Bitva za Moskvu (1985) - full transcript
The battle of Moscow was the first major defeat of German Wehrmacht in the Second World War. The film is dedicated to some fighting events that took place in the USSR after Hitler's conquest of western Europe.
MOSCOW. KREMLIN. October 19, 1941.
Cda. Scherbakov, what is the situation in Moscow?
Provocateurs and alarmists are disturbing the population.
There have been cases of looting.
Qu propone Ud.?
The party committee considers it necessary
implement a state of siege in Moscow.
Right. Write!
It is hereby reported that the defense of the capital,
on the lines located 100, 120 Kms. west of Moscow
It has been entrusted to Army General Zh kov,
commander of the Western Front.
The defense of the city at its entrances is in charge
from the head of the Moscow garrison
Lieutenant General Arti miev.
In order to guarantee the defense of Moscow
and end the spy sabotage activity,
provocateurs and other agents of German fascism,
The State Defense Committee decreed:
1. Implement the state of siege in Moscow from 20-X-1941
2. Those who violate public order
will be available
of the courts of war;
the provocateurs, spies and other agents of fascism
they will be shot on the spot where they are surprised.
- Do you think the text is okay? - Yes.
Ni�as, no caven zanjitas.
The German tanquitos will come, and there they will see what is good.
�L�rgate, in�til!
The Germans are in Mozh isk, they advance towards K ntsevo.
At night they will be in the capital,
so get away, before it's too late.
�Provocador!
Grab the scoundrel!
He is a spy. Hit him hard!
Urban Party Committee. Moscow, October 21, 1941.
Muscovites do everything to stop the enemy.
Moscow has led 12 militia divisions.
On these difficult days each district committee
has organized one more communist battalion,
in total, 25 integrated battalions, mostly
by communists and komsomoles.
At the moment we are forming, with sayings
battalions, the 2nd muscovite communist division
with a total of 15 thousand men.
40 annihilation battalions have been organized
They have already been located at the entrances of the city.
169 other detachments have been organized, a total
of 7 thousand men, for street fighting.
Thus, only in the last days of October
the capital has additionally mobilized
an army of 50 thousand men.
The defense of the city is made up of three lines:
the first, the Moscow ring road;
the second: the Garden Ring; and the third,
the Circle "A" and the southern area of the Moscova River.
Comrade Arti miev, how is the mining of the bridges?
We have put 22 tons of explosives under 12 bridges.
That is an extreme measure, in case of the worst.
Let us hope that we do not have to resort to it.
The battle of Moscow entered its decisive stage.
In all directions it continued
the advance of the German fascist troops.
On October 29 the Guderian tanks went to the
offensive on the left flank of the area
defense of Moscow, on the road Mtsensk - Tula.
At the price of huge losses, German troops
managed to occupy I snaia Poliana.
IASNAIA POLIANA. October 29, 1941.
And in these ruins did Count Tolstoy live?
Exactly. It is a historical place.
We specially install your staff here.
If you don't like it, you can take everything out.
It is the bedroom of Le n Tolst i.
We wanted to propose that you spend the night here.
Throw away this old gear and bring my camping cot.
Mr. Colonel General, this is Field Marshal Bok.
It concentrated more than 100 tanks in the direction of Tula.
The vanguard units arrived.
4 kilometers from Tula.
Attempting to take the city on the go
was thwarted by a strong anti-tank defense.
The attack must be repeated.
Okay, tonight I will launch two attacks
with 80 tanks and motorized infantry.
against the southern sector of the city.
Tomorrow Tula has to be taken
to guarantee the advance towards Kolomna and S rpujov.
We are not in May, nor in France.
- TULA -
Headquarters of the Supreme Command. November 1, 1941.
We want to hold a solemn session in Moscow
on the occasion of the anniversary of October,
and also make a military stop.
What do you think? The situation at the front
allows us to carry out these celebrations?
The enemy will not launch a major offensive these days.
In previous battles he suffered heavy losses
and is forced to complete his units.
To neutralize the enemy aviation,
I propose to concentrate on Moscow
hunting aviation from neighboring fronts.
I think the parade can be done.
General Gromadin, Cdte. of Moscow's anti-aircraft defense.
In the course of the day the enemy with more than 250 bombers
He tried to reach the capital from the Podolsk side.
but he was rejected with a dense curtain of fire.
anti-aircraft and by our fighter jets.
The enemy returned to their bases without achieving their objectives.
In these moments he tries to carry out, through small
squadrons and lone planes, raids
trying to reach the city center.
Han sido derribados 34 "Junkers".
What steps will I take if on November 7
the enemy makes an air attack against Moscow?
Moscow air coverage is safe:
There are 550 fighters on alert number one.
That day cannot be allowed
for fascist planes to penetrate the Moscow sky.
But in case it happens,
the stop, for no reason, must be canceled.
They will not pass, we will collide them in the air.
Is good.
MOSCOW. November 6, 1941.
German troops advance towards Kashira.
Can the power plant be flown?
The Kashira plant supplies Moscow
Tell them not to blow up the plant.
We will send them reinforcements.
Don't blow up the plant!
Reinforcements go there. Hold on!
... And these people without conscience or honor,
people with animal morals, have the insolence to call
to the extermination of the great Russian nation,
the nation of Pleknov and Lenin,
de Chernyshevski y Belinski, de Pushkin y Tolst i,
Glinka and Tchaikovski, Gorki and Ch jov,
S chenov and P vlov, Repin and S rikov,
from Suv rov and Kut zov!
German invaders want
a war of extermination with the peoples of the USSR.
Well, if the Germans want a war
of extermination, they will have it.
316 rifle division, November 6, 1941.
The politician Klochkov where Cdte. of the division!
May I, Comrade General?
