Caption
Air raid, aircraft formation near Sevastopol, May 8, 1944 J. Chaldej about the picture: “I took the photo on May 8, 1944. On May 9, Sevastopol was captured. That was a year in front of the win. I sat in the American bomber Boston, a machine of American origin, equipped with bombs and rockets, but with a Russian pilot. ' Second World War. In October 1941, the Wehrmacht conquered a large part of Crimea as part of Operation Barbarossa. Since then, the Red Army has been trying to liberate Crimea again. It wasn't until 1944 that the time had come. The main battle for Crimea began on April 8, 1944. On May 12, 1944, Crimea was liberated from German occupation
Date
May 07, 1944
Credit line
Photo12/ImageBROKER/Jewgeni Chaldej / Sammlung E.Volland & H.Krimmer
Reference
BRK26H32_106
Model release
No
Property release
No
License type
Rights managed
Available size
22.0Mb (7.3Mb) / 10.9in x 7.8in / 3273 x 2352 (300dpi)