German troops unload ammunition in Russia during World War II. Map depicts the Western part of the Soviet Union (including cities such as Moscow, Kiev, Smolensk and Rostov). German troops in white camouflage suits holding machine gun bullet belts. Soldiers ducking in trenches covered in snow. Rugged, sparse winter landscape in the Eastern Front with periscope trench binoculars in foreground. A Nazi observation balloon is raised. Observation balloon gondola with a man lifts off. Point of view from observation balloon as men on the ground wave below. A German officer uses the telephone as men watch the observation balloon being raised. German soldiers in white winter suits push a 17 cm Kanone 18 German heavy field gun into place. German forces fire 17 cm Kanone 18 German heavy field gun. German soldier covering his ears and opening his mouth to equalize pressure as loud artillery fires. Soldiers loading more shells into field gun. Artillery fire hits a village and a grove of trees. Strong snowstorm causes heavy snow to fall on sentries in trenches. Soldiers cover themselves from snowstorm, one rubbing snow off of his face. A man walks under heavy snowfall. Soldiers with rifles stand behind a stone wall. Men backing up during a street fight. Soldier throws a grenade from behind a barricade. Smoke comes out from a house. A destroyed tank. Explosion near a house. German troops cross a barbed wire fence and run. Train tracks, tanks and vehicles covered under heavy snow.
German SS Infantry climb from trenches in Lake Ilmen sector during World War 2. Pz.38t tank, German Sdkfz.222 and 232 armoured cars advance. German infantry soldiers wade through mud and briefly get stuck in mud, while artillery shells are exploding nearby. German forces enter a forest and capture a number of Russian troops. Captured Soviet prisoners (POW) seen huddled together, some injured.
German infantry taking up positions in trenches on the Eastern Front. German artillerymen firing heavy field guns. Troops smoke. One German soldier receives a battlefield commendation, as an officer pins a medal on him while standing in a trench. Combat weary German infantry soldiers walk past a wrecked Russian T34/76 tank. Soldier looks up at formation of German Ju 87 Stuka Dive Bombers. High altitude view of Stukas diving and dropping bombs. Smoke arises from striking bombs (World War II period).
Battle of Russia details Russians fighting military invasion from Germany during World War II. A poster motivates Russians to fight as bravely as their ancestors. Bells of a church ring as people pray for victory. Soviet Army front liners briefed. Warplanes, infantry and artillery advance in snowy battlefields to evacuate invading Germans. Guns fire, planes fly, tanks and cavaliers march to push back enemy, in dense snow cover. Russian warplanes strike German bases in Russia. Cavaliers and infantrymen advance to evacuate Germans. Red Army on victory parade through the Russian cities evacuated from Germans. Civilians cheer and greet soldiers. Ruined houses and buildings set fire by Germans.
Battles fought by Russians fighting military raids from other nations. Animated map shows Nazi forces' conquest in various nations of Europe. Newspaper printing press operating with rollers spinning quickly. Adolf Hitler and other Nazi Generals in discussion with a map. Hungarian, Romanian and Bulgarian troops parade prior to Nazi occupation. Admiral Miklos von Horthy of Hungary, General Ion Antonescu, King Michael of Romania and King Boris of Bulgaria. Nazi military marches through Hungarian cities. Benito Mussolini walks in Italy. Yugoslavian cities bombed by Nazi planes during invasion of Yugoslavia. German Stuka aircraft dive bomb their targets. Map shows Hitler's conquest on various European nations. Greek soldiers march. Soviet Russian munition factories and war production plants in operation producing cannons, tanks, armament, shells and ammunition. Russian troops march. Warships on alert in sea. Soviet men in civilian clothing gathering together to drill and march as they enter military service as new recruits during military mobilization. Soviet soldiers in training during World War 2.
Battles fought by Russians fighting military invasion from Germany during World War II. Air raid sirens sound and streets of Leningrad. Civilian men, women, and children running for cover in Leningrad as German Luftwaffe bombers raid and blitz Leningrad. Empty streets of Leningrad with idle streetcar trolleys just before German bombing attack. Civilian men and women aircraft spotters track German planes. Russian Anti Aircraft guns follow the course of of the German planes and fire. Aerial bombs away view as bombs dropped by German aircraft and explosions seen at ground level as Soviet buildings are destroyed by bombing. Bombing continues at night. Russian firemen fight fires on burning buildings of Leningrad. Ruins of buildings destroyed by bombing. Rescuers in rubble rescue people and civilians clear rubble. Elephant at Leningrad zoo killed in bombing. Animated map shows Leningrad surrounded by German Army during siege of Leningrad.