The Great Russian Offensive

Series

Series Name
Pathe Gazette

Issue

Issue No.
44/38
Date Released
11 May 1944
Stories in this Issue:
  1. 1Mr Curtin on "Australia’s Peril"
  2. 2Newsbriefs
  3. 3The Great Russian Offensive
  4. 4Compost Heap - Trailer

Story

Story No. within this Issue
3 / 4
Summary
In January, after two and a half years, the Red Army burst through the German lines around Leningrad, a besieged city no more. Many thousands of Russians had died from starvation after enduring the greatest of hardships. In the town of Krasnoye-Selo outside Leningrad, house to house fighting takes place between Russian and German troops. The Russians surge forward west towards the Polish border and fighting takes place in the towns of Mosyr and Kalinovichi. A complete reversal has taken place and now Germans march eastwards into Russia as prisoners.
Keywords
Prisoners of war; Military
Locations
Soviet Union; Leningrad; Mosyr; Kalinovichi; Krasnoye Selo
Length of story (in feet)
411
Story extras:
Film clip
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