Saturday, January 17, 2026

Die Deutsche Wochenschau (German Weekly News) Nr. 650 - 17 February 1943


Die Deutsche Wochenschau is the title of the unified newsreel series released in the cinemas of Nazi Germany from June 1940 until the end of World War II, with the final edition issued on 22 March 1945. The co-ordinated newsreel production was set up as a vital instrument for the mass distribution of Nazi propaganda at war.

In this Die Deutsche Wochenschau video:

00:51 - German armaments industry, German Reich, 1943
German miners deep underground extract the coal with the use of pneumatic hammers. Mine cars transport the coal out of the mine. Steel is being prepared for casting in a German steelworks.  Molten metal is poured out through the inlet channels for molten iron. After cleaning, the individual parts are prepared for assembly through machining. Finished turbine wheels and crane section. Stators for heavy machine tools being transported to the assembly plants. A large turbines are assembled in German power plant. 

03:58 - Northern Sector of the Eastern Front/Finnish Front, Soviet Union, 1943.
Reindeer sleds are supplying a company with ammunition and provisions. German veterans of the Narvik campaign in the trenches. A reconnaissance patrol sets out to scout the exact location of newly constructed enemy positions. A forward machine gun (MG-34) position provides covering fire. German artillery (15 cm sFH 18) lays dawn a barrage fire to cover the retreat of troops. A wounded comrade is bandaged and taken to the rear with the help of dogsleds. A medical aircraft (Fieseler Fi 156 "Storch") transport the wounded soldier to the field hospital. 

07:16 - Retreat on the front south of Lake Ladoga, Soviet Union, 1943.
Rearguards of a battalion is disengaging from the enemy using mobile tactics and withdrawing to the shortened main line of battle. Soviet ground-attack aircrafts (Ilyushin Il-2) flying low over the area. The battle group breaks away from the enemy in small groups. The wounded soldiers are being escorted further back.

08:36 - Central sector of the Eastern Front, Soviet Union, 1943.
A transport train has brought a reinforcements. German soldiers are advancing in a marching column.  Observation post in the watchtower. Soviet  infantry attacks in dense waves. Anti-aircraft artillery (8.8 cm Flak) is aiming its barrels at enemy tanks. Light artillery (10.5 cm leFH 18) provide fire support. A battalion of Grenadier Regiment 271 "Feldherrnhalle" is attacking the enemy's flank and pushing them back from German lines. German soldiers (some equipped with Soviet PPSh-41s) comb through a wooded area and fight the enemy in close combat. A Soviet telephone wire is being cut.

11:19 - Battle of the Atlantic/U-Boot wolfpacks attack on an Allied convoy (probably Convoy SC 118), North Atlantic Ocean, 1943.
The main engagement for Convoy SC 118 occurred from February 4-9, 1943, where a German wolfpack of about 20 U-boats attacked the convoy, sinking 13 ships. German submariners on the lookout in the conning tower. The submarine is transmitting radio signals to the command post of the Commander of Submarines (BdU). Grand Admiral Karl Dönitz is deploying additional submarines. Radio operator at a Morse code device. The commanders are receiving the orders and proceed at high speed toward the new target. Two submarines travel in close formation. The destroyer overran the submerged submarine and attacked it with depth charges. The convoy attempts to evade the impending danger by changing course to the south. The submarines try to get ahead of the convoy. Scene shows the view of the convoy through the periscope. German U-boots engage the enemy freighters with the torpedoes. The submarines approaching from the east sink several ships. The rest of the convoy is dispersed. The destroyers scan the horizon with flares and searchlights. German submarine engage the fleeing tanker during the night with light anti-aircraft guns and its on board artillery. In a brief artillery barrage, the tanker is set ablaze and destroyed. The spilled, burning oil covers a wide expanse of the sea. 


Source :
https://archive.org/details/die-deutsche-wochenschau-berita-mingguan-jerman-no.-650-17-februari-1943-teks-indonesia
https://digitaler-lesesaal.bundesarchiv.de/en/video/6149/638142
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z6jT53FR9p4

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