XD9028 UFA Newsreel WWII Germany German Army enters Rostov on Don Atlantic Wall Defenses

UFA news from WWII, probably 1940 (?). Shows German troops operating in Russia and entering Rostov on Don, as well as a segment on gigantic artillery pieces being installed in Normandy to bombard England. Tank battles in East.

Swimming and diving contest in occupied Greece

Stage show for German troops

Petain shown to cheering crowds

Soccer match

Quisling

Sevastopol campaign

Rostov on Don to Stalingrad summer campaign

Fording river with pontoon ferry

German panzers cross anti tank ditches

Panzer vs T-34 tanks

Entering Rostov — smashed factories and many fires

English Channel — gigantic railway guns enter service

English Channel defenses — Atlantic Wall

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