The Battle of Russia (1943)

Directors

Anatole Litvak, Frank Capra

The story

thumb|thumbtime=1:02|upright=1.2|The Battle of Russia Part I thumb|thumbtime=0:14|upright=1.2|The Battle of Russia Part II The film begins with an overview of previous failed attempts to conquer Russia: the Teutonic Knights in 1242 (footage from Sergei Eisenstein's film Alexander Nevsky is used), by Charles XII of Sweden in 1704 (footage from Vladimir Petrov's film Peter the Great), by Napoleon I in 1812, and by the German Empire in World War I. The vast natural resources of the Soviet Union are then described and show why the land is such a hot prize for conquerors. To give a positive impression of the Soviet Union to the American…

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