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Russian troops advance in the Caucasus region in World War I; Turkish prisoners seen under Russian guard; Bactrian camels transport equipment.
Opening slate says "How the Russian troops are turning the Turkish flank." World War 1 footage shows Russian forces on a snowy plain in the Caucasus Mountains region between Europe and Asia. The Russian troops march in the snow and mud in a column and through snow covered areas. Turkish prisoners of war are seen in a town town and marching along a path in the snow. Armed Russian soldiers are seen near the prisoners. Russian troops place supplies in a snow sled. They are seen transporting soldiers and supplies in ox carts and sledge drawn by cattle. Bactrian camels that are able to withstand the extreme cold are seen transporting gear. The Russian forces move a herd of camels through a village and up a steep mountain road.
Russian troops maneuver to outflank Turks in the Caucasus Campaign of World War I
Slate reads: "Russian troops turning the Turkish flank," in World War 1. They are seen massed on a snowy plain in the Caucasus. Then, led by mounted officers, they march along a muddy path in the snow. Next they are seen moving in a very long single file column, through snow covered landscape. Large numbers of Turkish prisoners of war move past the camera in a town and march along a snowy path. Occasional armed Russian soldiers are seen by the prisoners. Russian troops place supplies in a sledge. They are seen transporting soldiers and supplies in bullock carts and sleds drawn by cattle. They employ Bactrian camels that are able to withstand the extreme cold. They move a herd of camels through a village and up a steep mountain road. (World War i; World War 1; WWI; WW1)
Circassian infantry (known as Cherkas) march in snowy mountains of Trans-Caucasia, captured Turkish Ottoman soldiers move past a building during WW1
Circassians (also known as Cherkas or Cherkess) soldiers are sent by the Russian Empire to fight Ottoman Empire troops during the Caucasus Campaign of World War 1. Soldiers from the Russian Empire, dressed in thick overcoats and fur hats, wait on the snowy plain. Behind the soldiers are various military supplies, vehicles and artillery. Circassian soldiers of the Russian Empire march along muddy road, with cavalry in front, followed by infantry. Cherkas infantry soldiers, carrying bayonetted rifles, marching in a single file in the snow. Cherkas infantry soldiers move across a snowy landscape. Turkish Ottoman prisoners-of-war are made to march past a building, march in the snow.
Circassian soldiers load supplies on sled, ox carts and Bactrian camels during WW1
Circassians (also known as Cherkas or Cherkess) soldiers are sent by the Russian Empire to fight Ottoman Empire troops during the Caucasus Campaign of World War 1. Wounded Cherkas soldiers, one with his arm in a sling, step onto a sled, aided by a medic. Oxen pull sleds loaded with wounded Cherkas soldiers in the snow. Bactrian camels led by Cherkas infantry carry supplies through a village and in the snowy mountains.
Turkish soldiers killed during the Battle of Sarikamish in World War I
Frozen bodies of numerous dead Turkish soldiers line a mountain road in Sarikamish. They fell victim to the opposing Russian Forces and the severe cold weather, during the World War 1, Caucasus Campaign Battle of Sarikamish (part of Russian Armenia at that time).
German and Romanian troops fight against Soviets during the battle of Caucasus in World War 2
German film about the Battle for the Caucasus. Opens showing a map of the region, centered on Pyatigorsk. German troops are seen descending from wooded hills above the Kuban river. They launch a rubber raft and start crossing the river in it, as Soviet artillery shells splash in the water near them. Closeup of soldiers paddling the raft. Views from inside one of two rafts being paddled across the river, under artillery fire. German and Romanian soldiers participate in the crossings and make their way through heavy brush on the other side. They throw hand grenades. One Romanian soldier fires a vz.26 light machine gun. Others hunt Soviet snipers hidden in trees. They encounter one and shoot him down with their rifles. View from shore of a raft of Romanian soldiers being pulled by a cable toward the camera. Some are seen crossing the river in a power boat. Closeup of boatman at the tiller of the boat. Views of Romanian soldiers moving along the river bank near houses and roads. They move an artillery field piece along the shoreline. Movements of trucks raise much obscuring dust at the foot of the Caucasus mountains. Romanian troops hunkered down beside a road as a tank moves raising lots of dust in the background. Closeup of a Romanian T-4 tank (or German Panzer IV) advancing toward the camera. German forces with armor, artillery, and vehicles enter the town of Pyatigorsk. German forces setting up positions on a plain, and firing artillery at zero elevation and anti aircraft guns at Soviet positions. Armored vehicles and crews taking a break. German infantry marching in loose formation deeper into the Caucasus. Horses pulling artillery pieces and supplies through the water. A German SdKfz 7 half track proceeding through the water, towing an s.F.H. 18, 15cm field howitzer. A soldier hitches a ride on the hood of a staff car being towed through the water. View of Maikop, an Oil city on North Slope of Caucuses. Local Commissars taken prisoner, being escorted. Soldiers display a captured Bolshevik flag containing image of Joseph Stalin. Captured prisoners being marched, guarded by armed German soldiers on horseback. Scene shifts to German artillerymen setting up in a cornfield for a battle for the oil fields South of Maikop. Artillery firing, with operations continuing into the night. Fires raging at night from Soviet artillery strikes. German infantry advancing in the daylight. SdKfz 7 half tracks towing s.F.H. 18, 15cm field howitzers, past burning buildings. Closeup of infantry and armor advancing through dust and heat.
