Front Line Fighters
Convicts in Russia often got the short end of the stick when it came to the battlefield. When moving through open fields, Russian armies would commonly force convicts to walk ahead of the soldiers and other fighters. Tragically, this is often how the convicts lost their lives. The Russian army would then be able to move forward with their best men still alive...
Battle of Berlin
Here, Soviet soldiers took their flag and raised it over Reichstag, which had been bombed to oblivion. This historic photo was taken on April 30, 1945, during the infamous Battle of Berlin. Weirdly, this is not the original image. Originally, the photographer removed the watches on their wrists, due to the fact that these were looted from dead German soldiers.
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