The Unknown War

1. June 22 1941

On a pleasant June morning in 1941, nothing seemed more peaceful than Red Squ...

2. The Battle for Moscow

On October 8, 1941, Hitler's propaganda minister, Joseph Goebbels, broadcast ...

3. The Siege of Leningrad

In the history of the Unknown War, Leningrad stands out as a symbol of the co...

4. To the East

This is the story of ordinary Russian civilians who worked to supply the mili...

5. The Defense of Stalingrad

In 1942 some of the fiercest combat ever took place in the monumental battle ...

6. Survival at Stalingrad

During the fighting for Stalingrad, the defenders of the city took an oath: "...

7. The World's Greatest Tank Battle

In July of 1943 the largest armored battle in history took place in Kursk. Hi...

8. War in the Arctic

In World War II the Russians were fighting along a 2,000-mile line that exten...

9. War in the Air

In a surprise attack on June 22 of 1941, German forces destroyed more than tw...

10. The Partisans

When Napoleon invaded Russia in 1812, he captured Moscow; but Russia's men an...

11. The Battle of the Seas

The Russians fought Hitler at sea -- in the Baltic, in the Gulf of Finland, i...

12. The Battle of Caucasus

In 1943 Novorossiysk, at the foothills of the Caucasus mountains, was the sou...

13. Liberation of the Ukraine

In the late summer of 1941 the Soviet army was forced to retreat from Kiev in...

14. The Liberation of Belorussia

The Nazis occupied the northwestern part of the Soviet Union for three years ...

15. The Balkans to Vienna

After the Soviets won back their own country, they pushed westward to release...

16. The Liberation of Poland

Situated in central Europe, Poland was a geographical corridor for invasion a...

17. The Allies

The Allied effort in World War II was designed by three men: Winston Churchil...

18. The Battle of Berlin

To the Soviet army, the capture of Berlin was the culmination of their drive ...

19. The Last Battle of the Unknown War

The Second World War ended in Europe in May of 1945, but the war in the Far E...

20. A Soldier of the Unknown War

The Unknown War was an Allied war. For the Russians, the victory had a specia...