Attack on Stalingrad, Soviet Union, by the German troops during World War II. Animated map shows the position of Stalingrad. Smoke due to bombardment. German soldiers march forward for attack. Soldiers at Stalingrad. Destroyed buildings and wrecked tanks. Soldiers fire with guns and fight amid the ruins.
Italian troops outside Stalingrad, Russia, Soviet Union, during the Battle of Stalingrad in World War II. General Galbiati accompanied by General Viktor Lutze, Sturmabteilung ("SA") Chief, arrives at airfield near the front where he meets General Gariboldi, Commander in Chief of the Italian Expeditionary Force. General Galbiati in inspection of the troops. Italian officers inspect trenches and walk in them, and review Italian soldiers and artillery equipment.
World War 2 Battle of Stalingrad, Russia, Soviet Union. German tanks and armored vehicles advance on Russian front just outside Stalingrad. German tanks firing. German soldiers advancing through towns and into industrial outskirts of the city, near railroad marshaling yards and industrial plants. German soldiers firing rifles from bomb craters and embankments. Scenes of devastated buildings. Smoke rises in air. Soldiers cross railroad tracks. Shirtless German soldier loading artillery shell that is fired at Stalingrad. Elevated views of city of Stalingrad during battle, as explosions and fire are seen in buildings in the distance. Aerial views from German Luftwaffe bomber aircraft as they bomb the city of Stalingrad. Stuka dive bombers accompany them and are seen diving during battle.
Animated map shows World War 2 supply convoy routes to Murmansk, Soviet Union. German Junkers 88 bombers, JU 87, Stuka dive bombers, Fokker D.XXI aircraft; and Dornier Do-17 bombers are seen as aircraft used to disrupt the convoy traffic. An officer aboard a convoy escort ship looks through binoculars. A group of German Stuka dive bombers peels off to attack the convoy. Escort warships fire antiaircraft guns at the attacking German aircraft. bombs striking a supply ship. German Me 109 aircraft flying over the convoy. An attacking German aircraft is downed and crashes into the sea. A bombed supply freighter rapidly sinks. Smoke rises from another burning ships. A long line of supply ships arriving at Russian port. Aircraft and tanks being offloaded.
Activities of German pilots and generals in Europe during World War II. German Luftwaffe pilots gathered. A pilot holds a bouquet of flowers and a sign commending him for 100 missions against England, United Kingdom. A pilot receives an award from an officer. German Pilots engaged in pre-flight or post-flight briefings. German officer talks on a phone. Pilots stand beside a map and talk. They discuss about mission and battles at a fighter squadron headquarters. Next: German Chancellor Adolf Hitler at the Wolfsschanze (Wolf's Lair) Fuhrer's Headquarters (FHQ) for the eastern front near Rastenburg (now Ketrzyn Poland). He receives generals who fought at Kharkov, Russia, Soviet Union. Generals give a Nazi salute. Adolf Hitler decorates Schutzstaffel soldiers. Gen.Lt. Theobald Lieb is greeted and awarded by Hitler. Next, SS-Hpstuf. Léon Degrelle and SS-Gruf. Herbert Otto Gille are greeted by Hitler and receive decorations from him. Hitler and officers, including the award recipients, seated at a conference table talking.
Siege of Stalingrad, from 1942 through 1943. Germans and Soviets battle for Stalingrad in the Union of Soviet Socialist Republic (USSR) during World War II. German Stuka dive bombers in a line for a take off. A formation of German Stukas JU-87s. Soviet troops march across a field. German Pz.III tanks go across dry land. German heavy artillery lay down a barrage on the city of Stalingrad. Explosions in the city. German troops advance across a scrubby terrain throwing hand grenades. German troops use flame throwers against Soviet troop positions. Shell bursts in the city. Smoke rises. Buildings in Stalingrad on fire. German soldiers advance into outskirts of Stalingrad which shows completely demolished buildings. Smoke rises in the city. Winter scenes show Soviet artillery firing at German troop positions following successful Soviet encirclement of German forces in Operation Uranus. A Soviet officer with his beard covered with frost. Soviet troops counterattack across snow covered fields. Aerial views of Soviet aircraft including Tupolev Tu-2. Dead German soldiers lying in a field. Soviet troops advance. Street to street fighting. Soviet machine guns fired.