I can't say hello: I lost the cap.
The important thing is that I kept my head.
Politician Klochkov, for firmness and courage
manifested in the defense of our capital,
the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR
Decorates it with the Order of the Red Flag.
I serve the Soviet Union!
Give me the order
What does it do?
According to the Russian tradition, you should give him a bath
so that it is not the last.
I do not drink...
It is a good reason.
In addition there is the anniversary of the revolution.
Me emborrachar�.
No matter, the Germans will not attack at night.
The first to speak.
It is understood. Will the girls come?
They will send us "Katiushas".
We are ordered to form a selective battalion.
The General Staff will send the trucks.
Klochkov, I appoint you commissar of the battalion.
Here's my cap, it's a gift.
Here, in the device of the 316th rifle division,
On the night of November 6, he crossed the front line
the youth sabotage detachment
to which Zoya Kosmodemi nskaya belonged.
The Germans! A column of vehicles!
Quick, everyone to the forest!
Stop! Break.
I congratulate you on the occasion of the 24th anniversary of Great October.
MOSCOW, November 7, 1941.
Comrade Commissar! We arrived.
�Mosc�! �Dios m�o!
- �Formar! -
What facade is that? What facade is that? Join the training!
- Formar! -
Soldier comrades of the Red Army,
officers and policy makers,
guerrillas and guerrillas!
The world sees strength in you
capable of annihilating the German invaders.
The enslaved peoples of Europe see in you
to their liberators.
They have had a great liberating mission.
Be worthy of this mission.
The war that you fight
it is a war of liberation, a just war.
Scherbakov speaking. Report of the situation.
Everything is calm. The stop was a surprise.
for the enemy.
Okay. Continue surveillance.
May I inspire you in this war
the courageous image of our great ancestors.
Alexandr Nevsky, Dmitri Donsk�i,
Kuzm Minin, Dmitri Pozharski,
Alexandr Suv�rov,
Mija�l Kut�zov.
May the banner of the great Lenin illuminate you!
Under Lenin's flag, go ahead to victory!
There are clouds in the sky, it rains in the darkness,
Under an old wagon the workers rest.
And you hear the Proud whisper:
"In 4 years there will be a garden city here!"
The cold causes cramps, little is comfort,
Eating a crust of bread spoiled by moisture.
But stronger than hunger Tin-tin is heard from the drops:
"In 4 years there will be a garden city here!"
I know: the city will arise! Yes: the garden will flourish!
Because in the Soviet country there are people who can do anything!
Zoya, recite another bit!
Stop it, guys. The break is over.
When we return, Zoya will recite us one more time.
You stay on guard.
Assign me a task.
Go only the boys.
Difficulties must be shared. Please!
Well, you will go to Petr schevo and you will set fire to the cellar.
But you immediately return to the forest, is that clear?
On command, set fire to the cellar!
Lieutenant Colonel Ruderer, CDTE. of the 332th regiment.
Who are you?
I won't tell you.
You. burned down the stable?
Yes, it was me!
- What is your objective? - Annihilate them.
- Who sent it? - I won't say anything.
Where is your detachment located?
No s�.
Where is your detachment located?
I won't say anything!
HOUSE FIRE.
Comrades! Why those sad looks?
I am not afraid of death.
Dying for the people is bliss.
They'll hang me up, but I'm not alone
We are 200 million, they will not be able to do it all!
Me vengar�n.
Goodbye, comrades! Kill the fascists!
Stalin is with us! Stalin will come!
Upon learning of the death of Zoya Kosmodemi nskava,
Stalin ordered the soldiers of the Western Front:
Not take prisoners of the soldiers and officers of the
332 German Infantry Regiment.
ORSHA. November 13, 1941.
Gentlemen, today we will deal with only one question.
The Supreme Command wants to know your opinion:
Armies must dig in,
prepare the positions and wait for spring,
or should and can continue
the winter offensive against Moscow?
The colds that are expected in the coming days
will make it possible, for a certain time,
carrying out a rapid operation in the East
I mean the roads.
they will be passable for our tanks and trucks.
I think we have to move to defense in the North and the South,
but in the Center, strike a final blow to Moscow
and take it before the arrival of more severe colds.
It is essential, both on the political level
as a military, take Mosc .
Field Marshal Bok's opinion agrees with
the plans of the Supreme Command and the opinion of the f hrer.
Berlin. Chancellor of the Reich. November 15, 1941.
Listen to the f hrer's call to the German army.
Soldiers! Moscow is before you!
In two years of war all the capitals of the continent
submitted to them.
They have marched through the streets of the best cities,
Moscow is missing.
Force him to submit.
teach him the strength of his weapons,
march through their squares.
Moscow is the end of war.
Moscow is rest.
Adelante!
On November 15, the second offensive against Moscow began.
The German Command launched 74 divisions into combat
with a total of about a million soldiers,
11,670 artillery and mortar pieces, 1,500 tanks.
Alex ndrov's singing and dancing ensemble arrived.
Did they send it to us as a reserve?
Comrade Alex ndrov, we are pleased with your visit.
We came to give a concert on the first line.
They already have a concert there, hey?
That is what we have come for.
I cannot allow it, you are the patrimony of the whole army.
Cda. Senior, bring all the phones you can get.
The ensemble will sing on the phone.
The soldiers will listen to you and sing with you.
Standing, huge country, Standing, in deathmatch
With the dark fascist force, with the cursed brown horde.
May noble anger explode like a wave.
It is the people's war, a sacred war!
�Bater�a! �Fuego!
The Fifth speaking.
The enemy tries to break through to the highway
Don't let him pass to Dubos kovo!
-- �Alto! --
Boys! Twenty tanks is nothing!
Less than one per head.
-- �Fuego! --
Did you see? 14 out of action ...
