The Russians recapture Kerch in the Crimean Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic during World War II. A map showing the location of Kerch. Smoke rising from explosions in Kerch. The Red Army soldiers advance through rubble in the city. The soldiers in a freight yard. Abandoned equipment at the yard. Dead Germans on the ground. Damaged buildings in view. The soldiers under cover of the ruins of buildings firing at German positions. Views of dead German soldiers. A Soviet soldier climbs atop a entrance gate structure on which German Swastika symbol is displayed at top center. He bends the large swastika symbol downward to destroy it, and then receives a Soviet flag from another soldier to post atop the gate. Aerial view of the city with ruins of buildings and smoke rising from shelled areas. Damaged buildings along a road. Russian troops on tanks moving along. German and Romanian prisoners marched in columns along a path. Russian troops holding guns beside artillery. A Romanian prisoner is interrogated by few Russian officers. The officers standing beside the artillery. Russian troops on tanks moving on a path. A few buildings in view. A map showing different German positions in Ukraine.
German soldiers attack Soviet Union during the World War II. German artillery fired. The German soldiers advance on horses. Shells kept on ground. The soldiers advance and walk on ruins. A woman wipes tears. Men hanged to death by the Germans. Dead bodies of Russians lying on snow covered ground. The soldiers on tank advance to Ukraine. Farmers on field. A tractor driven on field. A destroyed power grid. The Soviet farmers burn the unharvested wheat. The farmers carry baggage and leave village. The bridges, power plants and dams blown up. Men and women join forces. Aerial view of the city of Saint Petersburg including the Peter and Paul Fortress. The German officers near an artillery on the roof of a building in Moscow. The German men carry wooden log in Caucasus. The Soviet soldiers advance in prone position. A soldiers cuts a wire mesh fence. The tanks move through a field. The soldiers fire artillery. The aerial view of the bombed city. A building being bombed. An animation map depicts : the German occupation on Stalingrad and Caucasus. The Germans advance to the Suez.
Russian troops fight against Germans in Eastern Front during World War 2, in the Battle of the Korsun-Cherkassy Pocket. Russian troops in the Ukraine on trucks, horse drawn artillery and tanks move forward near Chanderoki. The Soviet troops wearing woolen coats and hats move forward in wind and snow blizzard conditions. The Soviet troops with horse drawn artillery advance on the snow during the Dnieper-Carpathian Offensive. A Russian soldier looks through a cross shaped binocular device or range finder as another soldier stands beside him atop a lookout platform erected in a tall tree. A column of German troops advancing at a distance. A soldier looks through binoculars. The Russian Infantry troops carrying guns advance. The troops load a field artillery gun and fire the field guns. The Soviet field guns firing. Russian fighter aircraft fly in formation low across the front, bound for the German line. Troops near an artillery gun load and fire the gun. Russian Infantry advances. An officer looks through binoculars. The troops load guns and fire the guns. The Russian troops fire mortars. A soldier carries a shell. The soldier loads the shell in an artillery. The troops loading guns and firing the guns. Explosions on the battlefield as artillery shells hit targets. A dead German soldier lying in the snow. Animated map shows the Cherkasy - Korsun region of the USSR, Dnieper River, and Soviet troop movements. Russian troops firing guns and wheel mounted machine guns give cover for Russian soldiers advancing across an open battle field. Explosions in the background. The troops firing. A group of frozen dead German soldiers on the snow covered field.
Russian troops celebrate their victory against Germany in the Eastern Front Battle of the Korsun-Cherkassy Pocket during World War 2. Russian T-34 tanks and Infantry enter a village in the Ukraine. The Russian troops roll into town. Russian Military Commander Nikolai Fyodorovich Vatutin stands in front of a jeep. Russian Military Commander Ivan Konev and Commander Vatutin stand together. The troops on armor and tanks advancing. The Russian troops fire artillery guns at night in synchronized patterns to celebrate the victory. People watch the guns being fired filling the air with flares and fireworks over a town. Soviet citizens look on and smile.
A film on U.S. shuttle-bombing operations in "Operation Frantic" over Germany, operating from bases in Great Britain, Italy and the Soviet Union during World War II. Aircraft parked at an air base in Poltava, Ukraine, Soviet Union. Nose art and painted insignias on the U.S. Army Air Force aircraft. American crewmen standing near the bomber aircraft. They sleep in tents. They wake up and get ready. A group of Soviet civilian workers walks by with farming tools. A man shaves. Others wash their faces. American Colonel Albert Kepler and Russian officers confer for their next bombing mission. They select target areas for the bombardment. Gasoline, bombs, ammunition and other supplies are provided to the crew. American and Russian crewmen of a bomber aircraft play baseball and cards and interact. Some American soldiers write letters home. Others milk a cow with a Soviet soldier. Crewmen drive in a jeep to visit the nearby town where German bombing campaigns have destroyed many buildings in Poltava. They view a destroyed leather industry factory, and the grave of Ukrainian writer Vladimir Korelenko. They see only rubble remaining of the birth home of Korolenko. Damaged buildings and rubble in the area. People walking on a street. The American soldiers interact with the Ukrainian civilians of the town. Women and children of the town are seen. Closeup view of the hand of a a U.S. Army soldier as he hands out chewing gum candy to eager Ukrainian children. On the way back to the base the soldiers view the Column of Glory in Poltava, honoring the 1709 Battle of Poltava.
The Battle for the Crimea in World War 2. Soviet armor and artillery and troops on the move in the Crimea. Soviet General Kliment Voroshilov and Alexandrovsky and troops board landing barges. The barges underway at sea. German aircraft bomb the barges. Explosions occur at sea. Russian anti aircraft guns fire from supporting ships. A smoke screen being laid. Soviet troops wade through water and come ashore. Soldiers enter ruined villages of Theodosia and Eupatoria. Civilians cheer and welcome the soldiers.