Soviet troops cross a stream on an improvised bridge to take the fight to the Germans still trapped in the Demyansk Salient, south of Leningrad; April, 1942.

Going on the attack

White-clad Red Army infantry, accompanied by a T-34 tank, charge toward German-held positions during the Soviet winter counteroffensive in the Demyansk and Kholm pockets; south of Leningrad, February 1942.

Charge in the snowfield

Great photograph of a captured Soviet KV-1 tank. When the Germans struck on 22 June 1941, many KV-1 tank crews had but a few hours of training under their belts (no different for T-34 tank crews). In the sector of Army Group North, some KV-1s were forced into combat w/o their main armament having been bore sighted, and thus unable to function. Just another example of how the Red Army was without question not ready for war when Hitler struck.
taken from fb/Craig Luther