German troops battle Russian at Leningrad during World War II. Germans entrenched behind a ridge. Soldiers enter a ridge. Germans operate a heavy gun. They fire from a camouflaged position. Germans fire across a river at Russian positions. Tanks piled up on top of one another. Several bombs burst along the bank. Wrecked equipment and dead soldiers lay around a field at river bank.
Animated maps show locations in Russia. Cold and snow force Spanish troops under German Army to use dynamite for digging defensive positions near Leningrad. They explode dynamite and make room for gun emplacements. They fashion trenches in the snow and erect crude shelters of wood. After firing artillery, an officer looks through periscopic binoculars. The troops engage in battle over snow covered field, pulling artillery piece. Chimney of Soviet blockhouse is hit. Spanish troops are decorated by German officials. German General Inderman presents Ritter Cross to Spanish General.
German truck convoys move supplies through snow blizzard. Men clear pathway through snow. Wire entanglement placed across open field. Artillery forward observer moves through field on Panzer tank. Signal man relays message. Artillery fired. Fire and smoke. Shells hit objectives. Tanks roll on the snow covered grounds. Buildings and tanks are damaged. Dead Russian soldiers.
German invasion of the Soviet Union during World War II. German Pz.35t tanks and troops advance towards Leningrad. Explosions occur. Artillery being fired at night as flashes occur in the dark. Artillery being fired across a river. German troops in a boat cross the river. German bombers and pursuit aircraft in flight. Infantry troops on bicycles wait to cross the river. German troops capture the city. A wrecked bridge. Smoke rises as German Pz.II and Pz.IV tanks roll past.