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| Soviet troops fighting in Königsberg, East Prussia, Germany, Apr 1945 | German prisoners of war marching across a bridge after being captured by the Soviets, Königsberg, Germany (now Kaliningrad, Russia), Apr 1945 |
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| Fort after Soviet capture, Königsberg, Germany (now Kaliningrad, Russia), circa mid-Apr 1945 |
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