Victory in the South

A film about the encirclement and defeat of the Yasso-Kishinev group of German troops during the Second World War by Soviet troops. Dniester river. The movement of the Soviet troops. Soviet soldiers are having lunch, standing waist-deep in water. Military Council of the 2nd Ukrainian Front. R. Ya. Malinovsky is present. Military Council of the 3rd Ukrainian Front. F.I.Tolbukhin is present. Marshal S. K. Timoshenko talks with an officer. The offensive and hostilities of the Soviet troops. The orderlies bandage the wounded, put them on a dog sled. Forcing the Dniester. The battles for the cities of Belgorod-Dnestrovsky (Akkerman), Bendery, Chisinau, Izmail. Soviet troops and partisan formations enter the cities. The population meets the troops. Genoese fortress. Crossing the Danube River. Romania. The Soviet army enters the settlements and cities: Galati, Ploiesti, Bucharest. Types of cities and towns. Combat operations of the Soviet troops. The battles for the city of Bucharest. The signing of an armistice with Romania in Moscow. Present: B. Podtserob, V. M. Molotov, V. Ya. Vyshinsky, R. Ya. Malinovsky.

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front group chiefs R. Katsman, A. Schekutyev, music designer D. Blok, sound engineer V. Kotov, announcer L. Khmara, consultant S. Platonov