It seems the time has come to die.
�Hermanos!
Russia is big, but there's nowhere to back off!
�Mosc� est� detr�s!
Panflov hold on?
On the brink of superhuman.
They decorated their division with the Order of the Red Flag
and now it's called the 8th Guard division.
Thank you, I will give you the news right now.
Contact me with General Panf lov.
General Panf lov was killed.
7 armored divisions, 3 motorized and 3 infantry
of the enemy attacked in the direction of Volokolamsk
trying to break the front and break into Moscow.
Western Front MS. November 19, 1941.
Comrade Commander!
I have come to ask you for authorization
to withdraw the troops to the Istra line.
They are only 10 kilometers.
the Istra reservoir and river
it's a good line of defense
and it is much more advantageous for us.
The troops have suffered heavy casualties.
Soldiers do not stand up from exhaustion.
To withdraw is to undertake the withdrawal, Cda. Rokossovsky!
No, not one step back! Endure to the last!
Will you allow me to retire?
Are you sure we will retain Moscow?
I ask him with the pain of my heart.
Comrade Zh kov,
Answer me frankly as a communist.
I think we will retain Moscow.
But we need 2 armies and 200 tanks at least.
I'm glad you're so sure.
Call Edo. Major General and agree with them
where to concentrate the armies that you request.
They will be ready by the end of November,
but for now I can't give him tanks.
Be clear. It will concentrate the armies on the flanks.
See you later, Comrade Stalin.
EDO. OLDER THAN 16 ARMY. November 19, 1941.
Zh kov did not accept my proposal.
My duty to Cdte. and as a communist he doesn't allow me
settle for your decision.
I will appeal the decision.
He prepared a telegram for the head of the Edo. Major General.
Scribe. To Marshal Sh poshnikov.
MOSCOW. SUPREME COMMAND HEADQUARTERS
November 19, 1941
Rokossovsky requests authorization to withdraw
towards the Istra reservoir.
That is 10 kilometers closer to Moscow.
But there they will be in a more advantageous position.
Authorize Rokossovsky's proposition,
and Ud. he considers it correct.
EDO. OLDER THAN 16 ARMY November 19, 1941.
The head of the Edo. Major General approved his proposal.
Immediately write the order for the withdrawal of
troops towards the Istra reservoir line.
"Al Cdte. del 16 ej�rcito
Rokossovsky.
"The troops from the front I command.
"I withdraw the withdrawal order.
"I order you to stay in your position.
"�y ni un paso atr�s! Zh�kov."
What are we going to do?
Zh kov is right.
He reaffirmed his personal responsibility.
for the fate of the entire Western Front.
I have known Zh kov for twenty years.
Assume colossal responsibility.
before all the Soviet people.
And if you are wrong about something,
at its core it does:
You cannot take a step back, Moscow is behind us.
You have to fight to the last.
WOLFSSOHANZE. November 19, 1941.
Field Marshal von Bok personally leads,
from the command post, the battle of Moscow.
As in the Battle of Marne, a single battalion
can solve the fate of the contest.
Tell Bok to stop the frontal attacks and
Try to go around Moscow, especially in the north.
And don't forget about the mediate goals:
Yaroslavl, R binsk and, perhaps, V logda.
Inform Bok that, in his honor,
We plan to give Smolensk the name of Bokburg.
And despite the huge losses,
the troops of the army group "Centro"
They continued their attacks against Moscow.
In the Kri kovo Istra regions,
Naro-Fominsk, Yakhrom were engaged in fierce fighting.
MOSCOW. KM 25. BUS STOP.
Next stop: "Red Square"
When will the bus come, it seems to be late!
It was! Let's keep going!
Moscow Soviet? Please inform Comrade Stalin:
the Germans are in Kr snaya Poliana ...
EDO. OLDER THAN 16 ARMY. November 24, 1941.
The Supreme Commander is speaking.
You know. than in the Kr snaya Poliana region
Enemy units appeared?
What measures are being taken?
We are aware. We ship there
forces from other sectors.
Headquarters arranged to send him reinforcements.
Ma ana Kr snaya Poliana should be taken.
Heavy artillery can open fire on the Kremlin.
Very good, general.
Now show me Moscow about the binoculars.
The Russians fight back, we must retreat!
Yes, but I saw Moscow.
Maybe the last time.
EDO. SENIOR OF THE ARMY. November 25, 1941.
Hey everyone!
�Camaradas! �Hermanos!
For our great homeland, for our Moscow, go ahead!
Rokossovsky, with an impetuous counterattack,
expelled the enemy from Kr snaya Poliana.
The long-range piece battle that was brewing
to open fire on Moscow that was taken.
Western Front MS. November 29, 1941.
German troops were rejected from Dm trov.
and expelled beyond the channel.
It is time to launch a counterattack.
Are you sure that the enemy
entered a state of crisis?
The enemy is exhausted.
And if we don't settle the dangerous wedges now,
the enemy can reinforce his troops with new reserves.
And so the situation can get even more complicated.
The time has come to start the counter-offensive.
I will advise with the Edo. Major General.
How does it feel?
Thanks, better, the crisis is over.
The disease is the offensive of the microbes, it is a war.
If the crisis passed, launch the counterattack
and annihilate enemies with pills.
I have huge reserves of those pills ...
Going to war, by analogy,
I want to tell you that Zh kov believes that the state
of crisis of the Western Front is already behind.
I also think that it is time to prepare a
good compress to the Germans.
Understood, Bor s Mij ilovich, get better.
Thank you, Comrade Stalin.
Say the following order: from today, November 29,
subordinate to Zh kov the 1st shock army
and armies 10 and 20
Army Group EM "CENTRO". November 29th.
Again we must try to attack
in the direction of Kr snaya Poliana.
