3-023-631 - British Pathe Ltd/Heritage Images

Two Russian Soldiers Taking Cover in a Trench, 1941. Second World War. Operation Barbarossa was the invasion of the Soviet Union by Nazi Germany. '...In villages supposedly subdued, along vital supply lines, the lightning attacks of partisans...A dead bear not only refusing to lie down, but actually using his claws. In her agony, Russia under Stalin, like Russia once under Alexander, found again the passionate courage of a people who loved their land'. From "Time To Remember - Operation Barbarossa", 1941 (Reel 3); documentary film about events of 1941, on the Eastern Front and at Pearl Harbour.