Film opens showing heavy artillery firing at nighttime. Marshal of the Soviet Union, and Chief of the Soviet General Staff, Aleksandr Mikhaylovich Vasilevsky, is seen alone in a room, reviewing a map. He uses a pair of dividers to make a measurement. Next, antiaircraft guns fire at night, as many searchlights point up in the night sky. A view of the Kremlin. A formation of Cossack cavalry crossing a bridge in winter. Snow on the bridge and surrounding area. A formation of soviet troops,dressed in cold weather gear, marches single-file across snow and ice. Soviet Army tractors towing 152mm howitzer field guns on a snowy road. A contingent of Soviet soldiers, in white helmets, marching toward the front, in the snow, followed by some horse-drawn equipment on sleighs or sleds. Artillery tractor towing a 152mm howitzer field gun. Open trucks carrying Soviet solders. More views of Soviet troops headed to the front, in the snow, passing residential buildings on the way. Soviet soldier looking through binoculars as German Junkers 88 bombers fly overhead. Soviet gunners employing several different types of antiaircraft guns. A Soviet armored car moving across the snow, and a tank destroyer moving near woods. A downed German bomber with dead crew member lying in the snow, nearby. Soviet pilots on a flight line looking over their orders. A line of fighter planes is parked on the snow in the background, including Lavochkin-Gorbunov-Gudkov LaGG-3 and other aircraft. Soviet airman in gunner's canopy on a bomber. Bombs being loaded and fused aboard Soviet bomber. Machine gun belt ammunition being loaded on an Ilyushin IL 4 aircraft. A flight line of IL 4 bombers parked in the snow. Two Soviet Petlyakov Pe-2 dive bombers in formation. Bombs falling through the air and exploding on snowy targets below. More Pe-2 bombers and bombs falling. View from underneath an artillery spotters balloon as it is retrieved by Soviet soldiers. Views of various pieces of Soviet artillery in the snow. Slate announces "December 6, 1941, Moscow strikes back!" (during Battle of Moscow in World War II). Various views of Soviet artillery being fired and shells exploding. Glimpse of the artillery spotter and balloon. A soldier lying frozen in the snow. Countless scenes of all kinds of Soviet artillery firing from various places interspersed with views of mounted Cossacks moving along a snowy trail in a wooded area. Soviet troops heading to tanks and other armor, hidden in the woods. They climb aboard them. Senior Soviet officers confer in the field. Air crews boarding IL 4 bomber aircraft and starting engines. Bombs exploding. Tanks moving. (One knocks down a tree.) The bombers taking off. Soviet soldiers watching.
Russian soldiers fight the enemy on the battlefield in Russia during World War II. Tanks advance, bombers take off, field guns are fired and cavalry charges across a field. Snow covered area. Smoke from bombardment. Soldiers watch through binoculars. Artillery is loaded and fired. Paratrooperss board transports. The planes take off. Paratroopers jump from the planes, open their parachutes and descend towards the land. They discard their parachutes and crawl forward. Bombardment on the battlefield. Smoke arises from the bombardment and firing. Tanks roll forward. Low flying German planes strafe the area. One tank is hit squarely. Ski troops move hurriedly into new positions. Ski and infantry troops charge into a town. Houses are searched and prisoners are taken.
Russian soldiers take German prisoners of war in Russia during World War II. Snow covered area. Russian soldiers search houses. German prisoners are marched to a stockade. A German flag lying on the ground outside a house. Fighting in the streets. Wounded Russians are treated. Soldiers take a wounded on a stretcher. Dead bodies of Russian civilians lying on the snow. Military vehicles parked in the background.
Refugees return to their homes in Russia during World War II. Soldiers discuss amongst themselves. Troops on military vehicles return to their places. Villagers embrace liberating Russian troops. Houses in snow covered area. Refugees and guerrilla units return to the villages. They talk amongst themselves. The mayor along with other men get inside a house. Civilians gather outside. The mayor stands in the balcony of the house and addresses people.
Russian soldiers advance on the battlefield in Russia during World War II. Cossacks charge across an open field. Tanks and heavy artillery move over corduroy roads. Bombardment and firing in the battlefield. Smoke arises due to the same. Survivors return to their villages. German positions are bombed. Fighter planes take off. Cavalry and infantry move forward to attack.
Russian soldiers fight with the enemy in various Russian towns during World War II. Masses of abandoned German equipment in Venev. Russian Generals confer. They give further orders for the war. Tanks move forward. Bombers take off and infantry assaults another town. They arrive in Rogachev. Destroyed houses and buildings. Planes hover over the area. A wrecked railroad bridge.
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