TV Rossiya - Liberators The Soldiers of the Red Army (2010) Part 4 The Airborne Forces
From foot soldiers to fighter pilots, step into the shoes of those who fought for one of the largest armies in history. This series highlights ordinary foot soldiers, intelligence officers, mine pickers, gunners, tank men, marines, alpine and airborne raiders and fighter and attack aviation pilots whose role in the Allied victory over the Nazis played a crucial part in the war effort. Using the latest computer graphics and technology, viewers witness the combat equipment design, tactics and strategy of conducting a battle. Rare newsreel shots and the reconstruction of the events allow viewers to feel they are being transported back to the battlegroud, allowing them to see war through a soldier's eyes.
Part 4: The Airborne Forces
Winged infantry, new arm of the Air Forces of the USSR, was born in 1930. The world's first airborne unit was established in the Leningrad Military District, and consisted of 480 skydivers from 18 aircraft. Before the war, the country already possessed 5 Airborne Corps, in which about 50,000 soldiers served. Real baptism paratroopers took in early 1942, taking part in an operation to Pulkovo airport. On the night of February 23, 7 thousand paratroopers had to grab the railroad Vyaz'ma-Kirov and exit to Vyazma Dorogobuzh, Yukhnova. Soldiers learn to fold a parachute and jump from a plane, overcoming fear and mastering emergency situations that arose in the air. Similarly paratroopers engaged in physical training, studied martial arts, mastered the art of using cold steel and small arms. Real trooper was able to do everything and shoot any weapon - whether native or German MP PCA.In the autumn of 1943 the Red Army had to go to cross the Dnieper.Preparing it, artillery moved up. At the Aerodromes of Sumy and Kharkiv, the aircrafts were loaded in. The first wave of troops involved 138 aircraft. A separate chapter of the episode tells the story of the Order of the Red Star.
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