Allied armies advance in Tunisia during World War II. American and British outposts in Tunisia. German Luftwaffe and Allied aircraft engaged in a dogfight while in flight. Views from ground as a German aircraft is shot down and it falls to the earth. Several other scenes of German aircraft falling and crashing. A German aircraft burns on a field. American soldiers in position along the Atlas Mountains. Narrator notes, "On the slopes of the Atlas Mountains, American troops are poised for the opening round in the battle to join ranks with Montgomery's Eighth Army." British and American tank destroyers in action with explosions occurring as they blast, as the narrator says, at "point blank range." Narrator continues, "Only a few hundred yards away, Nazi passers are halted by the terrific fire". Narrator notes, "Some of the Nazis, beaten off in their first real battle with American troops, surrender." (These descriptions from the narrator indicate the footage is likely showing the Battle of Kasserine Pass.) View of German prisoners of war marching. British 8th Army enters Tripoli in Libya. British General Bernard Montgomery talks to an Italian Governor and officers about the Axis surrender. British flags hoisted in the city. Montgomery rides past a cheering crowd in a car. Tanks roll on streets.
Soviet troops fight against the Germans during the Battle of Stalingrad in the Soviet Union during World War II. Smoke rises from across a river in Stalingrad. Soviet soldiers fire ammunition. They fight against the Germans on the streets of the city. Damaged buildings in the city. Civilians carry their belongings. Smoke rises from buildings. A building on fire at night. T34 tanks advance as explosions occur. German troops surrender and prisoners are made to march. Soviet refugees return to the city. People loaded on a cart as they return to their homes. Civilians in a street as German prisoners march past them.
After effects of German attack on the Soviet Union during World War II. Exteriors of the snow covered house of Russian composer Tchaikovsy. A picture of Tchaikovsky. Musical notes of Tchaikovsky's 5th and 6th Symphony. Wreckage lying on the ground. A man picks up a bust of Tchaikovsky from the wreckage. A book titled 'War and Peace'. The home of famous author Leo Tolstoy. The grave of Tolstoy near Nazi graves. Dead Soviet civilians lying on a snow covered field. Others mourn their death.
After effects of German attack on the Soviet Union during World War II. Dead bodies of Soviet civilians on a snow covered field. Heaps of dead as women mourn the death of their dear ones. The women cry as men look at the dead. Dead bodies of children in a doorway after they were mass murdered by the Nazis. Wounded and maltreated girls being taken away for medical aid. Soviet soldiers hanged to death by the Nazis. A child cries next to its dead mother. A dramatization depicts Soviet soldiers taking a pledge to revenge upon the Germans for the sufferings inflicted on them.
After effects of German attack on the Soviet Union during World War II. Soviet soldiers fire mortars. Tanks roll as they drive the Nazis backwards. Animated map shows the Russian offensive along an entire belt and the area regained by them from the Nazis. Tanks roll into a city. Helmets on a snow covered field. A sign in German. German prisoners march on a snow covered field.
After effects of German attack on the Soviet Union during World War II. Soviet cavalry units advance. Soviet troops loaded onto trucks advance to confront German forces beginning their siege. The city of Leningrad with various scenes of Leningrad landmarks before the bombing and siege, including the Winter Palace and Narva Triumphal Arch. Cars on a busy street with St Isaac's Cathedral in backround. Statue of Lenin. Equestrian statue of Peter the Great. Various government buildings of Leningrad. Street car trolleys and buses on roads. A ship at a port as supplies are unloaded. Soldiers march into the city. Civilians dig trenches and erect barricades in the wake of German attack. Women and children help in digging and fortifying the city against attack by Germany.
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