Frank Capra. Battle of Russia from WWII: Why We Fight (1943)
Description: German troops invade the Soviet Union on June 22, 1941 and head toward Leningrad, Moscow and Kiev. City after city fall to the Germans in quick succession, causing millions of Soviet citizens to flee east and south. From the series of seven documentary films commissioned by the United States government for propaganda during World War II intended to show American soldiers the reason for U.S. involvement in the war.