# 1945 WORLD WAR II RUSSIAN FRONT YALTA CONFERENCE SOVIET PROPAGANDA FILM Part 2 48834

This Soviet propaganda film recounts the events of 1945, as the Red Army resumed the offensive against the Fascist Wehrmacht, pushing the Germans out of Bulgaria, Czechoslovakia, Hungary, Yugoslavia, and Poland. The film ends before the final battles in Germany, with a gaunt-looking President Franklin Roosevelt, Winston Churchill and Josef Stalin meeting at Yalta. Notably, the film contains rare footage (at 10:06 ) of FDR smoking a cigarette. This was the type of material that would never have appeared in an American newsreel of the era! Narrator: The Red Army chased the enemy off our land. The great liberating operation began in Europe, which was enslaved by the Fascists. Taking over others’ territories was not our goal. The government of the USSR stated, ‘We are not guided by revenge. Our aim is to destroy German Fascism, to rid nations of Hitler’s occupation, to provide them with freedom.’ (01.04) On August 31, Soviet forces and Romanian Volunteer Division entered Bucharest that had been liberated. They had to fight cruel battles and eliminate a powerful group of German soldiers. (01.39) The Red Army is entering Bulgaria. The Soviet Army had no battles on Bulgarian territory. The Bulgarian operation turned out to be a triumphant liberating campaign. Sofia is celebrating. (02.22) Our divisions joined the Czechoslovak Corps after fierce fighting and came to the border of Czechoslovakia. In the beginning of 1945, Slovakia was liberated. The Red Army was of great help to the…

- Kind: Talk
- Genres: War, Industrial and advertising, Propaganda
- Archive: [Internet Archive](https://archive.org/details/48834UnknownRussianFilm7)
- Licence or status: none stated by the archive
- Who can watch: Teens profiles and older (the archive gives no rating; placed by Invisible Network from its collection and subjects)

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