Anti-tank riflemen of the Southwestern Front D.Shlykov, I.Novikov, P.Vasilev, A.Poddubny, A.Romanyuk and D.Kucher with PTRD-41 armed with anti-tank guns of Degtyareva Model 1941 (PTRD-41).
Crossing the Rhine, March 1945: C-47 transport planes release hundreds of paratroops and their supplies over the Rees-Wesel area to the east of the Rhine. This was the greatest airborne operation of the war. Some 40,000 paratroops were dropped by 1,500 troop-carrying planes and gliders.