It is the closest point to Moscow.
16 kilometers to the Jimki river port.
We have to attack!
We must crush Moscow's last defenses.
The 7th Armored Corps will attack
December 1 on the Minsk highway.
Agree. The 20th Army Corps
will attack on December 1 in Naro Fominsk.
Western Front MS. December 1, 1941.
By taking off their clusters on a wide front
and by stretching their armored fists on the flanks,
the enemy, in the fighting of the accesses to Moscow,
has lost the shock force.
Enemy communications suffer guerrilla attacks.
The great casualties of Hitler's troops
and the fierce resistance of the Soviet soldiers
they affected the fighting spirit of the Germans.
Our troops have also had great losses.
but all the time they have received help from the homeland
and retain their combat capabilities.
Trying to take advantage of favorable circumstances
to us who have been created around Moscow,
the Western Front command resolved to start the offensive.
December 6, 1941.
defeat the german shock groups.
and drive them away from Moscow.
How are we going to attack, comrades general?
The Western Front does not have
numerical superiority over the enemy.
This has a greater number of tanks.
That is the peculiarity of our counteroffensive.
Well, what do you think?
We believe that we must attack at night.
An infantry day attack on the
German tanks does not promise much success.
In the dark it will be difficult for the enemy to orient himself.
The superiority of the Germans must be reduced to zero
in tanks and aircraft, prevent them from engaging in combat.
You have to get closer to the enemy
and force him to fight short,
even, in hand-to-hand combat.
How will I keep the address?
Do you have a lighter?
We will light two bonfires in the rear of the battalions,
on the axis of the direction a kilometer away.
If the Cdte. when he turns he sees the two fires together,
is that they are going in the right direction.
If they see them separated, it is that they lost their way.
Okay, okay.
The enemy advances towards K binka.
Immediately settle the rupture!
It was his last hit.
The date remains unchanged: December 6.
The 7th armored body attacked in "rhombus",
classic combat formation of German units.
In the vanguard, how far ahead, the T-4s marched.
My tank army is over.
Stand up! Go ahead!
On December 5, the Kalinin Front went on the offensive.
On December 6, at 6 a.m. sharp,
Rifle units from
armies 30, 1 and 20 of the Western Front.
From the walls of Moscow the counter-offensive began
of the Red Army all along the front.
At dawn the defense of the enemy was broken.
Mobile units developed success.
VOLOKOLAMSK
On December 8 they went on the offensive.
G likov's 10th Army, Boldin's 50th Army
and Belov's 1st Cavalry Corps.
IASNAIA POLIANA. December 8, 1941.
Frederick the Great said that Russian soldiers
you have to kill them twice
and then push them so that they finally fall.
We have suffered a serious defeat.
that, due to the stubbornness of the High Command,
will lead to fatal consequences.
Mr. General, the f hrer speaks to you.
Guderian! Stay at any price!
I'm sending reinforcements by plane!
�Aguante!
To order, my f hrer!
He will not give the order to fight to the last!
F hrer does not know the real situation!
After big losses and withdrawals,
the Red Army was in Moscow
a devastating defeat to the German fascist troops.
It was his first defeat in World War II.
Near Moscow the Hitlerites lost more than 500 thousand
soldiers, 1,300 tanks, 2,500 artillery pieces.
The fascist army had not known such havoc.
German troops were rejected
150 - 300 kilometers from Moscow.
And the Red Army counteroffensive continued.
�Bravo, Dov�tor!
Bravo, the Guard!
During the counteroffensive
the Red Army liberated from German occupation
more than eleven thousand populations.
Among them, the cities of: Kalinin, Klin,
Solnechnog�rsk, St�ritsa, Volokolamsk,
Mozh�isk, B�rovsk,
Y�jnov, Maloyarosl�vets, Kaluga,
Suj�nichi.
We won't touch Bok
when he failed in his mission of the "Barbarossa Plan".
And now he sets out.
Who gave the order to withdraw the troops from Moscow?
Call Bok.
we will destroy it and put Kl ge in its place.
Llame the Guderian! Ll melos to all!
Hitler removed Marshals Brauchitsch, Bok,
Leeb, Rundstedt; to Generals Hepner, Guderian ...
December 16, 1941
Stalin received a note from the President of the United States.
Roosevelt escrib�a:
"I want to inform you of the great enthusiasm for the victories
"of his armies in defense of that great nation."
We hear the echo of the distant stop,
We dream the routes of the last attack.
You are my hope, you are my joy.
In my heart you are, my beloved Moscow ...
We honestly won our victory,
Faithful to our sacred homeland.
In every new house, in every new song
Remember you to the fallen in Moscow.
In the battle of Moscow the troops were distinguished from:
Army General Zh kov,
General Colonel K niev
Lieutenant-Generals Artymiev, Boldin,
G likov, G lubev, Efr mov, Zajarkin,
Kuznetsov, Rokossovsky, G�vorov, Lelushenko;
the infants of: Major Generals Akimenko, Belobor dov,
Beriezin, Lebedenko, Mir nov, Panf lov, Petrov, Sii sov
Smirnov, Tar sov, Shvetsov, Er stov;
of the colonels: Griaznov, Karamyshev, Korotkov
Liziukov, Martirosi n, Miroshnichenko,
Mij ilov, Na mov, Polosujin
Svir dov, Chanchibadze, Chernyshev;
The tankers of Major General Katukov,
from Colonels Hetman, R tmistrov,
from Lieutenant Colonels Kirichenko, Sajn ;
First Lieutenant Lavrinenko;
Lieutenant General Zhuravliov's gunners;
the cavalry of the major generals Belov, Dov tor;
the pilots of the major generals Golov nov, Kr vchenko,
Sb tov, by Colonel Kl mov.
