In 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. In 1943, after victories at Stalingrad and Kursk, the Soviet...
Aired: Jun 22, 1978 On a pleasant June morning in 1941, nothing seemed more peaceful than Red Squ...
Aired: Jan 1, 1978 On October 8, 1941, Hitler's propaganda minister, Joseph Goebbels, broadcast ...
Aired: Jan 1, 1978 In the history of the Unknown War, Leningrad stands out as a symbol of the co...
Aired: Jan 1, 1978 This is the story of ordinary Russian civilians who worked to supply the mili...
Aired: Jan 1, 1978 In 1942 some of the fiercest combat ever took place in the monumental battle ...
Aired: Jan 1, 1978 During the fighting for Stalingrad, the defenders of the city took an oath: "...
7. The World's Greatest Tank Battle
Aired: Jan 1, 1978In July of 1943 the largest armored battle in history took place in Kursk. Hi...
Aired: Jan 1, 1978 In World War II the Russians were fighting along a 2,000-mile line that exten...
Aired: Jan 1, 1978 In a surprise attack on June 22 of 1941, German forces destroyed more than tw...
Aired: Jan 1, 1978 When Napoleon invaded Russia in 1812, he captured Moscow; but Russia's men an...
Aired: Jan 1, 1978 The Russians fought Hitler at sea -- in the Baltic, in the Gulf of Finland, i...
Aired: Jan 1, 1978 In 1943 Novorossiysk, at the foothills of the Caucasus mountains, was the sou...
Aired: Jan 1, 1978 In the late summer of 1941 the Soviet army was forced to retreat from Kiev in...
14. The Liberation of Belorussia
Aired: Jan 1, 1978The Nazis occupied the northwestern part of the Soviet Union for three years ...
Aired: Jan 1, 1978 After the Soviets won back their own country, they pushed westward to release...
Aired: Jan 1, 1978 Situated in central Europe, Poland was a geographical corridor for invasion a...
Aired: Jan 1, 1978 The Allied effort in World War II was designed by three men: Winston Churchil...
Aired: Jan 1, 1978 To the Soviet army, the capture of Berlin was the culmination of their drive ...
19. The Last Battle of the Unknown War
Aired: Jan 1, 1978The Second World War ended in Europe in May of 1945, but the war in the Far E...
20. A Soldier of the Unknown War
Aired: Jan 1, 1978The Unknown War was an Allied war. For the Russians, the victory had a specia...
Appearances
Network: PBS
Production Countries: Soviet Union, United States
Genres:War, Documentary, History
