Why We Fight is a series of feature-length compilations released during 1942-1945, primarily for showing to the armed forces, these were superbly vigorous documentaries which later fascinated the public at large.
Most of the films were directed by Frank Capra, who was daunted yet also impressed and challenged by Leni Riefenstahl's propaganda film Triumph Of The Will (1935) and who worked in direct response to it. The Battle of Russia is the fifth film of Capra's Why We Fight film series, and the longest film of the series. The scorched earth Soviet tactics, the room-to-room urban warfare in Soviet cities, and the guerilla warfare behind enemy lines are used to underline the Soviet resolve for victory against the Nazis.
Most of the films were directed by Frank Capra, who was daunted yet also impressed and challenged by Leni Riefenstahl's propaganda film Triumph Of The Will (1935) and who worked in direct response to it. The Battle of Russia is the fifth film of Capra's Why We Fight film series, and the longest film of the series. The scorched earth Soviet tactics, the room-to-room urban warfare in Soviet cities, and the guerilla warfare behind enemy lines are used to underline the Soviet resolve for victory against the Nazis.