'If Tomorrow brings war' • 1938 and 1941 Version

"If Tomorrow Brings War" is a 1938 Soviet patriotic song written by Vasily Lebedev-Kumach and the Pokrass brothers. This song accompanied a propaganda film from 1938 with a same name

The second version is a reworked version of the original song for the wartime situation in 1941.

Music: Dmitry Pokrass (Дмитрий Покрасс) and Daniil Pokrass (Даниил Покрасс)
Lyrics: Vasily Lebedev-Kumach (Василий Лебедев-Кумач)

0:00 1938 Version
03:23 1941 Version

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#ussr #ww2 #military #history #song #russia #army

[TankMasterGo]

(Translation is not 100% correct. Write down your replies here to point out my wrong translations)

[marcomenchini]

“Hans, that T-34 is looking at me”
“Don’t worry Fritz, if you don’t move he won’t see you”
-Fritz and Hans were never found.

[lokotsky]

What a great song! And also really rare version

[SophTheLaunchTechnician]

you can hear the drop quality from the peace time version to the war time one

[daltonagre]

Great art doesn't gets older. I live in Brazil.

[Cornel]

Muzicantii primisera si ei grade in 1939 ! Cantai, cantai dar o faceai in slujba statului ! Se gandise tov. Ivanov la toate, mai putin la rabdarea fratilor intru socialism de la Berlin si Roma !

[Nuggeinsky]

2:10 its very rare to see the Dyakonov Rifle Grenade Launcher

[valorwarrior]

Как профетический песен что было исполнено 7 лет спустя и снова через 88 лет после того, как это было спето.

[AryanRad-izyf]

In 1941 version it's better to say :from Moscow to vladivostok

[WaRLocK]

2:11 very nice rifle manual. I wonder what its called 🤔

[TheNewOrder-DaysOfConflict]

The Warsaw Pact when Germany started dancing on Erika

[ВиталийДубовец-ле]

Давайце ізноў! Ну ці мы не дамовімся?
Слава Саюзу!!!

[pantadeusz]

Bolsheviks invading Baltics, Poland and Finland: "it's not a real war it doesn't count." Bolsheviks finally being invaded: "the war has finally come to us!" lol

[daltonagre]

Good art doesn't gets older. I live in Brazil.