Red Army Successes

Series

Series Name
Pathe Gazette

Issue

Issue No.
43/45
Date Released
7 Jun 1943
Stories in this Issue:
  1. 1Red Army Successes
  2. 2Pantellaria Attacked
  3. 3Churchill’s Fighting Speech to US Congress

Story

Story No. within this Issue
1 / 3
Summary
Closing stages of the winter offensive in Russia shows the Russian entry into the town of Kursk, more German prisoners being taken and good shots of Russian soldiers covered in snow, moving across snowy terrain. On entering Rzhev, for seventeen months under German occupation, bodies of resistance workers who have been shot are seen. One 19 year old girl is covered in sores as a result of famine.
Keywords
Health and medicine; Prisoners of war; Military
Locations
Soviet Union; Rzhev; Kursk
Length of story (in feet)
308
Story extras:
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Notes
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