A pictorial map showing cities in the Eastern Front of World War II. German soldiers countering Soviet soldiers are seen struggling through mud in Russia's Lake Ilmen area, as snow melts. Water gushing on the ground. Water flowing between areas of snow. A man standing on a slab and water flowing from under the slab. A car driving on a path covered with water. Snow on both sides of the path. German troops drag a motorcycle through mud .
Soviet troops pursuing retreating German forces in Russia during World War 2. Soviet infantry and tanks advance through approaches to Russian city abandoned by retreating German forces. They enter the city. Damaged buildings, fires, and destruction caused by the retreating German forces and battles between Soviet and German forces. Russian soldiers advancing across a water body. A few aircraft in flight. Troops ride on tanks racing through the city. Smoke rising from explosions. Women moving with belongings. People collecting their belongings and fleeing. Several German soldiers guarded by an armed Soviet soldier walk past the site of a building with only chimneys still standing. Residents trying to contain fires by pulling burning fences and walls down. They also retrieve whatever they can from their homes and place items in places that might be protected from fire. Soviet soldiers engaged in street fighting in the city, and firing artillery piece at buildings containing German troops. Swastika and German flag dropped from a building.Two women with a soldier on a street beside damaged buildings. . Soviet cinematographer recording events on film. Soldiers and officers around a building. People waving to Red Army soldiers. A large crowd on a street greeting the soldiers. Soldiers and young people wave red Soviet flag.
The Russian Campaign of World War II. A German soldier beside artillery in Russia. A group of German soldiers preparing artillery. The soldiers fire the artillery. Explosions on Russian positions. Smoke rising from the explosions. Smoke rising from the shelled positions along the bank of a river. Infantry moving along the river bank. Soldiers crossing the river on boats. The soldiers carrying equipment walking beside a damaged building.
The Russian Campaign of World War II. Russian prisoners of war moving in columns escorted by German soldiers in Russia. The prisoners moving along the bank of a river. Several views of the war prisoners.
The Russian Campaign of World War II. German soldiers fire artillery in Russia. Several trees in view and smoke rising from explosions in the background. A soldier in prone position looking through binoculars. A group of German soldiers firing artillery from a trench. Several damaged buildings in the background. A soldier kneeling on the ground looking through binoculars. German soldiers sitting beside a house. A few soldiers standing beside a house as Soviet shells explode in a nearby area. Smoke rising from the explosions. Soldiers carrying equipment moving on a field. A soldier carrying on his back wires wound on a reel roller. A few soldiers laying the wires. A few soldiers beside a house. Smoke rise from the explosions of Russian shells. Smoke rising from several explosions. Two German radio operators in a foxhole, wearing headphones and sending a message by radio. German soldiers firing artillery. A German officer and several soldiers beside the artillery. Smoke rising from shelled positions. The soldiers advancing on a field and across a road. Buildings at a distance and smoke rising from the explosions.
The Russian Campaign of World War II. Damaged buildings in a city in Russia. Several damaged buildings and debris scattered on the ground. Men and women among the debris. A few men among corpses of civilians. The corpses laid in rows. A few men and women beside the dead bodies. The dead bodies lying in rows beside the ruins of a building.