Field Marshall Friedrich Wilhelm Ernst Paulus decides to surrender to the Russian Army after the German defeat in the Battle of Stalingrad in World War II. Nazi German soldiers retreating. Axis powers suffer heavy loss of men, planes, arms and ammunition during the war. Map of Russia shows 185000 square miles of Russian territory regained from Germans.
Animated map of Eastern front locates Orel, Kursk, Belgorod and Kharkov in Russia. German military vehicles, including Marder III tank destroyers, successfully retreat from during World War 2.. People on street. Troops advance on a field. A soldier observes through binoculars. Germans attack Russian positions on front with dive bombers ("Ju87-Sturzkampfbomber"), rockets ("Nebelwerfer") and Tiger-I tank of s.Pz.Abt.503. Artillery fired. Germans advance through burning Russian village. Damaged Russian T34 and Lend-Lease Stuart tanks on field. Russian prisoners stand in lines. (World War II period).
A map shows area around Orel in Russia. German forces retreat from Orel. Military trucks and trains carry material to the front. Military tanks, artillery, antiaircraft guns, buses and planes. German soldiers in a field. Soviet prisoners. A German officer talks to a captured Soviet soldier. The Soviet prisoners stack arms. Large quantities of captured armor and equipment. German Pz.IV Lang tank beside a cottage. Soldiers sit in a group as one plays an accordion. Soldiers bathe, get a haircut and clean themselves. Two soldiers with a dog. Others eat and drink. (World War II period).
Scenes of Soviet forces preparing for battle in Leningrad, Russia against the siege by German forces during World War 2. A large procession of Soviet soldiers walking in the snow near the Palace Square. They proceed past the Narva Triumphal Gate. A contingent of uniformed soldiers marches by the gate. A group of soldiers kneels at the tombstone of 18th Century Russian Generalissimo Alexander Vasilyevich Suvorov, famous for never losing a battle. One soldier kisses a revolver. Outside in the snow, Russian troops assemble before a flag being the image of Lenin. The soldiers all kneel as past glories are recounted (brief clips of fictional films showing Russian heroes like Alexander Nevsky and others). The Soviet soldiers stand again and march, singing, in the snow. Ordinary citizens march in the snow towards the Narva Triumphal Arch or Gate. Russian troops in uniform march past the Gate. One Russian soldier pulls a sled behind him. A large contingent of ski troops marches, carrying snow skis over their shoulders, followed by a contingent of paratroopers, in winter white camouflage jump suits. More Soviet soldiers in white camouflage march carrying snow skis. A contingent of Russian ski troops marches in the snow, dressed in white camouflage outfits.
A map of Russia in World War II. Russian planes attacking in the Orel sector are shot down. Russian tanks and infantry attack. Flaming and demolished Russian tanks. Russian prisoners of war. Junkers Ju 87 Stuka dive bomber planes dive bombing Russian positions.
German soldiers fire artillery on the Lake Ladoga front in Russia during World War II. Soldiers fire from behind barricades. Machine guns fired. Smoke from explosions. Destroyed Russian war materiel scattered over the terrain. Soldiers examine charred Russian heavy tanks. A General shakes hands with soldier with four tank destruction badges on his sleeve.
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