German mountain troopers during World War II. The troopers pull mule packs and climb a rugged snow covered mountain slope. German soldiers fire a 7.5 cm German mountain gun (7.5 cm Gebirgsgeschütz 36) emplaced on the snow capped mountain. Shell explosions on the opposite mountainside. Two German officers near the howitzer. One of them looks through a pair of binoculars. The other one uses a Battery Commander's scope (BC Scope).
Russian artillerymen shell a Turkish battery across a valley in the Caucasus during World War 1. View of gun crew loading a 155mm wheeled long gun, set up over a valley in the Caucasus. The principal gunner aims the gun and then the crew fires it. (WWI; WW1)
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.
First half of clip is somewhat dark. During Caucasus Campaign against Ottoman Empire in World War 1, views of Imperial Russian Army cavalry on horses. Supplies moved on horse carts. Soldiers walk on road in snowy winter conditions. Snow on either side of road. Scene changes to Russian soldiers in a formation on a parade field. Russian military officer stands in front of troops and keep his hand on his sword. He moves past his troops and stands at the end. A band stands next to him. Other troops are also standing in the field. Russian troops march toward the camera position. A soldier holds a flag at the head of the forces on parade.
A contingent of Russian Cossacks and Siberian troops are seen, in World War 1, after a 26-day march through mud and snow, and under fire. They trudge along in formation, 6 abreast, on a snowy mountain road, in the Caucasus. Houses are perched on the mountainside. Tall mountains are seen in background. (WWI; WW1)
Opening slate says "How the Russian troops are turning the Turkish flank." World War 1 footage shows Russian forces on a snowy plain in the Caucasus Mountains region between Europe and Asia. The Russian troops march in the snow and mud in a column and through snow covered areas. Turkish prisoners of war are seen in a town town and marching along a path in the snow. Armed Russian soldiers are seen near the prisoners. Russian troops place supplies in a snow sled. They are seen transporting soldiers and supplies in ox carts and sledge drawn by cattle. Bactrian camels that are able to withstand the extreme cold are seen transporting gear. The Russian forces move a herd of camels through a village and up a steep mountain road.
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