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Episode 218
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2:06 - Vienna: Morning training at the Spanish Riding School. - Group of riders on Lippizaners, individual training of the horses, exercises on long reins and with riders.
3:45 - Germany: hay harvesting - Alpine farmers mowing, bringing in the hay.
4:55 - Albania: market in a village. - Farmers on the way to the market, market scenes, fruits, vegetables, metal dishes and jewelry as goods on offer.
6:19 - Germany: Marine HJ exercises. - Flag exercise of a Marine HJ unit, cutter race.
7:40 - Germany: Excerpt from the feature film "Große Freiheit No. 7" with Hans Albers (Albers sings: "On the Reeperbahn")
9:27 - Germany: Obstacle race at a soldier's sports festival. "Landscapes of War" (according to K-tone)
10:47 - Carpathians: Carpathian Pass at dawn, departure of the troops.
11:10 - Western Front: Forest fire after an air raid. Destroyed city. Wehrmacht unit on the move, air raid, Wehrmacht unit taking cover on the side of the road
11:35 - Italy: landscape, quadruple anti-aircraft guns in defensive battle against planes.
11:45 - Northern Sea: German convoy protected by aircraft and light naval forces, combat alarm, artillery deployment against coastal positions, fogging of the convoy.
14:17 - Eastern Front: German attack pilot on a field airfield, Stuka in action, tipping over for attack, effects of hits, Stuka formation, bombs dropped, impacts.
15:36 - Complete 1944 & 45 Signal collection. Going through an article showing Hans-Ulrich Rudel and his 3.7 cm mounted Ju-87
17:12 - July 1943 at the Kuban Bridgehead, Stukas armed with 3.7 cm mounted guns attack landing craft
HANS-ULRICH RUDEL
He was the most decorated German pilot of the war and the only recipient of the Knight's Cross with Golden Oak Leaves, Swords, and Diamonds, Rudel was credited with the destruction of 519 tanks, one battleship, one cruiser, 70 landing craft and 150 artillery emplacements. He claimed nine aerial victories and the destruction of more than 800 vehicles. He flew 2,530 ground-attack missions exclusively on the Eastern Front, usually flying the Junkers Ju 87 "Stuka" dive bomber.
Rudel surrendered to US forces in 1945 and emigrated to Argentina.
KUBAN BRIDGEHEAD
The Kuban Bridgehead (German: Kuban-Brückenkopf), also known as the "Goth's head position" (Gotenkopfstellung), was a German military position on the Taman Peninsula, Russia, between the Sea of Azov and the Black Sea. Existing from January to October 1943, the bridgehead formed after the Germans were pushed out of the Caucasus. The heavily fortified position was intended as a staging area for the Wehrmacht which was to be used to renew attacks towards the oil wells of the Caucasus. Axis positions in the bridgehead were repeatedly subjected to large Soviet offensives, but none ever comprehensively broke the Axis defensive lines. The bridgehead was abandoned when the Red Army breached the Panther–Wotan line, forcing an evacuation of the German forces across the Kerch Strait to Crimea.
Case Blue (Fall Blau), launched 28 June 1942, saw Army Group South divided into two Army Groups, Army Group A and Army Group B, the former participating in the Battle of the Caucasus. Throughout the operation the German situation, especially that of Army Group B centered on Stalingrad, began to deteriorate. As Army Group B began collapsing in the North, Army Group A quickly found itself at risk of being flanked. It was forced to abandon its task of securing the oilfields of the Caspian, and began withdrawing down the Terek River toward the Taman Peninsula.
Following the encirclement of the 6th Army at Stalingrad, Army Group A withdrew towards the Black Sea and Crimea. The 17th Army, commanded by Richard Ruoff and Erwin Jaenecke, constructed a defensive position across the Kuban River delta in the Taman Peninsula, which was completed in January 1943. The main, first defense line started by Novorossiysk and ran roughly northwards all the way across the peninsula. Consisting of 5 defense lines, the total depth of the defense area was up to 60 km. German forces, moving from positions along the Terek River, fully occupied the new defensive network in February 1943 while under constant attack by the Red Army. The bridgehead, originally intended to provide a staging area for future attempts to gain control of the Caspian oil fields, was re-tasked on 3 September 1943, as the German situation on the Eastern Front continued to deteriorate. The Kuban Bridgehead then served to evacuate German forces as the withdrawal of Army Group South to the Dnieper Line had become inevitable.
