Soviet soldiers resting among the dead during a lull in the Battle of Berlin, 1945
June 17, 2013, 4:00pm / 87
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Soviet soldier celebrating the raising of the USSR flag atop the Reichstag, May 1945
June 13, 2013, 12:00pm / 156
A Soviet soldier taking in the destruction of what was then Breslau, Germany (now Wroclaw, Poland) after the siege; In the background is St. Augustine church.
June 12, 2013, 4:00pm / 438
The bodies of two dead Germans on the streets of Oppeln, Germany (now Opole, Poland) during Soviet occupation
June 12, 2013, 1:00pm / 178
Soviet soldiers giving a parting salvo for their fallen comrades, Germany 1945/Valery Faminskii
June 11, 2013, 11:12pm / 60
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