Action on the Russian Front by German soldiers in Russia during World War II. Map of Russia. German soldiers in trenches as they move up. German transport aircraft, the Junkers JU-52 drops supplies. Men carry supplies. Germans unpack meat.
Action on the Russian Front by German soldiers in Russia during World War II. German Sdkfz.250 halftrack passes through mud and infantry marches. Sdkfz.4 halftrack prepares for action. Germans in zig-zag trench and a radio post. German soldiers talk. A soldier smokes a pipe in a trench. Germans fire 150mm howitzer. Shells bursting and rockets being fired. Smoke rises from explosions. Soldiers watch through binoculars. Rare German 8.8 cm PaK 43 being fired. German Pz.III Befehls tanks and Ferdinand tank destroyers, also called Elefant tank destroyers, Panzerjäger Tiger (P) Sd.Kfz. 184, move across an open field. Knocked-out Russian KV tank and a gun. Wounded being aided in a medical center.
Animated map starts the film, showing the Eastern (Russian) front in vicinity of the Dnieper River, during beginning of winter, 1943-44, as German forces battle against Soviet forces in World War 2. German troops are seen in deep trenches and lying prone behind rubble. Light snow covers the ground. Closeups of German tiger tanks moving along a muddy path beside a river. German Panzergrenadiers taking a smoking break during a lull in combat. German soldiers trudging through mud as snow falls. They pass by some German artillery field pieces firing at Soviet positions. Heavy German guns firing. German troops hurrying toward entrenched positions. Closeup of two soldiers conversing as one points toward Soviet positions. A soldier takes up his defensive spot at the mouth of a dugout at the end of a trench. Closeup of two German soldiers smoking cigarettes. A German soldier reports to an officer at the front, who pins a medal on him and shakes his hand. Another view of a soldier smoking a cigarette. German soldiers walk past some knocked out tanks. Closeups as they pass the camera. One soldier looks skyward. A large formation of German Junkers Ju 87 (Stuka) dive bombers is seen overhead. View from a Stuka cockpit, as it dives emitting classic sound. Stuka aircraft diving and dropping bomb that are seen bursting on ground below. Good closeup of Stuka in a dive.
German General Hermann Balck with his aides on the Russian Front in World War 2. Change of scene to German Panther tanks and artillery on patrol in the streets of the Praga district of Warsaw Poland during the abortive uprising against German garrison in the city (led by General Tadeusz Komorowski also known as General Bór-Komorowski, or as General Bor). Mortars and flamethrowers used against the rebellious Polish resistance movement during the Warsaw Uprising. Smoke and explosions. Soldiers on grass. Wrecked buildings in view. Rubble in streets of Warsaw. Fire set in buildings by German soldiers using flame throwers. Unknown locations in city could include the Warsaw Ghetto. NOTE: this content can also be seen with German narration in clip 65675080271 .
Decoration and inspection of German troops in Naples, Italy during World War II. German officers inspect German troops on the Russian front. Various views of German troops lined up. Head of German SS (Schutzstaffel) Heinrich Himmler decorates SS men. SS men give the Nazi salute to Himmler.