.

Sappers check the road for the presence of mines with special probes.

The tank is moving through the thicket.

Tanks climb the slope of the mountain, overgrown with forest.

A unit of huntsmen of the German division "Edelweiss" climbs the mountain on one of the passes of the Main ridge.

German officers at the observation post.

German machine gun crew in position.

A German machine gunner is firing.

Panorama of the defensive position of one of the units of the Red Army, the soldiers are firing at the enemy with their small arms.

Fighting in the mountains.

View of Mount Elbrus.

Warships of the Black Sea Fleet during the support of the Soviet troops fighting in the Caucasus.

Naval artillery is firing at German positions on land, the ships are on a combat mission.

The calculation is inside the gun turret, the commander gives commands by phone.

Shell bursts on the seashore.

Soviet Marines land on the beach.

Commanders at the observation post.

Red Navy sailors whistle signals to attack during the battle for Sevastopol.

The Red Navy man in the trench changes his helmet to a cap and attaches a bayonet.

Black Sea sailors counterattack the enemy.

Soviet and German machine gunners fire during the Battle of Sevastopol.

Sailors of the Black Sea Fleet and German infantrymen are fighting on the outskirts of Sevastopol.

German sappers cut wire fences.

The fighting of the Soviet and German-fascist troops, machine gunners from both sides are firing.

The dead Red Navy man.

The sailors go to the counterattack, the medical instructor bandages the wounded.

Soviet infantry goes to the assault on Sapun Mountain in May 1944.

Soviet infantrymen and sailors run up the steps of the Grafskaya Pier.

Sailors set a red flag over the Count's wharf.

Soviet naval flag over the liberated Sevastopol.

Black Sea sailors at the monument to the defenders of Sevastopol during the Crimean War, the faces of the Red Navy and officers.

View of a part of the coast with broken German equipment.

Faces of German prisoners of war.

German prisoners of war are being escorted.

Soviet sailors and infantrymen stand on the seashore with their heads bared.

The warships of the Black Sea Fleet are returning to the roadstead of Sevastopol.

Raising flag signals on the topmasts of the warship.

The return of the armature.

One of the warships of the Black Sea Fleet in the berth in the Sevastopol Bay.

Soviet tanks in one of the suburbs of Berlin in April 1945.

Views of destroyed Berlin, damaged historical monuments.

The calculation of a rocket-propelled mortar sets a rocket with the inscription "On the Reichstag!"on the guides.

Guards rocket-propelled mortars are firing at the center of Berlin.

Fires in the night of Berlin, Soviet troops advancing at a run past the burning buildings.

Burning building of Berlin, the civilian population is saved from the fires and shelling.

Soviet tanks are firing at the enemy on the streets of Berlin.

Artillery guns of various calibers are firing at the strongholds of the Nazis in Berlin, destruction on the streets of the city.

Heavy artillery is firing at the center of Berlin, a woman runs across the street, residents of Berlin are hiding in the ruins of the entrance.

The people of Berlin are fleeing from the shelling.

Artillery is firing at the enemy.

Tanks are firing, changing their position.

View of a part of the destroyed quarter, clouds of smoke rise up.

The artillery is firing.

A Red Army soldier shoots from a captured faustpatron.

Providing assistance to a wounded soldier.

Carrying out the wounded on a stretcher.

The evacuation of the wounded tank in the rear.

Evacuation of the wounded with the help of a dog harnessed to a cart.

Soviet machine gunners are firing.

Rifle units advance through the streets of Berlin through the ruins.

A downed Soviet tank on the street of the city, the infantry moves past it to the position.

Soviet troops are fighting in Berlin.

Advance of rifle units through the streets and through the ruins.

A Soviet officer raises his subordinates to attack.

Fighting in the destroyed neighborhoods of Berlin.

Views of the streets and intersections of Berlin during the fighting, the Soviet troops are moving forward under enemy fire.

The gunners roll the gun on the landing, drop the sculpture of a knight from it.

The tank is firing at the enemy in the building.

Soviet infantry rushes to the Reichstag building.

Soldiers with a red banner climb the steps of the Reichstag.

Installation of the red banner on the roof of the Reichstag, soldiers and officers tie the shaft to the armature.

Soviet soldiers and officers greet the red banner over the Reichstag, give a rifle salute.

The faces of the tankers.

Red banner over the Reichstag.

White flags on the balconies of Belinsky houses (panorama).

Views of the streets of Berlin, white flags are displayed from the windows of the houses.

Residents of Berlin hang out white flags.

Inscriptions in German on the walls of houses "Berlin will remain German!".

German soldiers and officers surrender, get out of the basements with their hands up.

A Red Army soldier pulls a German soldier out of a manhole by the collar.

The commander of the defense of Berlin, General Weidling G., together with the staff officers, surrenders.

German prisoners of war are escorted through the streets of Berlin, the faces of captured soldiers and officers.

The face of a captured SS officer.

Captured soldiers of the Volkssturm in civilian clothes are in a column mixed with soldiers of the surrendered regular units of the Wehrmacht.

Soviet soldiers enter the building.

Field Marshal Keitel V. signs the act of surrender on the night of May 8-9, 1945.