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June 21, 197849minOn a pleasant June morning in 1941 nothing seemed more peaceful than Red Square and Moscow itself. It was early summer, and people were strolling along the broad streets, shopping in the big department stores or going to the country for the day.Available to buyS1 E2 - The Battle For Moscow
January 1, 197850minOn October 8, 1941, Hitler's propaganda minister, Joseph Goebbels, broadcast from Berlin that Moscow had fallen. Hitler's troops could see the Kremlin towers from their front lines; another four or five days and the Nazi flag would fly over the Kremlin.Available to buyS1 E3 - The Siege Of Leningrad
January 1, 197850minIn the history of the Unknown War, Leningrad stands out as a symbol of the courage and persistence of the Russian people. For years Leningrad resisted capture by Hitler's forces.Available to buyS1 E4 - To The East
January 1, 197849minThis is the story of ordinary Russian civilians who worked to supply the military with tanks, planes, guns -- whatever was necessary to win the war against the Nazis.Available to buyS1 E5 - The Defense Of Stalingrad
January 1, 197850minIn 1942 some of the fiercest combat ever took place in the monumental battle between the German and Russian armies. The ground was covered with bombs and artillery shells; almost all of Stalingrad was reduced to rubble.Available to buyS1 E6 - Survival At Stalingrad
January 1, 197849minDuring the fighting for Stalingrad, the defenders of the city took an oath: "There is no land for us beyond the Volga."Available to buyS1 E7 - The World's Greatest Tank Battle
January 1, 197849minIn July of 1943 the largest armored battle in history took place in Kursk. Hitler planned to annihilate the Soviet army at Kursk and make one final effort to win the war in the east.Available to buyS1 E8 - War In The Arctic
January 1, 197850minIn World War II the Russians were fighting along a 2,000-mile line that extended from the Black Sea to a point beyond the Arctic Circle. Arms and supplies from the US and Great Britain came by convoy to the ice-free seaport of Murmansk.Available to buyS1 E9 - War In The Air
January 1, 197850minIn a surprise attack on June 22 of 1941, German forces destroyed more than two-thirds of the Soviet combat aircraft fleet while they were still stationed on the ground.Available to buyS1 E10 - Partisans: The Guerrilla War
January 1, 197850minWhen Napoleon captured Moscow in 1812, Russia's men and women turned the French invaders' lives into a living hell. The same thing happened in 1941 when Hitler's legions smashed into the Soviet Union and vast areas of Russian land fell into their hands.Available to buyS1 E11 - The Battle Of The Seas
January 1, 197850minThe Russians fought Hitler at sea -- in the Baltic, in the Gulf of Finland, in the Black Sea, the Arctic and even on inland lakes and rivers.Available to buyS1 E12 - Battle For The Caucasus
January 1, 197850minIn 1943 Novorossiysk, at the foothills of the Caucasus mountains, was the southernmost tip of the Soviet front. At the same time the Battle of Stalingrad was taking place, in the summer of 1942, the Battle for the Caucasus began.Available to buyS1 E13 - The Liberation Of The Ukraine
January 1, 197849minIn the late summer of 1941 the Soviet army was forced to retreat from Kiev in the Soviet Ukraine. For more than two years, the Nazis occupied the city and virtually destroyed it.Available to buyS1 E14 - The Liberation Of Belorussia
January 1, 197849minThe Nazis occupied the northwestern part of the Soviet Union for three years during the Unknown War. In 1944 the Soviets launched a massive attack to free the area that swept through Belorussia, and the Soviet troops continued westward, across the German frontier.Available to buyS1 E15 - From The Balkans To Vienna
January 1, 197850minAfter the Soviets won back their own country, they pushed westward to release other countries from German occupation. The final victory was not won until the Soviet forces freed Vienna.Available to buyS1 E16 - The Liberation Of Poland
January 1, 197850minSituated in central Europe, Poland was a geographical corridor for invasion and war. During World War II Poland suffered enormously; six million Poles lost their lives.Available to buyS1 E17 - The Allies
January 1, 197849minThe Allied effort in World War II was designed by three men: Winston Churchill, Franklin Delano Roosevelt and Joseph Stalin.Available to buyS1 E18 - The Battle Of Berlin
January 1, 197850minTo the Soviet army, the capture of Berlin was the culmination of their drive to avenge the ravaging of their homeland. As the Soviets were fighting their way into the heart of the city, Hitler mobilized his last reserves.Available to buyS1 E19 - The Last Battle Of The Unknown War
January 1, 197850minThe Second World War ended in Europe in May of 1945, but the war in the Far East raged on.Available to buyS1 E20 - A Soldier Of The Unknown War
January 1, 197850minThe Unknown War was an Allied war. For the Russians, the victory had a special meaning. This was a war in which 20 million Russians died, possibly more.Available to buy
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Directors
- Igor GrigoryevIgor GueleinIlya GutmanRoman KarmenTengiz SemenovLev DanilovDzhemma FirsovaZoya FominaVassily KatanianSiemen Kisselov
Studio
- Shout! Factory
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