Stalin orders to hasten the Vistula-Oder offensive in order to relieve the Allies. In Poland, Zawadzki and Berling watch the Bug River as the Polish 1st Army crosses it, saying they are happy to return home. Churchill is pleased to hear of this, fearing a peace would leave Europe to Stalin. A group of German officers tries to assassinate Hitler and take power, but fails. Panteleimon Ponomarenko orders the Belorussian partisans to attack all railways. Orlov leads his soldiers in a charge to rescue nurse Zoia, who insisted on evacuating the wounded from a battlefield.Īfter concluding that the Belarus marshes are passable, Rokossovsky demands that the main effort be directed towards Bobruisk and insists until Stalin approves. Stalin informs his allies that a Soviet offensive will take place soon after the Normandy landings.
The Allied leaders meet in Tehran.įilm III: Direction of the Main Blow Part 1 On Stalin's orders, the Soviet High Command plans its offensive on Kiev, stealthily redeploying their forces. Tzvetaev leads the survivors back to their lines. The regiment is cut off without reinforcements and wiped out. Lukin's regiment crosses it, presumably as the division's vanguard unbeknownst to them, they are merely a ploy to mislead the enemy. Mussolini is rescued by Otto Skorzeny and his commandos. In Warsaw, the Polish Resistance bombs a German cinema. Vatutin urges to send in the strategic reserve, which repels the Germans.Īfter the Allied landing in Sicily, Mussolini is arrested on the King's orders. Erich von Manstein commits all his forces to a final assault, bringing the Soviets close to defeat. The Soviet counter-offensive is launched in Kursk. The Yugoslav partisans break out of an encirclement. When hearing about the German proposal regarding Yakov, Stalin rejects it, saying he will not trade a Field Marshal for a soldier. Maximov flees, but finally turns back and chooses to be shot when captured. Meanwhile, in Kursk, the Germans advance. In KZ Sachsenhausen, Yakov Dzhugashvili refuses Andrei Vlasov's offer to exchange him for Friedrich Paulus. The battalion of Lieutenant Colonel Lukin – led by officers Tzvetaev, Orlov, and Maximov – participates in the battle, as well as the tank of Lieutenant Vasiliev. Plot Film I: The Fire Bulge Īfter the Soviets are alerted to the imminent German offensive in Kursk, they launch a preemptive artillery strike, delaying the enemy.