An animated map shows the eastern front cities in Russia. German StuG III Assault Guns and artillery advance to the eastern Transcarpathian Oblast as troops fire at enemy positions. (World War II period).
The German campaign in Russia during World War II. Nazi tanks loaded on flat cars being brought to counter the Soviet forces. The tanks roll across an area. Soldiers prepare as they gather on a field and look at a map. The soldiers build trenches and advance. They walk in a trench. The soldiers climb up an observation tower. Nazi officers at a map.
The German campaign in Russia, Soviet Union, during World War II. Mortars, artillery and machine guns being fired by the Germans. Under heavy fire cover armored German troops carry counter attack. Tiger tanks of SS.Pz.Reg.2 'Das Reich' and s.Pz.Abt.503 firing. Heavy firing takes place as smoke rises.
Soviet troops pursuing retreating German forces in Russia during World War 2. Soviet infantry and tanks advance through approaches to Russian city abandoned by retreating German forces. They enter the city. Damaged buildings, fires, and destruction caused by the retreating German forces and battles between Soviet and German forces. Russian soldiers advancing across a water body. A few aircraft in flight. Troops ride on tanks racing through the city. Smoke rising from explosions. Women moving with belongings. People collecting their belongings and fleeing. Several German soldiers guarded by an armed Soviet soldier walk past the site of a building with only chimneys still standing. Residents trying to contain fires by pulling burning fences and walls down. They also retrieve whatever they can from their homes and place items in places that might be protected from fire. Soviet soldiers engaged in street fighting in the city, and firing artillery piece at buildings containing German troops. Swastika and German flag dropped from a building.Two women with a soldier on a street beside damaged buildings. . Soviet cinematographer recording events on film. Soldiers and officers around a building. People waving to Red Army soldiers. A large crowd on a street greeting the soldiers. Soldiers and young people wave red Soviet flag.
Russian soldiers protect large artillery from the advancing German troops in Russia. The Soviet Army soldiers beside the artillery. The artillery fired against the Germans. Smoke rising from explosions. Artillery placed among bushes is fired and more explosions occur in a hilly area. Smoke mushrooms into the air from the explosions. Red Army soldiers in a trench. The soldiers moving along the trench. The artillery is fired. The soldiers among the bushes. Red Army soldiers aiming and firing guns from the trenches. A Russian field gun. German soldiers advancing on a field are gunned down. A Red Army soldier taking aim with a DP machine gun, and another firing a Soviet PPD-40 machine gun or a PPSh-41 with drum magazine. Smoke filled air on the field. Smoke rising from explosions on a hillside. Dead German soldiers on the ground. The muzzle of a gun.
U.S. soldiers in Russia during World War II. The Russians perform in front of U.S. soldiers. A board reads: 'To-night Show and Dance Show starts at 6:30 pm. All Base Personnel Invited'. Soldiers and officers seated on the ground to watch the show. Men singing on the stage. The soldiers applaud. A performer speaks to them. Women performing a folk song. Russian soldiers perform. The soldiers sing and dance. U.S. soldiers watch the performance and applaud. Women and children in uniform standing. Russian children seated with U.S. soldiers. The soldiers dance with Russian girls. An orchestra plays.