Footage Military operations in Kuban. (1942-1943)
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0:00:40Military operations in Kuban (1942-1943)
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The Battle of Kuban – moments of aerial combat.
Soviet planes fire in the sky.
Burning German planes fall.
Explosions on the ground.
Keywords
Great Patriotic War, Air Force, Luftwaffe
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Headquarters of the 18th Airborne Army.
A group of officers led by General Lesilidze.
Members of the staff pass by.
Among them is Brezhnev (still shot).
The officers get into a car.
Keywords
Great Patriotic War, dugout, command
Persons:
K. N. Leselidze - Soviet military leader
L.I. Brezhnev - statesman and political figure
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Soviet tanks cross a waterway.
The crew in the tank's turret consists of the commander, loader, and gunner.
The tanks are driving along a road.
Keywords
Great Patriotic War, weapon, military equipment
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Women and children emerge from a cellar to meet Soviet soldiers.
Residents of the liberated village of Krymskaya greet the Soviet troops.
A unit marches through the village.
Children and women give them flowers and walk alongside the soldiers.
Keywords
Great Patriotic War, liberation, infantry
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German troops are preparing for an offensive.
Soldiers are loading military equipment onto a barge.
They are pushing a heavy cannon.
A tank is driving up.
A ferry with horses is leaving the shore.
Soldiers are pushing a cart.
A train carrying soldiers is leaving.
Keywords
Great Patriotic War, occupiers, weapon, crossing