Why We Fight: The Battle of Russia
1943 · 1h 23m · N/A
Documentary, War
Directed by
Frank Capra
,
Anatole Litvak
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Why We Fight: The Battle of Russia
Overview
The fifth film of Frank Capra's Why We Fight propaganda film series, revealing the nature and process of the fight between the Soviet Union and Germany in the Second World War.
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