Yevdokia Bershanskaya, Soviet pilot in World War II and second in command of the 46th Taman Guards Night Bomber Aviation Regiment.

Valentina Matyukhina (08.05.1915 – 23.12.1944)
Guards senior lieutenant, master pilot of the 125th âMarina M. Raskovaâ Borisov Guards Bomber Regiment.
Flew 53 missions, was killed at a combat mission.

Yevdokia Bershanskaya, Valentina Matyukhina, 1943

Two Russian soldiers seen captured during the battle of Volchov, east of Leningrad, near Lake Ladoga; July 1943.
One of the German soldiers is checking out the wounded soldier's injuries, while the other one looks on.


Battle of Volchov scene

American Infantrymen of the U.S. 11th Armoured Division supported by a M4 Sherman tank move through a smoke filled street in Wernberg, Germany during April 1945.