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German Operation Barbarossa on the Eastern front in World War II
Animated map shows extent of German controlled areas in Europe following their conquest of the Balkans in World War 2. Norway is under their control and German forces threaten Leningrad and Moscow. A soviet defense line is shown on the map. The German attack is shown to come from 5 directions on June 22, 1941, with the launch of German Operation Barbarossa. A sky filled with German Heinkel He 111 bombers is shown. German Panzer III tanks with 75 mm guns. Army trucks carry German troops into battle. German soldiers on motor cycles and infantry advance under fire. Animated map shows principal German targets as Leningrad, Moscow, and Kiev. It then shows beginning a drive from the North to encircle Leningrad. Arrows show where German Marshal Fedor von Bock's forces drove 480 miles into Soviet territory. Slates identify cities being overrun by German invaders, including: Pskov, Novgorod, Brest-litovsk, Minsk,Mogilev, and Vitebsk. On July 17, 1941, a German tank is seen entering Smolensk, past the Dnieper River threatening Moscow, itself. To the south, German forces, under Marshal Gerd von Rundstedt, cut deep into the Ukraine. Newspapers world-wide consider the Soviet forces close to defeat. Slate shows communique from the German High Command stating: "The issue in the East is already settled. Smolensk is the last halt on the road to Moscow." German infantry marching. Scene shifts to heavy artillery being fired by Soviet forces in a snowy scene clearly later in the year. Animated map shows German forces very close to Moscow on October 15, 1941, forcing the Soviet Government and all foreign missions to move to Kuibyshev, 700 miles to the east. Adolf Hitler, in a speech on October 3, 1941, states that the enemy is broken and will never rise again. Animated map shows 500 thousand square miles of Soviet territory occupied by German forces. Views of fires burning in Russia. Damaged and abandoned Soviet industrial plants. A German guard atop a hill looks down on thousands of Soviet people in the occupied areas of Russia. Damaged and abandoned Soviet T-26 tanks. Glimpse of damaged Soviet aircraft and field artillery. Headline in New York World Telegram newspaper reads: "Berlin Admits Russ War May Last Winter." Another headline reads: "Red Army Holds Push On Moscow." Weary German soldiers traveling in horse-drawn wagons, pulling field artillery. Soviet and German war planners are seen at work. Slate quotes Adolf Hitler saying: "A single blow must destroy the enemy, without regard for losses... A gigantic all-destroying blow." German armor moving along a road. Animated map shows this technique in the German invasions of Poland, France, the Balkans, and Yugoslavia. In contrast, the Soviet planners are seen, as map illustrates how they intend to take advantage of the vast area of their land by holding lines of defense an falling back as necessary to keep engaging the invaders across interior of the Soviet Union. Soviet infantry are seen marching along a road. German troops riding atop their tanks. Soviet troops forcing German invaders into close combat in her cities. Soviet soldiers running in a city and firing heavy machine guns. Bomb damage and rubble inhibit German armor mobility in cities. Cities where this kind of Soviet resistance prevailed were: Rostov, Kharkov, Kiev, Kursk, Smolensk. German troops leaving a city with heavy black smoke rising in the background. More views of cities where Soviet troops are engaged German forces in House-to-house battles, including: Odessa, where the Old Opera Theater building is shown sandbagged and relatively undamaged. The Odessa NI tank, created from an STZ-3 agricultural tractor.
Romanian Dictator, Marshall Ion Victor Antonescu arrives and reviews Romanian troops in Odessa during World War II
Romanian Dictator, marshal Ion Victor Antonescu accompanied by German officers, visiting Romanian troops in Odessa during World War II. They review a welcoming parade with a military band and troops marching across a field. He converses with soldiers and decorates several with medals. He and German General von Manstein present awards to German soldiers and aviators. The Romanian Order of the Crown decoration is displayed on a recipient officer's uniform blouse. As Marshal Antonescu is leaving, General von manstein presents him with a book.Marshal Antonescu boards his Junker JU-52 aircraft. A cresent moon and man's head wearing a fez, are painted on the cowling of the center engine on the airplane. Marshal Antonescu peers out of the cabin window as the aircraft taxis for takeoff.
Marshal Ion Antonescu of Romania, visits troops in Odessa. He reviews troops and presents awards.
Romanian Marshal Ion Antonescu reviews Romanian troops in Odessa, where he speaks to some individually and presents awards. He also presents awards to German soldiers and aviators. German General von Manstein also congratulates the German award recipients. The Romanian Order of the Crown decoration is shown as pinned on a recipient officer's uniform blouse. As Marshal Antonescu prepares to leave, General von manstein presents him with an album of some sort. The two salute each other and Marshal Antonescu proceeds to board his Junker JU-52 aircraft for depature. A cresent moon and man's head wearing a fez, are painted on the cowling of the nose engine on the JU-52. Marshal Antonescu looks out the cabin window as the aircraft taxis out for takeoff. (World War II period).
People work at a seaport of Odessa in Ukraine.
The seaport of Odessa in the Ukraine. Ships anchored in the harbor. Men stack logs they have taken from a cart. A man rows a boat with help of two boys. A sign on a large ship in the background reads, "Odessa." A man adjusts a hull divider in his row boat as a young boy watches.
United Nations Relief and Rehabilitation supplies being unloaded from a freighter in Odessa,Ukraine
A Russian woman stacks UNRRA (United Nations Relief and Rehabilitation) supplies on to a truck at Odessa port in Ukraine. Supplies being unloaded from United States freighter at the dock. At the port a tractor hoist carrying another tractor is seen. Two Russian officials check supplies being unloaded from a list. Boxes marked as UNRRA supplies. A goods train arrives at a station loaded with UNRRA supplies.
German invasion of the Soviet Union in World War II turns into slow moving grim house-by-house battle in Soviet cities.
German Operation Barbarossa, invasion of the Soviet Union in World War 2. Opening scene of film shows wartime damage near the sand bag protected Opera and Ballet Theater building in Odessa during World War 2. Glimpse of a Soviet armored vehicle, derived from an STZ-3 agricultural tractor, used during the Siege of Odessa. View of Soviet defenders running through a trench, during the two month German siege. View of Sevastopol, Crimea. A statue in the foreground and Legislative Assembly building in the background, with dense white smoke rising from behind it. Soviet soldiers firing a large defense gun in a Gorky fortress; firing a large gun from a seaport wharf and from a railroad car, and Soviet troops firing small arms in fields, including Degtyaryov machine guns. A Soviet soldier firing a Maxim heavy machine gun. View from overlooking hill of the Odessa Black Sea Naval Base. German troops entering the fringes of Sevastopol. One throws a hand grenade. Views of Soviet defenders firing machine guns. In the city, German soldiers fight street by street. Several are seen scurrying along a sidewalk, keeping close to a building for protection. Others rush into damaged buildings trying to flush out Soviet defenders with hand grenades. Camera pans over ruins of the destroyed city of Sevastopol. Dead German soldiers lying in ruins. One lies atop across the front of a Panzer VI tank. His uniform is in flames. Closeup of his hand. More dead German soldier are seen on the ground near a knocked out German tank. View of a large crowd of people. Soviet officers on horseback review a formation of troops. Glimpse of marching armed Soviet soldiers.
