A film titled 'Why we fight : Battle of Russia' about German aggression in the Soviet Union during World War II. A dramatization depicts Soviet troops as they defend their land against foreign invaders over the years. A map of the Soviet Union depicts the advance of German forces up to Moscow. Red Army troops march. A picture of an ancient Russian warrior. Snow covered surroundings with the onset of winters. St. Basil's Cathedral in Moscow. People pray in a church. A bishop conducts a service. Soviet soldiers listen to an order read out to them. Aircraft parked on a field. Soviet paratroopers, infantrymen and cavalry units. Artillery being fired at an enemy position.
Tank battle at Soviet Union front during World War II. Map of battle front in Soviet Union. German German armored half-tracks and Pz.IV tanks move on a snow-covered field. German planes in formation, overhead. German Nashorn and Hummel SP guns in action. Troops move on an open field. A German soldier watches through binoculars. Soviet decoy tanks (fabric skin of tank over a frame object to disguise and make them appear like real tanks) and damaged Soviet tanks on the ground. Tanks fire artillery. Smoke in the background. Soviet prisoners of war being walked. German Panther and Tiger tanks advance on a field.
The Battle of Caucasus in the Soviet Union during World War II. Posters of World War II. Allied ships arrive in Germany. Crates unloaded from the ships. Red Army officers discuss a map. Animated map of Caucasus. Snow covered mountain ranges in Caucasus. A train on tracks. Animated map shows various transport routes and Stalingrad. Monuments and buildings in Stalingrad. Automobile traffic on a road. Animated map depicts German plan to occupy Stalingrad. A river between mountains.
Devastation and death in the Soviet Union after attacks by Nazi Germany during World War II. People mourn the death of Russian civilians. Corpses of Russian atrocity victims frozen in the snow. Women bend and weep over the dead. View of corpses of burned children in a building. Girls who had been sexually and physically assaulted by the German soldiers are escorted across a snowy courtyard, weeping. Bodies of murdered Soviet citizens hanging from poles after they resisted the Nazis. Soviet citizens and soldiers recite a pledge to revenge the Nazis.
A film about German aggression in the Soviet Union during World War II. Soviet aircraft in flight. Tanks roll across and fire at enemy positions. German infantry and cavalry units advance across a snow covered field. Aircraft drop bombs on German positions and explosions occur. Soviet aircraft strafe German positions.
A film about German aggression in the Soviet Union during World War II. Soviet troops enter various towns and villages after their liberation from the Germans. People cheer and wave as Soviet troops enter the city. People welcome the troops. A women kisses a Soviet soldier. People return to their towns and cities after the liberation. Damaged buildings in the city. Smoke rises from burning buildings.