Fascist Italy's prime-minister Mussolini is arrested following the Allies landing in Sicily. Meanwhile, Soviet troops plan their offense towards Kyiv. Lt. Col. Lukin's regiment crosses the Dnieper river as the division's vanguard. Unbeknownst to them, they're merely a ploy to mislead the Germans so the rest of the army can catch them off guard.
Tsvetaev
Zoya
Orlov
Sashka
Lukin
Gromov
Vasiliev
Dorozhkin
Janek
Maksimov
Leontyev
Zhukov
Rokossovsky
Vasilevsky
Vatutin
Antonov
Konev
Moskalenko
Rybalko
Katukov
Stalin
Roosevelt
Churchill
Hitler
Mussolini
Keitel
Manstein
Kluge
Model
Skorzeny
narrator (voice)
Helena
Henryk
'Blacksmith'
old man
Vyacheslav Molotov
Voroshilov
Yakov Dzhugashvili
Gromov's adjutant
Mikhail Malinin
Savchuk
Vlasov
Arthur von Cristmann
Hans Krebs
The German Soldier
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