Animated map shows movements of German forces Eastward toward Luzk and Lemberg in Belarus during the Operation Barbarossa invasion of the Soviet Union in World War 2. German soldiers work with shovels and wheelbarrow on muddy bank of a river.preparing to construct a pontoon bridge. Two small boats convey some soldiers across the river. German Army Engineers prepare for construction on both banks of the river. A road bed of wooden planks is being laid at one foot of the bridge Engineers crank cables to level the bridge bed. German soldiers stand guard over the construction site. An MG 34 machine gun sits on a tell tripod with a belt of ammunition ready for use if needed. On the river bank, soldiers carry timber planks to the construction site. View from the river of the bridge under construction. The workers and bridge are silhouetted against the light sky. A soldier wades below the bridge showing water only up to his knees. Next, a large shallow draft barge is seen bringing troops a\cross the river. A 5-wheel army truck, camouflaged with foliage and logs, climbs the river bank as it leaves the bridge. Scene shifts to German motorcycles and utility vehicle driving along a well established highway on their way to Lemberg, followed by armor. Closeup of a German Panzer III Ausf. N; with short barrel gun passing into the town of Luzk. It continues moving into the town away from the camera. Civilian refugees walking alongside the roadway as German army vehicles pass them. A destroyed building with a knocked out 1930s vintage Soviet BA-10 armored car in front of it. Hulk of a completely destroyed Soviet tank and a knocked out Soviet BT-7 tank nearby. German army trucks and other vehicles moving along a rutted dirt road. A German medium half track SdKfz 6/1 filled with troops. It displays a large white "K" identifying it as belonging to Panzergruppe Kleist. Some Panzer I Ausf A tanks armed with two 7.92 mm machine guns are seen moving along a dusty dirt road. Closeup of one passing near in cloud of dust. A group of German soldiers rest under a large tree. destroyed weapons litter the ground. Closeup of destroyed Soviet tank. Closeup of shell hole in a knocked out Soviet tank. A smoldering Soviet T-34 tank with dead Soviet soldier lying on ground in front of it. German soldier examines a Soviet tank turned on its side
A Battalion of Yugoslav Partisans training in Yugoslavia during World War II. Partisans assembled on a field as four company commanders step forward and salute the Battalion commander, who gives them an order. The four officers salute and return to ranks. The Battalion commander reviews troops, including women in uniform. He talks to a an older officer. Closeups of several women partisans. Some partisans display their mustaches. One soldier twirls the end of his mustache. Two women wearing Red Cross on their sleeves.
A Battalion of uniformed, armed Yugoslav Partisans march through a town, past stone buildings, during World War 2. They proceed to an open field where form up in several lines, with their mess kits for a meal. Mess workers dole out cupfuls of food, from large caldrons, to each soldier. A number of women soldiers are seen in the Battalion
The Yugoslav Partisans in Yugoslavia during World War 2. Pictures of Allied leaders and Allied flags. The flag of the United States and a picture of U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt. The British flag and a picture of British Prime Minister Winston Churchill. The flag of the Soviet Union and a picture of Soviet Premier Joseph Stalin. The flag of Yugoslavia and a picture of Marshal Josip Broz Tito. Partisans read and rest inside a building.
Two yugoslav women partisons in uniform, carrying rifles, descend steps in a village and sit down on one, with their small children, during World War 2. One is a boy and one a girl. Closeup of the one mother talking to her boy. They pose in closeup for the camera. (The boy has a hairpin to keep a lock of his hair in place.) Camera then focuses on the other mother and her little girl, whom she hugs. The little girl and boy pose for the camera, as she hugs him. Then they both get up and leave with their mothers. (Glimpse of the legs of several other village children in background.)
Gathering of Yugoslav partisans having fun, circle dancing on a sunny day, during World War 2. The setting appears to be on a flat rock terrace overlooking the sea (likely the Adriatic) in the background. Men and women partisans, mostly in uniform, join hands and perform circle dances. Others stand around them watching. Individual dancers pass close to the camera, at one point. Then camera focuses on legs and feet only, as they pass. Scene shifts to several men, women, and a boy, singing with an accordianist who plays in their midst. Others watch and listen, behind them. The chorus grows wider with more taking part in the singing. White rocky cliffs are in the background along with a stone house.
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