Amazing photos from the Russian Front: WW2

This Russian soldier stands guard at Karelia.

Did you know that some Japanese too fought in the German army during the Second World War? Here they sit as POWs in Russia.

Contrary to the horror stories we hear about the brutal treatment German POWs received in Russian hands, here they are offered a smoke by a Russian soldier.

A Russian mortar fires away as the dutiful nurse does her job.

Russian soldiers move as a train chugs in the background.

Incredible! These Russian infantrymen are firing at a German plane!

And successfully, it seems!

One gets used to war. This elderly Russian woman calmly walks home while the Russian soldier is tense and ready for action.