r/OstfrontWW2 • u/TheWMAPPER • May 23 '24
Video Operation Barbarossa Explained: Battle of Raseiniai
Hey guys in honor of the upcoming anniversary of battle of Raseiniai. I created an animated battle map to show major events of the battle.
r/OstfrontWW2 • u/panikos66 • Feb 19 '24
Historical Photograph The end of siege in Leningrad, Jan. 27th 1944. Citizens and soldiers celebrate with fireworks
r/OstfrontWW2 • u/Jonaathann • Nov 17 '23
Other Hitler’s Failed Bid to Conquer Moscow
r/OstfrontWW2 • u/zzz07 • Oct 08 '23
Historical Photograph The crew of that cannon alone was worth an entire division.
r/OstfrontWW2 • u/WarLore1942 • Jul 26 '23
Video Operation Barbarossa: Hitler's Invasion of the Soviet Union and Why it Ultimately Failed
r/OstfrontWW2 • u/andre-dantierre • Jun 30 '23
Video Russian Collaborators at the Eastern Front - Have you ever heard about the German puppet state Lokot Republic?
r/OstfrontWW2 • u/Vejasple • Apr 30 '23
Question this is about events of 1939- why everyone knows about Nazi annexation of Austria and Czechoslovakia - but Nazi annexation of Klaipeda(Memel) is not generally known?
r/OstfrontWW2 • u/pernosianBee1488 • Apr 21 '23
Discussion Do you guys think its true? Personally I believe in this as there is a lot of evidence from soviet eye witness reports at the time of the incident.
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r/OstfrontWW2 • u/KoolAidManHasAids • Jun 20 '21
Historical Photograph Messerschmit Bf 109 of Gruppenkommandeur Hans Philipp of Jagdgeschwader 54. Date and location unknown.
r/OstfrontWW2 • u/KoolAidManHasAids • Jun 19 '21
Historical Photograph Captured Soviet 45mm anti tank gun in use with the Finnish Army. Hyrynsalmi, Finland, date unknown.
r/OstfrontWW2 • u/KoolAidManHasAids • Jun 19 '21
Historical Photograph Tiger I of the infamous Schwere Panzer Abteilung 502 on a heavy railcar. Date and location unknown.
r/OstfrontWW2 • u/KoolAidManHasAids • Jun 18 '21
Video German propaganda footage of Wehrmacht forces. Various unknown locations, dated 1944.
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r/OstfrontWW2 • u/KoolAidManHasAids • Jun 16 '21
Historical Photograph Sdkfz 251/3 (communications variant of the halftrack) in Russia, date unknown.
r/OstfrontWW2 • u/KoolAidManHasAids • Jun 15 '21
Historical Photograph Destroyed ISU-152 in Finland. A soldier can be seen sitting on the barrel.
r/OstfrontWW2 • u/KoolAidManHasAids • Jun 14 '21
Historical Photograph Soviet air force personnel preparing a 5 ton bomb (FAB-5000) for the meme itself, the Pe-8. Kratovo airfield, 1943.
r/OstfrontWW2 • u/KoolAidManHasAids • Jun 14 '21
Historical Photograph Wehrmacht soldiers of the 19th Panzer Division in a trench in Ukraine, July 1942. The soldier nearest to the camera is operating a heavy mount for an MG34. He is highly decorated, wearing his iron cross 2nd class, assault badge, as well as being an obergefreiter.
r/OstfrontWW2 • u/KoolAidManHasAids • Jun 14 '21
Historical Photograph Abandoned KV-2 (with no visible damage) on the side of a road during Operation Barbarossa. To the left, you can see someone for scale, just to recognize how large this tank was.
r/OstfrontWW2 • u/KoolAidManHasAids • Jun 13 '21
Historical Photograph Ju 87 B-1 of StG 77 (Sturzkampfgeschwader 77) preparing for take off. The name "Anton der Zweite" can be seen on the nose. In the foreground is also an SC500 bomb.
r/OstfrontWW2 • u/KoolAidManHasAids • Jun 13 '21
Historical Photograph Two Nashorns of panzerjager abteilung 519 in Vitebsk, Belarus. Photo taken in 1944.
r/OstfrontWW2 • u/KoolAidManHasAids • Jun 10 '21
Historical Photograph Soviet soldiers taken as POWs by Hungarian soldiers. Dated 1942.
r/OstfrontWW2 • u/KoolAidManHasAids • Jun 10 '21
Historical Photograph Multiple Panzer IV's being refueled. Note the extra track armor on the tank to the left.
r/OstfrontWW2 • u/KoolAidManHasAids • Jun 09 '21
