Eastern Front. Military attaches from various European countries visit German positions in the area south of Lake Ladoga. The attaches get off the train, they are met by the military leaders. Attachés talk, inspect the equipment. Guests get into assault motor boats, sail along the river to inspect the positions of one of the German battalions. Types of banks, fragments of structures, bridges. The central section of the front. German position, an officer at the map in the field headquarters. The enemy group was wedged into the German positions. German artillery and mortars take the Soviet units under fire from the flank. Guns are firing, hidden under the bushes. German tank counterattack. The battle continues well into the night. A German officer looks at the map. Soldiers load six-barrelled mortars, shoot. In the dark, German tanks are driving, flashes of shell bursts are visible. The soldiers sleep in the trench. The next morning, the artillery continues the battle. The attempt of the enemy's breakthrough was eliminated. The Soviet units suffered very heavy losses in men and equipment. View of the broken Soviet tanks. Strait of Messina. After six weeks of hard fighting with superior enemy forces, during which the enemy suffered heavy losses, the German units crossed from Sicily to Italy. The German troops have taken all the military material with them, and equipment is being loaded on the dock. The enemy's attempts to prevent the passage of German troops to Italy with strong air formations were in vain. German anti-aircraft artillery repulsed air attacks. German ships with equipment and soldiers are sailing, bombs are falling in the sea. A downed enemy plane crashes. Located on both sides of the Strait of Messina, the German anti-aircraft batteries formed an aerial fire barrier, under the protection of which the German soldiers were able to safely cross the Strait, while heavy air battles took place over them. Artillery shot down a large number of enemy aircraft. The German ship lands on the shore and is immediately unloaded. Motorcycles, trucks, and soldiers are coming down with ammunition. A young soldier with machine-gun belts on his chest. Downed enemy four-engine bomber on the ground, German soldiers inspect it. General Hube, who led the heroic resistance of the German units, is one of the last to leave the island. A military airfield on the Mediterranean coast. Pilots in the ranks. Major Plumbin, the commander of the torpedo plane squadron, gives the order to attack the enemy's convoy of ships. Pilots prepare for the flight, put on life jackets, get into cars. The pilots ' pets, dogs, also want to take part in the flight, they jump into the car. In the cockpit is a tropical heat wave. Sea view from the air, ships are visible. Bombing of the enemy's caravan of ships, the release of torpedoes from the air. As a result of the operation, 70 thousand tons of valuable enemy cargo were sunk. The remains of the enemy caravan are burning.