The sailors of colonels Bezvi rjov, Chistiakov
Eternal glory to the heroes fallen in the battles for
the freedom and independence of our homeland
------- END ------
Cda. Scherbakov, what is the situation in Moscow?
Provocateurs and alarmists are disturbing the population.
There have been cases of looting.
Qu propone Ud.?
The party committee considers it necessary
implement a state of siege in Moscow.
Right. Write!
It is hereby reported that the defense of the capital,
on the lines located 100, 120 Kms. west of Moscow
It has been entrusted to Army General Zh kov,
commander of the Western Front.
The defense of the city at its entrances is in charge
from the head of the Moscow garrison
Lieutenant General Arti miev.
In order to guarantee the defense of Moscow
and end the spy sabotage activity,
provocateurs and other agents of German fascism,
The State Defense Committee decreed:
1. Implement the state of siege in Moscow from 20-X-1941
2. Those who violate public order
will be available
of the courts of war;
the provocateurs, spies and other agents of fascism
they will be shot on the spot where they are surprised.
- Do you think the text is okay? - Yes.
Ni�as, no caven zanjitas.
The German tanquitos will come, and there they will see what is good.
�L�rgate, in�til!
The Germans are in Mozh isk, they advance towards K ntsevo.
At night they will be in the capital,
so get away, before it's too late.
�Provocador!
Grab the scoundrel!
He is a spy. Hit him hard!
Urban Party Committee. Moscow, October 21, 1941.
Muscovites do everything to stop the enemy.
Moscow has led 12 militia divisions.
On these difficult days each district committee
has organized one more communist battalion,
in total, 25 integrated battalions, mostly
by communists and komsomoles.
At the moment we are forming, with sayings
battalions, the 2nd muscovite communist division
with a total of 15 thousand men.
40 annihilation battalions have been organized
They have already been located at the entrances of the city.
169 other detachments have been organized, a total
of 7 thousand men, for street fighting.
Thus, only in the last days of October
the capital has additionally mobilized
an army of 50 thousand men.
The defense of the city is made up of three lines:
the first, the Moscow ring road;
the second: the Garden Ring; and the third,
the Circle "A" and the southern area of the Moscova River.
Comrade Arti miev, how is the mining of the bridges?
We have put 22 tons of explosives under 12 bridges.
That is an extreme measure, in case of the worst.
Let us hope that we do not have to resort to it.
The battle of Moscow entered its decisive stage.
In all directions it continued
the advance of the German fascist troops.
On October 29 the Guderian tanks went to the
offensive on the left flank of the area
defense of Moscow, on the road Mtsensk - Tula.
At the price of huge losses, German troops
managed to occupy I snaia Poliana.
IASNAIA POLIANA. October 29, 1941.
And in these ruins did Count Tolstoy live?
Exactly. It is a historical place.
We specially install your staff here.
If you don't like it, you can take everything out.
It is the bedroom of Le n Tolst i.
We wanted to propose that you spend the night here.
Throw away this old gear and bring my camping cot.
Mr. Colonel General, this is Field Marshal Bok.
It concentrated more than 100 tanks in the direction of Tula.
The vanguard units arrived.
4 kilometers from Tula.
Attempting to take the city on the go
was thwarted by a strong anti-tank defense.
The attack must be repeated.
Okay, tonight I will launch two attacks
with 80 tanks and motorized infantry.
against the southern sector of the city.
Tomorrow Tula has to be taken
to guarantee the advance towards Kolomna and S rpujov.
We are not in May, nor in France.
- TULA -
Headquarters of the Supreme Command. November 1, 1941.
We want to hold a solemn session in Moscow
on the occasion of the anniversary of October,
and also make a military stop.
What do you think? The situation at the front
allows us to carry out these celebrations?
The enemy will not launch a major offensive these days.
In previous battles he suffered heavy losses
and is forced to complete his units.
To neutralize the enemy aviation,
I propose to concentrate on Moscow
hunting aviation from neighboring fronts.
I think the parade can be done.
General Gromadin, Cdte. of Moscow's anti-aircraft defense.
In the course of the day the enemy with more than 250 bombers
He tried to reach the capital from the Podolsk side.
but he was rejected with a dense curtain of fire.
anti-aircraft and by our fighter jets.
The enemy returned to their bases without achieving their objectives.
In these moments he tries to carry out, through small
squadrons and lone planes, raids
trying to reach the city center.
Han sido derribados 34 "Junkers".
What steps will I take if on November 7
the enemy makes an air attack against Moscow?
Moscow air coverage is safe:
There are 550 fighters on alert number one.
That day cannot be allowed
for fascist planes to penetrate the Moscow sky.
But in case it happens,
the stop, for no reason, must be canceled.
They will not pass, we will collide them in the air.
Is good.
MOSCOW. November 6, 1941.
German troops advance towards Kashira.
Can the power plant be flown?
The Kashira plant supplies Moscow
Tell them not to blow up the plant.
We will send them reinforcements.
Don't blow up the plant!
Reinforcements go there. Hold on!
... And these people without conscience or honor,
people with animal morals, have the insolence to call
to the extermination of the great Russian nation,
the nation of Pleknov and Lenin,
de Chernyshevski y Belinski, de Pushkin y Tolst i,
Glinka and Tchaikovski, Gorki and Ch jov,
S chenov and P vlov, Repin and S rikov,
from Suv rov and Kut zov!
German invaders want
a war of extermination with the peoples of the USSR.
Well, if the Germans want a war
of extermination, they will have it.
316 rifle division, November 6, 1941.
The politician Klochkov where Cdte. of the division!
May I, Comrade General?
I can't say hello: I lost the cap.
The important thing is that I kept my head.
Politician Klochkov, for firmness and courage
manifested in the defense of our capital,
the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR
Decorates it with the Order of the Red Flag.
