Byelorussian children in a bomb shelter, Minsk, Byelorussia, 24 Jun 1941Byelorussian guerillas posing in a forest, circa 1943; note PPD-40 submachine gun, Mosin-Nagant M1891 rifle, and German bayonetFirst Lieutenant Zinoviy Shkapenyuk of 48th Army of Soviet 1st Byelorussian Front writing a newspaper article for Slovo Boitsa, 1944Three Soviet soldiers taking a break from fighting while a fourth stood guard, Byelorussia, 1 Apr 1944
Byelorussian children in a bomb shelter, Minsk, Byelorussia, 24 Jun 1941Byelorussian guerillas posing in a forest, circa 1943; note PPD-40 submachine gun, Mosin-Nagant M1891 rifle, and German bayonetFirst Lieutenant Zinoviy Shkapenyuk of 48th Army of Soviet 1st Byelorussian Front writing a newspaper article for Slovo Boitsa, 1944Three Soviet soldiers taking a break from fighting while a fourth stood guard, Byelorussia, 1 Apr 1944
Generals Aleksandr Vasilevsky and Ivan Chernyakhovsky accepting surrender from General der Infanterie Friedrich Gollwitzer and Generalleutnant Alfons Hitter, Vitebsk, Byelorussia, 28 Jun 1944Soviet generals Aleksandr Vasilevsky and Ivan Chernyakhovsky accepting surrender from German generals Alfons Hitter and Friedrich Gollwitzer, Vitebsk, Byelorussia, 28 Jun 1944, photo 1 of 2Soviet generals Aleksandr Vasilevsky and Ivan Chernyakhovsky accepting surrender from German generals Alfons Hitter and Friedrich Gollwitzer, Vitebsk, Byelorussia, 28 Jun 1944, photo 2 of 2Soviet generals Aleksandr Vasilevsky and Ivan Chernyakhovsky speaking with surrendered German Major General Alfons Hitter, Vitebsk, Byelorussia, 28 Jun 1944
Generals Aleksandr Vasilevsky and Ivan Chernyakhovsky accepting surrender from General der Infanterie Friedrich Gollwitzer and Generalleutnant Alfons Hitter, Vitebsk, Byelorussia, 28 Jun 1944Soviet generals Aleksandr Vasilevsky and Ivan Chernyakhovsky accepting surrender from German generals Alfons Hitter and Friedrich Gollwitzer, Vitebsk, Byelorussia, 28 Jun 1944, photo 1 of 2Soviet generals Aleksandr Vasilevsky and Ivan Chernyakhovsky accepting surrender from German generals Alfons Hitter and Friedrich Gollwitzer, Vitebsk, Byelorussia, 28 Jun 1944, photo 2 of 2Soviet generals Aleksandr Vasilevsky and Ivan Chernyakhovsky speaking with surrendered German Major General Alfons Hitter, Vitebsk, Byelorussia, 28 Jun 1944
Soviet 203 mm Howitzer M1931 (B-4) field gun on display at Minsk, Belarus, 23 Jun 2005
Soviet 203 mm Howitzer M1931 (B-4) field gun on display at Minsk, Belarus, 23 Jun 2005


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