Liberation of Poland (1945)

Units of the Polish People's Army enter the streets of liberated Warsaw on January 17, 1945. Destroyed buildings of Warsaw.

A broken tram.

The head of a lion statue, hacked by shrapnel.

The pedestal of a monument.

The name of the square in German.

Views of destroyed districts of Warsaw, piles of broken bricks.

View of part of the center of destroyed Warsaw (above).

Residents of Warsaw read notices about the search for missing relatives, pasted to a tram car.

Varsovians receive food aid from the Red Army.

Servicemen of the engineering troops of the Red Army provide assistance in repairing various communications.

Graffiti on the walls about the absence of mines, with signatures of Soviet sappers.

Il-2 attack aircraft in flight.

The pilot is at the controls.

Soviet troops fight in the streets during the liberation of populated areas on the territory of Poland.

Artillery clears the way for the infantry during street fighting.

A machine gunner fires from a window opening.

The body of a German soldier on a windowsill.

Surrender of German soldiers.

Knocked out German tanks.

Ruins of historical buildings.

A red flag flutters.

The movement of Soviet troops across Poland in the winter of 1945. Residents of Polish cities greet the Red Army.

Soviet troops march through the city streets, soldiers' faces.

Local residents greet Soviet soldiers and officers and talk to them.

Views of Krakow.

Historical buildings and monuments of Krakow.

Troops of the 2nd Belorussian Front on the streets of captured Gdansk in late March 1945. A Soviet military traffic controller at an intersection.

A woman walks down the street after the end of the fighting.

View of a railway station.

Tankers and infantrymen examine houses while driving a tank along a city street.

A rally in Krakow near the Royal Palace, the Polish flag over the palace.