A Soviet soldier recounts his wartime experience in a letter to his wife during World War 2, known in the Soviet Union as the Great Patriotic War. Armored train cars leave a factory in the Soviet Union. Hands holding a letter written in Russian. Hands holding a letter written in English. Soviet soldiers on the ground fire at German bombers with anti-aircraft artillery at night. Soviet infantry and tanks move across a battlefield. Explosion from bombs dropped from bombers. Tank reserve moving behind Soviet infantry. Soviet artillery fires from under a camouflage net. Explosion from artillery fire in battlefield. A rapidly deploying smoke screen. Soviet infantry cling to pontoon bridge while under heavy fire. Soviet cavalry ford river with artillery cannon in foreground. A burning village after being set on fire by retreating German soldiers. A Soviet soldier inspects ruins of a village razed due to German “Scorched Earth policy”. An elderly Russian woman crying in despair. Soviet soldiers take rifles from dead bodies. Soviet defenders killed by German forces. A Russian man rings church bells in victory as village is liberated. Soviet tanks fire while advancing. An advancing tank runs over trees in the forest while infantry trails behind. A tank advancing through a razed village, with infantry trailing behind. A clock is seen still running on ruined wall on fire.
Russian woman soldier pushes wounded soldier and rifle into trench as comrade carries injured soldier away. Soviet soldier fires from trench. Russians with ox carts and horses evacuate from a village. A city is bombed in Soviet Union. Aerial view of a city with heavily damaged buildings left in ruins from fighting Nazi occupying forces during World War II. German prisoners of war march under Soviet guard. The hand of a dead Nazi soldier, with a swastika ring, inside a burning vehicle.
Allied soldiers firing with a field gun (likely BL 5.5-inch medium gun) during the Invasion of Sicily in World War II. Close up of gun barrel during recoil. Explosion with flying debris in a field. United States soldiers firing a field gun under a camouflage net. Explosion in a field.
United States soldiers move off road to take cover while watching for enemy during World War II. United States soldier arranges stacks of bombs. Bombs towed to parked B-17 bomber. Men loading a bomb into a bomb bay of B-17. Close up engine start on B-17. A United States Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress takes off from an airfield.
American soldiers drive a tracked vehicle to transport an artillery piece into a European city in World War 2. A United States Army tank rolls through the countryside. United States soldiers load a stretcher with patient on an ambulance. Medics comforting injured soldiers. United States soldiers put supplies on a pack horse. American soldier leads a pack horse in rugged terrain. Allied trucks drive through rough, rocky terrain. Abandoned car remains on the roadside as military trucks drive on the road. Soldier drives a motorcycle beside smoking vehicle wreckage. A military truck wreckage on fire. A military vehicle wreck on fire and covered with thick smoke. A dead soldier lying beside wreckage. Various battlefield wreckage of vehicles and field guns. Stranded armored vehicles, battlefield wreckage and other mechanical debris in beachhead. Narrator refers to location, but intelligible. A ship on fire and covered with smoke. Fire inside remains of ship. Various stranded tanks and ships wreckage after a beachhead battle. Two British “Brodie” helmets washed up by waves on the shore. A damaged ship with heavy smoke. A ship listing after sustaining damage. A submerged ship with only the mast and funnel showing.
United States Navy ships in convoy at sea during World War 2. A group of Landing Vehicle Tracked LVT landing crafts on deck of sailing ship. Trucks massed on deck of ship at sea. United States soldiers practice aiming a field gun on deck of ship. Idle machinery abandoned as scrap metal Bulldozer pulls obsolete heavy machinery from a factory to be sold as scrap. Men dismantling collected scrap machinery. Large scrap gear wheel moved on overhead crane. Scrap of various mechanical parts being processed at a factory. Molten steel spills from furnace foundry. A ladle pours molten steel. Rail carts containing scrap metal convey inside a factory. Words say “FROM YOUR SCRAP WE WILL FORGE THE ARMS OF VICTORY!”.
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