A German truck column after a raid by Soviet aircraft, February 1944

Photograph, World War Two, Eastern Front (1941-1945), 1944.

By February 1944 the Soviets had gained air superiority on the Eastern Front. As the Germans withdrew through Ukraine and White Russia their columns were harassed by Soviet dive-bombers and strafed by fighters.

From a collection of 650 photographs compiled by the Commando Association.