Battle of Leningrad 1941-1944

The story is told: Admiral V. F. Tributs, General of the Army I. I. Fedyuninsky. Anti-aircraft guns on the streets of besieged Leningrad. There is a tram. Peter-Pavel's Fortress. Military boat with soldiers on the Neva. Saint Isaac's Cathedral. Balloons over the city. Soldiers at the guns at Pulkovo Heights. German tanks. The corpses of the Nazis at the tanks. German soldiers are digging trenches in a dugout. Camping cuisine of the Germans. Dinner. Russian soldiers in the trenches. Defense line. Leaflets with the inscription "Not one step back". Sailors in the trench, takes off their helmet, puts on a peakless cap. Colonel-General of the Army M.S.Mikhalkin talks about Hitler's decision to wipe out Leningrad from the face of the earth, using artillery and aerial bombardments. Packing horses on the Anichkov bridge. The representative of the State Defense Committee for the supply of the Lening Front troops and the population of Leningrad with food tells about the establishment of communication with the mainland along Lake Ladoga and the creation of a port in Osinovets. Chief of the Operations Directorate of the General Staff, General of the Army S. M. Shtemenko, analyzes the reasons for the failure of the Soviet troops to liberate Leningrad from the blockade in September 1941. The deck of a submarine. Engine room. Observer at the periscope. Submarine dive. Sailors aboard a warship. The muzzle of the guns. Airplane shooting. Coastal sailors at the guns. A shell with the inscription "Death to Hitler" is being loaded. Armored train "Baltiets". I. I. Fedyuninsky talks about his appointment as commander of the 2nd Shock Army. The Katyusha shells are flying. Anti-aircraft guns hit. Attack of tanks, infantry. Bombers are flying. Streets of besieged Leningrad. A corpse on the street. AF Shcheglov talks about breaking the blockade of Leningrad.

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