I serve the Soviet Union!
Give me the order
What does it do?
According to the Russian tradition, you should give him a bath
so that it is not the last.
I do not drink...
It is a good reason.
In addition there is the anniversary of the revolution.
Me emborrachar�.
No matter, the Germans will not attack at night.
The first to speak.
It is understood. Will the girls come?
They will send us "Katiushas".
We are ordered to form a selective battalion.
The General Staff will send the trucks.
Klochkov, I appoint you commissar of the battalion.
Here's my cap, it's a gift.
Here, in the device of the 316th rifle division,
On the night of November 6, he crossed the front line
the youth sabotage detachment
to which Zoya Kosmodemi nskaya belonged.
The Germans! A column of vehicles!
Quick, everyone to the forest!
Stop! Break.
I congratulate you on the occasion of the 24th anniversary of Great October.
MOSCOW, November 7, 1941.
Comrade Commissar! We arrived.
�Mosc�! �Dios m�o!
- �Formar! -
What facade is that? What facade is that? Join the training!
- Formar! -
Soldier comrades of the Red Army,
officers and policy makers,
guerrillas and guerrillas!
The world sees strength in you
capable of annihilating the German invaders.
The enslaved peoples of Europe see in you
to their liberators.
They have had a great liberating mission.
Be worthy of this mission.
The war that you fight
it is a war of liberation, a just war.
Scherbakov speaking. Report of the situation.
Everything is calm. The stop was a surprise.
for the enemy.
Okay. Continue surveillance.
May I inspire you in this war
the courageous image of our great ancestors.
Alexandr Nevsky, Dmitri Donsk�i,
Kuzm Minin, Dmitri Pozharski,
Alexandr Suv�rov,
Mija�l Kut�zov.
May the banner of the great Lenin illuminate you!
Under Lenin's flag, go ahead to victory!
There are clouds in the sky, it rains in the darkness,
Under an old wagon the workers rest.
And you hear the Proud whisper:
"In 4 years there will be a garden city here!"
The cold causes cramps, little is comfort,
Eating a crust of bread spoiled by moisture.
But stronger than hunger Tin-tin is heard from the drops:
"In 4 years there will be a garden city here!"
I know: the city will arise! Yes: the garden will flourish!
Because in the Soviet country there are people who can do anything!
Zoya, recite another bit!
Stop it, guys. The break is over.
When we return, Zoya will recite us one more time.
You stay on guard.
Assign me a task.
Go only the boys.
Difficulties must be shared. Please!
Well, you will go to Petr schevo and you will set fire to the cellar.
But you immediately return to the forest, is that clear?
On command, set fire to the cellar!
Lieutenant Colonel Ruderer, CDTE. of the 332th regiment.
Who are you?
I won't tell you.
You. burned down the stable?
Yes, it was me!
- What is your objective? - Annihilate them.
- Who sent it? - I won't say anything.
Where is your detachment located?
No s�.
Where is your detachment located?
I won't say anything!
HOUSE FIRE.
Comrades! Why those sad looks?
I am not afraid of death.
Dying for the people is bliss.
They'll hang me up, but I'm not alone
We are 200 million, they will not be able to do it all!
Me vengar�n.
Goodbye, comrades! Kill the fascists!
Stalin is with us! Stalin will come!
Upon learning of the death of Zoya Kosmodemi nskava,
Stalin ordered the soldiers of the Western Front:
Not take prisoners of the soldiers and officers of the
332 German Infantry Regiment.
ORSHA. November 13, 1941.
Gentlemen, today we will deal with only one question.
The Supreme Command wants to know your opinion:
Armies must dig in,
prepare the positions and wait for spring,
or should and can continue
the winter offensive against Moscow?
The colds that are expected in the coming days
will make it possible, for a certain time,
carrying out a rapid operation in the East
I mean the roads.
they will be passable for our tanks and trucks.
I think we have to move to defense in the North and the South,
but in the Center, strike a final blow to Moscow
and take it before the arrival of more severe colds.
It is essential, both on the political level
as a military, take Mosc .
Field Marshal Bok's opinion agrees with
the plans of the Supreme Command and the opinion of the f hrer.
Berlin. Chancellor of the Reich. November 15, 1941.
Listen to the f hrer's call to the German army.
Soldiers! Moscow is before you!
In two years of war all the capitals of the continent
submitted to them.
They have marched through the streets of the best cities,
Moscow is missing.
Force him to submit.
teach him the strength of his weapons,
march through their squares.
Moscow is the end of war.
Moscow is rest.
Adelante!
On November 15, the second offensive against Moscow began.
The German Command launched 74 divisions into combat
with a total of about a million soldiers,
11,670 artillery and mortar pieces, 1,500 tanks.
Alex ndrov's singing and dancing ensemble arrived.
Did they send it to us as a reserve?
Comrade Alex ndrov, we are pleased with your visit.
We came to give a concert on the first line.
They already have a concert there, hey?
That is what we have come for.
I cannot allow it, you are the patrimony of the whole army.
Cda. Senior, bring all the phones you can get.
The ensemble will sing on the phone.
The soldiers will listen to you and sing with you.
Standing, huge country, Standing, in deathmatch
With the dark fascist force, with the cursed brown horde.
May noble anger explode like a wave.
It is the people's war, a sacred war!
�Bater�a! �Fuego!
The Fifth speaking.
The enemy tries to break through to the highway
Don't let him pass to Dubos kovo!
-- �Alto! --
Boys! Twenty tanks is nothing!
Less than one per head.
-- �Fuego! --
Did you see? 14 out of action ...
It seems the time has come to die.
�Hermanos!
Russia is big, but there's nowhere to back off!
�Mosc� est� detr�s!
