“…The fifth in the "Why We Fight" series of seven army information films, "Battle for Russia" gives the brief history of Russia and the wars fought on her homeland. …”

“…For all its ideological bias and obvious propagandistic agenda, the film is best seen together with other films from the Capra's series, such as the "Battle of Russia," or "War Comes to America." Bracketing the unfortunate distortions conditioned by the film's ideological message, "Battle of China" is a good source of military footage, including scenes of massacresc carried out by the Japanese army (e.g. the infamous Rape of Nanking that took the lives of 40 000 Chinese civilians, etc.)…”