The Third Reich and its allies take over Europe (1938-1941)

British Prime Minister Chamberlain speaks from the podium at a meeting of the League of Nations.

Participants are in the hall.

German Foreign Minister Ribbentrop and Japanese Foreign Minister Matsuoka are seen.

The faces of German Foreign Minister Ribbentrop and Japanese Foreign Minister Matsuoka during a meeting of the League of Nations.

Matsuoka walks through the hall.

Countries on the map that were subjected to aggression by fascist Italy, Japan, and Nazi Germany (animation).

The production process in a printing house.

Newspaper reports on the outbreak of war between France and Germany.

Map of the transfer of Wehrmacht forces from Poland to France and the seizure of Western European countries (animation).

Hitler and Mussolini over a map during a meeting with the military.

Countries allied with Germany on the map (animation).

Hitler and Mussolini shaking hands.

Mussolini's face.

View of a fascist rally in a square in Rome.

Mussolini speaks from the podium.

Rally participants salute Mussolini.

A unit of Greek Evzones marches past ancient ruins in 1940. Greek Evzone soldiers in national uniforms pass by.

Map of military operations in Greece at the beginning of the Italo-Greek War.

The face of Hitler giving a speech.

Mussolini and his entourage approach the formation of a military unit.

An American newspaper report on the imminent offensive of the Wehrmacht in Greece.

A statue of an Evzone in Greece.

A marching unit of Evzones in Athens.

German bombers approaching their target, bombs falling down.

Destroyed neighborhoods of Belgrade in 1941 (top).

Map of the occupation of Yugoslavia by Germany and its allies (animation).

Map of military operations and the advance of the Wehrmacht in Greece (animation).

A German plane flies over Athens, a panorama of part of Athens (top).

Wehrmacht units during a parade.

The upper part of the Spasskaya Tower in the Moscow Kremlin.

Panorama of one of the Soviet industrial enterprises (top).

Tracked tractors on railway platforms.

A heavy KV tank on one of the platforms of a train en route.

Production processes in the workshops of industrial enterprises of the USSR. Finished tanks and artillery barrels in finished goods warehouses.

Military academy cadets on parade.

Reserve soldiers heading to military training.

A lesson on infantry tactics with reserve soldiers.

Morning physical exercises in a Red Army unit.

Bayonet fighting lesson.

A motorcyclist and a cavalryman perform obstacle course exercises.

Swimming in full uniform in an open-air pool.

Map of the division of spheres of influence between the USSR and Germany according to the Molotov-Ribbentrop Pact (animation).

The barrel of a firing artillery gun.

Maps of the German invasion of the USSR on June 22, 1941 and Germany's plans (animation).

Nazi troops enter Pskov.

German armored vehicles move along the roads of Belarus.

German tanks enter the city.

Map of the advancement of German troops across the territory of the USSR (animation).