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Military Operations on the Eastern Front during World War II, from the German perspective

At start of film, a German Stug III tank destroyer with single crew member is seen in a snowy landscape on the Eastern Front during the winter of 1942 in World War 2. Another Stug III, with large protective side plates installed, is seen sitting in the snow next to a barn.A third one is seen parked in snow with no soldiers present. The scene changes to German infantry in white cold weather parkas, at a battle front. One soldier looks through binoculars. A soldier operates a radio, at a field communications center. Officers review maps and instructions. Infantry begin marching forward through the snow. Some load supplies on a half-track prime mover. Tiger I tanks of s.Pz.Abt.503 (503rd Heavy Tank Battalion) accompany infantry spread widely across flat snow-covered field. A locomotive and train passes nearby. Several dead Soviet soldiers are seen in the snow. Infantrymen capture two soviet soldiers and take them prisoner. A German soldier digs up a heavy box-shaped land mine. A rough posted sign warns of mines. Troops fire field artillery. Several views of destroyed Soviet armor and artillery pieces.

Date: 1942
Duration: 2 min 7 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: German
Clip: 65675054011
Russian soldiers advance toward battlefield and civilians find frozen dead bodies of other civilians and soldiers

Soviet Russian troops in Volokolamsk, Russia during World War II. Destroyed buildings and houses in the area. Tanks and soldiers advance. Soldiers on military vehicles pass through the streets. General Govorov's troops prepare for an attack in Mozhaisk. Street fighting in Mozhaisk against German forces. Truck transports roll into the city. Civilians watch the soldiers passing through the area. They wave at the soldiers. Newspapers are distributed. Russian posters are pasted on the walls. Scenes of atrocities committed by Nazi German forces: Frozen corpses including those of women and children. A woman cries after seeing the frozen dead body of her loved one. Bodies of Russian soldiers and civilians hanging from a mass line of gallows. Soviet soldiers advance towards the front. View of a historic war memorial. Soldiers fire artillery. Troops march through Moscow. A map of Russia showing places.

Date: 1942
Duration: 4 min 41 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675046072
Junkers Ju 52 aircraft are fueled and loaded with supplies which are dropped for German troops in Eurasia during World War 2

German troops and supplies in Eurasia during World War II. German transport aircraft Junkers Ju 52 are fueled and loaded with supplies. A Junkers Ju 52 aircraft taxis. Aircraft in flight. In Russia : Supplies are dropped for German troops in Russia. Men and munitions behind German lines. Aircraft parked in a line in the background. German soldiers driving horse drawn sleds or sledges meet the airplanes to unload supplies on snow covered terrain. Soldiers unload munitions.

Date: 1942
Duration: 1 min 3 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: Portuguese
Clip: 65675057944
Fall of Minsk and first Battle of Smolensk in Operation Barbarossa, World War II. German forces advance to the Dnieper River

German forces take Minsk and advance to the Soviet Union early in their World War 2 Operation Barbarossa. German soldiers dive for cover as a shell explodes, during their house-to-house operations. One waves unarmed surrendering Soviet soldiers forward. Several other surrendering Soviet soldiers run along a dirt roadside. Some are also seen at a German field red cross tent where German medical corpsmen are standing. Soldiers hit the dirt as more shells strike nearby. Closeups of some Soviet prisoners. German Ju 87 Dive bombers are seen high above, and then closeup as they dive. Glimpse of German pilot in cockpit. Bombs striking ground. Dive bombers pulling out. Bombs exploding. Camera focuses on bomb falling from a Ju 87, and tracks it until it explodes on the ground. A German artillery spotter watches as a gun crew fires a 10.5cm le FH 18 howitzer. The shell explodes with white smoke and debris flies into the air. Glimpse of German soldiers watching as a gunner fires a 2cm Flak 38 antiaircraft gun at zero elevation. More artillery firing. A farm building is completely destroyed by an exploding heavy artillery shell. German troops walk past burning armor. Knocked out and burning tanks and other vehicles line the sides of the road to Minsk. But it is now open and a line of German troops with horse-drawn supply wagons moves ahead. Some mounted officers proceed as well. Trucks and armor follow, including a StuG III self-propelled gun armed with a short-barreled 75-mm gun. Scenes of total destruction. German long guns firing in flat lands as they continue advance to the Dnieper River. German 17 Cm Kanone 18 guns firing toward Stalin Line fortifications. Huge explosions seen as shells explode in distance. A fire raging in distance. More German artillery firing. German infantry advancing after the artillery barrages. Obstacles at Soviet lines of defense that German infantry must breach or bypass. German infantry entering a village. One throws a hand grenade and they both drop to the ground as it explodes on a small building. German soldier firing a light machine gun. Sounds of heavy artillery and views of battle damaged buildings and fortifications. Captured Soviet prisoners walk with hands above their heads. Closeups of some. Aerial view of a destroyed fort on the Stalin line and destroyed buildings all around it.

Date: 1941, July
Duration: 4 min 56 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: German
Clip: 65675028008
German General Alfred Keller puts a medal and General Krauss inspects the Italian troops in Russia.

General Keller decorates Italian soldier and General Krauss inspects troops. A map of North Russia shows the German front. German General Alfred Keller puts a medal on Italian soldier. General Krauss inspects the Italian troops. General escorted by Italian officer. Troops stand in squad. (World War II period).

Date: 1942
Duration: 37 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: German
Clip: 65675021214
German General Theodor Eicke plans a campaign, dive bombers in flight and German soldiers attack Russia.

German troops attack Russia during World War II. German troops load trucks with bombs. Trucks carrying bombs leave for destination. A soldier refills a tank. Soldiers load bombs in an aircraft. Dive bombers in flight. General Theodor Eicke plans a campaign with other officers. German troops in train. Smoke from the engine. They get off the train. Soldiers with horses. A horse gets stuck in mud. German troops move up for attack. Soldiers fire artillery. Smoke due to explosion. Soldiers on a tank. Dive bombers in flight. A soldier speaks on a radio. Soldiers look at the bomber through a telescope. German soldiers make prisoners of war march. Wrecked Russian tanks.

Date: 1942
Duration: 7 min 45 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: German
Clip: 65675021215