Panflov hold on?
On the brink of superhuman.
They decorated their division with the Order of the Red Flag
and now it's called the 8th Guard division.
Thank you, I will give you the news right now.
Contact me with General Panf lov.
General Panf lov was killed.
7 armored divisions, 3 motorized and 3 infantry
of the enemy attacked in the direction of Volokolamsk
trying to break the front and break into Moscow.
Western Front MS. November 19, 1941.
Comrade Commander!
I have come to ask you for authorization
to withdraw the troops to the Istra line.
They are only 10 kilometers.
the Istra reservoir and river
it's a good line of defense
and it is much more advantageous for us.
The troops have suffered heavy casualties.
Soldiers do not stand up from exhaustion.
To withdraw is to undertake the withdrawal, Cda. Rokossovsky!
No, not one step back! Endure to the last!
Will you allow me to retire?
Are you sure we will retain Moscow?
I ask him with the pain of my heart.
Comrade Zh kov,
Answer me frankly as a communist.
I think we will retain Moscow.
But we need 2 armies and 200 tanks at least.
I'm glad you're so sure.
Call Edo. Major General and agree with them
where to concentrate the armies that you request.
They will be ready by the end of November,
but for now I can't give him tanks.
Be clear. It will concentrate the armies on the flanks.
See you later, Comrade Stalin.
EDO. OLDER THAN 16 ARMY. November 19, 1941.
Zh kov did not accept my proposal.
My duty to Cdte. and as a communist he doesn't allow me
settle for your decision.
I will appeal the decision.
He prepared a telegram for the head of the Edo. Major General.
Scribe. To Marshal Sh poshnikov.
MOSCOW. SUPREME COMMAND HEADQUARTERS
November 19, 1941
Rokossovsky requests authorization to withdraw
towards the Istra reservoir.
That is 10 kilometers closer to Moscow.
But there they will be in a more advantageous position.
Authorize Rokossovsky's proposition,
and Ud. he considers it correct.
EDO. OLDER THAN 16 ARMY November 19, 1941.
The head of the Edo. Major General approved his proposal.
Immediately write the order for the withdrawal of
troops towards the Istra reservoir line.
"Al Cdte. del 16 ej�rcito
Rokossovsky.
"The troops from the front I command.
"I withdraw the withdrawal order.
"I order you to stay in your position.
"�y ni un paso atr�s! Zh�kov."
What are we going to do?
Zh kov is right.
He reaffirmed his personal responsibility.
for the fate of the entire Western Front.
I have known Zh kov for twenty years.
Assume colossal responsibility.
before all the Soviet people.
And if you are wrong about something,
at its core it does:
You cannot take a step back, Moscow is behind us.
You have to fight to the last.
WOLFSSOHANZE. November 19, 1941.
Field Marshal von Bok personally leads,
from the command post, the battle of Moscow.
As in the Battle of Marne, a single battalion
can solve the fate of the contest.
Tell Bok to stop the frontal attacks and
Try to go around Moscow, especially in the north.
And don't forget about the mediate goals:
Yaroslavl, R binsk and, perhaps, V logda.
Inform Bok that, in his honor,
We plan to give Smolensk the name of Bokburg.
And despite the huge losses,
the troops of the army group "Centro"
They continued their attacks against Moscow.
In the Kri kovo Istra regions,
Naro-Fominsk, Yakhrom were engaged in fierce fighting.
MOSCOW. KM 25. BUS STOP.
Next stop: "Red Square"
When will the bus come, it seems to be late!
It was! Let's keep going!
Moscow Soviet? Please inform Comrade Stalin:
the Germans are in Kr snaya Poliana ...
EDO. OLDER THAN 16 ARMY. November 24, 1941.
The Supreme Commander is speaking.
You know. than in the Kr snaya Poliana region
Enemy units appeared?
What measures are being taken?
We are aware. We ship there
forces from other sectors.
Headquarters arranged to send him reinforcements.
Ma ana Kr snaya Poliana should be taken.
Heavy artillery can open fire on the Kremlin.
Very good, general.
Now show me Moscow about the binoculars.
The Russians fight back, we must retreat!
Yes, but I saw Moscow.
Maybe the last time.
EDO. SENIOR OF THE ARMY. November 25, 1941.
Hey everyone!
�Camaradas! �Hermanos!
For our great homeland, for our Moscow, go ahead!
Rokossovsky, with an impetuous counterattack,
expelled the enemy from Kr snaya Poliana.
The long-range piece battle that was brewing
to open fire on Moscow that was taken.
Western Front MS. November 29, 1941.
German troops were rejected from Dm trov.
and expelled beyond the channel.
It is time to launch a counterattack.
Are you sure that the enemy
entered a state of crisis?
The enemy is exhausted.
And if we don't settle the dangerous wedges now,
the enemy can reinforce his troops with new reserves.
And so the situation can get even more complicated.
The time has come to start the counter-offensive.
I will advise with the Edo. Major General.
How does it feel?
Thanks, better, the crisis is over.
The disease is the offensive of the microbes, it is a war.
If the crisis passed, launch the counterattack
and annihilate enemies with pills.
I have huge reserves of those pills ...
Going to war, by analogy,
I want to tell you that Zh kov believes that the state
of crisis of the Western Front is already behind.
I also think that it is time to prepare a
good compress to the Germans.
Understood, Bor s Mij ilovich, get better.
Thank you, Comrade Stalin.
Say the following order: from today, November 29,
subordinate to Zh kov the 1st shock army
and armies 10 and 20
Army Group EM "CENTRO". November 29th.
Again we must try to attack
in the direction of Kr snaya Poliana.
It is the closest point to Moscow.
16 kilometers to the Jimki river port.
We have to attack!
We must crush Moscow's last defenses.
