# SOVIET UNION IN RETREAT DURING OPERATION BARBAROSSA 1941 WORLD WAR II 50514

This Soviet newsreel recounts the long retreat of Soviet forces during the initial stages of Operation Barbarossa, the German invasion of the USSR beginning in the summer of 1941.A second part of the film can be seen here: https://youtu.be/2Uqs0jVxzjs Narration: Our soldiers displayed their heartfelt allegiance to the Motherland and determination to protect it at the cost of their lives by thwarting the attack of the enemy, whose forces were superior in strength. An incredibly difficult period in the life of our country began. (00.26) Residents of ravaged towns and villages were leaving for the east. The equipment of factories and plants was evacuated. As Lenin taught us, ‘If a war starts, everything should comply with its needs.’ (00.58) The Party devised a program of military restructuring of the country. ‘The treacherous attack by Fascist Germany against the Soviet Union is continuing. The goal of this attack is to destroy the Soviet system, to occupy Soviet lands, to enslave the peoples of the Soviet Union, to rob our country, to capture our bread and oil, to restore the rule of landholders and capitalists.’ (01.36) The enemy had already stepped on Soviet soil, took over most of Lithuania, including the cities of Kaunas and Vilnius, occupied part of Latvia, the Brest, Vereiskaya, and Bialystok regions of the Soviet Belarus, and some districts of Western Ukraine. A few other districts were in immediate danger. The goal of the Bolsheviks was to rally the people around the…

- Kind: Film
- Genres: War, Industrial and advertising
- Archive: [Internet Archive](https://archive.org/details/50514RussianShortFilm11)
- 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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