Liberation: Direction of the Main Blow(Russian Title: Osvobozhdenie: Napravlenie Glavnogo Udara/Освобождение: Направление главного удара) is a 1969 Russian/East German/Polish World War II drama directed by Yuri Ozerov. It's a third part of five-part film series. Direction of the Main Blow focusing on one of the major Eastern Front campaign: Operation Bagration (the codename for the Soviet 1944 Belorussian Strategic Offensive Operation, which cleared German forces from the Belorussian SSR and eastern Poland in Summer 1944). Also shown attempt of assassinate Adolf Hitler (also known as Operation Valkyrie).
Liberation is the most large-scale World War II film ever made in the Soviet Union.
The following weapons were used in the film Liberation: Direction of the Main Blow:
Handguns
Tokarev TT-33
Tokarev TT-33 is the standard sidearm of Russian officers
Tokarev TT-33 - 7.62x25mm Tokarev
Walther P38
Walther P38 WWII dated with black grips - 9x19mm
Walther PP
A lot of German senior officers armed with the Walther PP pistoles. Mostly seen holstered
Post war Walther PP Pistol - .32 ACP.
Submachine Guns
PPSh-41
Soviet troops and partisans widely use PPSh-41 submachine guns in this movie. Mostly with drum magazines
PPSh-41 Submachine Gun - 7.62x25mm Tokarev
Soviet partisan fires the PPSh-41
PPS-43
PPS-43 Submachine Gun - 7.62x25mm Tokarev
Polish soldier armed with the
PPS-43 submachine gun
MP40
German troops widely use MP40 submachine guns in this movie. Some Russian soldiers and partisans also use captured MP40s
MP40 submachine gun - 9x19mm
Killed German soldier armed wit the MP40
German officers aim their MP40s at plotters
Rifles
Mosin Nagant Rifle
Full-length Mosin Nagant Rifle
Full-length, Soviet Mosin Nagant M91/30 - 7.62x54R
Mosin Nagant M38 Carbine
Mosin Nagant M38 Carbine - 7.62x54mmR
Soviet soldiers with the Mosin Nagant M38 carbines force a swamp
Karabiner 98k
Karabiner 98k - German manufacture 1937 date - 7.92x57mm Mauser
M1 Garand
M1 Garand semiautomatic Rifle with leather M1917 sling - .30-06
American soldier holds the
M1 Garand. He can be seen in documentary footage
Machine Guns
Degtyaryov DP-27
DP-27 machine gun, 7.62x54mm R
Soviet partisan holds the
Degtyaryov DP-27 machine gun. He can be seen in documentary footage. Another DP-27 machine guns can be seen only in the background
Goryunov SG-43 Machine Gun
Goryunov SG-43 Machine Gun On 'Sokolov' mount with shield - 7.62x54mm R
KPV Heavy Machine Gun
KPV heavy machine guns in ZPU-4 quad anti-aircraft mount - 14.5x114mm
Other
Undefined Flamethrower
45mm Anti-tank Gun M1937 (53-K)
M1937 (53-K) Soviet anti-tank gun - 45mm (1.77 in)
7.5 cm PaK 40
Partisans accompanies a 7.5 cm Pak 40 anti-tank gun.
7.5 cm-Pak 40 anti-tank gun.
Gun Platformes
T-34-85
Soviet T-34-85 medium tank forces a swamp
SU-100
SU-100 self-propelled tank destroyer seen at the background. This footage from previous series
Fake PzKpfw VI Tiger
Burning German PzKpfw VI Tiger heavy tank converted from Soviet T-44 tank. IS-3 (Iosif Stalin) heavy tank can be seen to the right
Fake German PzKpfw V Panther
German PzKpfw V Panther tank converted from Soviet IS-2 tank. This footage from the first series
BM-13 Katyusha rocket launcher
BM-13 Katyusha rocket launchers on a road. First BM-13 pulls the ZiS-3 divisional gun
Zlin.326
Czechoslovakian Zlin.326 Training aircrafts represented as Messerschmitt Bf 109 fighters
Yakovlev Yak-18
Yakovlev Yak-18 training aircrafts represented as Russian fighters
Messerschmitt Bf.109
Scale Model of Messerschmitt Bf.109 fighter can be seen in Normandie-Niemen episode. The Normandie-Niemen was a fighter squadron (later regiment) of the French Air Force. It served on the Eastern Front together with the Soviet Air Force
See Also
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