The Soviet WWII uniform: ... When World War II engulfed the Soviet Union in 1941, ... The 1935-issue winter greatcoat was almost a duplicate of the 1912 design.

Soviet uniform during World War II. ... When World War II engulfed the Soviet Union in 1941, ... The 1935-issue winter greatcoat was almost a duplicate of the 1912 design.

In the freezing winter of 1939, the Soviet Union launched an invasion of Finland, ... Finland held its ground in one of World War II’s most remarkable David vs. Goliath conflicts.

Russian soldiers dressed in Red Army World War II winter uniforms during the parade. (AP) During Soviet times, annual military parades were held on Nov. 7 to mark the anniversary of the 1917 ...

In Moscow's Red Square, Russian soldiers in historical uniforms and armored vehicles take part in a rehearsal for a parade marking the 77th anniversary of the 1941 Battle of Moscow. (Yuri ...

The Soviet Red Army uniform was a poor man’s version of the Imperial Russian Army dress from the 19th century. In the run-up to World War II, when Russia had the largest army in Europe ...

On November 30, 1939, nearly half a million Soviet troops stormed into Finland, beginning what would become known as the Winter War. The surprise attack came after the Kremlin, fearing a possible ...

Russian troops clad in World War II-era uniforms (pictured all) marched across Moscow's Red Square in a reconstruction of the 1941 October Revolution Parade on Thursday.

About 500 Ajack scopes arrived in Finland in the winter of 1943/1944, and the resulting M/39-43 was the best Finnish sniping rifle of World War II. Photo courtesy of Finnish Wartime Photographic ...

These 17 photos show Finland's brutally cold World War II battle with the Soviet Union. ... raged in the unprecedentedly cold winter of 1939 ... in auspicious and inadequate khaki uniforms, ...

Finns on Monday marked the 70th anniversary of the Winter War, a conflict that saw this tiny country hold off Stalin's Red Army for 105 days and suffer one-third as many casualties in weather that ...