The 7th Armored Corps will attack
December 1 on the Minsk highway.
Agree. The 20th Army Corps
will attack on December 1 in Naro Fominsk.
Western Front MS. December 1, 1941.
By taking off their clusters on a wide front
and by stretching their armored fists on the flanks,
the enemy, in the fighting of the accesses to Moscow,
has lost the shock force.
Enemy communications suffer guerrilla attacks.
The great casualties of Hitler's troops
and the fierce resistance of the Soviet soldiers
they affected the fighting spirit of the Germans.
Our troops have also had great losses.
but all the time they have received help from the homeland
and retain their combat capabilities.
Trying to take advantage of favorable circumstances
to us who have been created around Moscow,
the Western Front command resolved to start the offensive.
December 6, 1941.
defeat the german shock groups.
and drive them away from Moscow.
How are we going to attack, comrades general?
The Western Front does not have
numerical superiority over the enemy.
This has a greater number of tanks.
That is the peculiarity of our counteroffensive.
Well, what do you think?
We believe that we must attack at night.
An infantry day attack on the
German tanks does not promise much success.
In the dark it will be difficult for the enemy to orient himself.
The superiority of the Germans must be reduced to zero
in tanks and aircraft, prevent them from engaging in combat.
You have to get closer to the enemy
and force him to fight short,
even, in hand-to-hand combat.
How will I keep the address?
Do you have a lighter?
We will light two bonfires in the rear of the battalions,
on the axis of the direction a kilometer away.
If the Cdte. when he turns he sees the two fires together,
is that they are going in the right direction.
If they see them separated, it is that they lost their way.
Okay, okay.
The enemy advances towards K binka.
Immediately settle the rupture!
It was his last hit.
The date remains unchanged: December 6.
The 7th armored body attacked in "rhombus",
classic combat formation of German units.
In the vanguard, how far ahead, the T-4s marched.
My tank army is over.
Stand up! Go ahead!
On December 5, the Kalinin Front went on the offensive.
On December 6, at 6 a.m. sharp,
Rifle units from
armies 30, 1 and 20 of the Western Front.
From the walls of Moscow the counter-offensive began
of the Red Army all along the front.
At dawn the defense of the enemy was broken.
Mobile units developed success.
VOLOKOLAMSK
On December 8 they went on the offensive.
G likov's 10th Army, Boldin's 50th Army
and Belov's 1st Cavalry Corps.
IASNAIA POLIANA. December 8, 1941.
Frederick the Great said that Russian soldiers
you have to kill them twice
and then push them so that they finally fall.
We have suffered a serious defeat.
that, due to the stubbornness of the High Command,
will lead to fatal consequences.
Mr. General, the f hrer speaks to you.
Guderian! Stay at any price!
I'm sending reinforcements by plane!
�Aguante!
To order, my f hrer!
He will not give the order to fight to the last!
F hrer does not know the real situation!
After big losses and withdrawals,
the Red Army was in Moscow
a devastating defeat to the German fascist troops.
It was his first defeat in World War II.
Near Moscow the Hitlerites lost more than 500 thousand
soldiers, 1,300 tanks, 2,500 artillery pieces.
The fascist army had not known such havoc.
German troops were rejected
150 - 300 kilometers from Moscow.
And the Red Army counteroffensive continued.
�Bravo, Dov�tor!
Bravo, the Guard!
During the counteroffensive
the Red Army liberated from German occupation
more than eleven thousand populations.
Among them, the cities of: Kalinin, Klin,
Solnechnog�rsk, St�ritsa, Volokolamsk,
Mozh�isk, B�rovsk,
Y�jnov, Maloyarosl�vets, Kaluga,
Suj�nichi.
We won't touch Bok
when he failed in his mission of the "Barbarossa Plan".
And now he sets out.
Who gave the order to withdraw the troops from Moscow?
Call Bok.
we will destroy it and put Kl ge in its place.
Llame the Guderian! Ll melos to all!
Hitler removed Marshals Brauchitsch, Bok,
Leeb, Rundstedt; to Generals Hepner, Guderian ...
December 16, 1941
Stalin received a note from the President of the United States.
Roosevelt escrib�a:
"I want to inform you of the great enthusiasm for the victories
"of his armies in defense of that great nation."
We hear the echo of the distant stop,
We dream the routes of the last attack.
You are my hope, you are my joy.
In my heart you are, my beloved Moscow ...
We honestly won our victory,
Faithful to our sacred homeland.
In every new house, in every new song
Remember you to the fallen in Moscow.
In the battle of Moscow the troops were distinguished from:
Army General Zh kov,
General Colonel K niev
Lieutenant-Generals Artymiev, Boldin,
G likov, G lubev, Efr mov, Zajarkin,
Kuznetsov, Rokossovsky, G�vorov, Lelushenko;
the infants of: Major Generals Akimenko, Belobor dov,
Beriezin, Lebedenko, Mir nov, Panf lov, Petrov, Sii sov
Smirnov, Tar sov, Shvetsov, Er stov;
of the colonels: Griaznov, Karamyshev, Korotkov
Liziukov, Martirosi n, Miroshnichenko,
Mij ilov, Na mov, Polosujin
Svir dov, Chanchibadze, Chernyshev;
The tankers of Major General Katukov,
from Colonels Hetman, R tmistrov,
from Lieutenant Colonels Kirichenko, Sajn ;
First Lieutenant Lavrinenko;
Lieutenant General Zhuravliov's gunners;
the cavalry of the major generals Belov, Dov tor;
the pilots of the major generals Golov nov, Kr vchenko,
Sb tov, by Colonel Kl mov.
The sailors of colonels Bezvi rjov, Chistiakov
Eternal glory to the heroes fallen in the battles for
the freedom and independence of our homeland
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