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War of the century

A detailed examination of the conflict between Hitler's Germany and Stalin's Soviet Union during World War II, its human cost and shaping of European borders and attitudes in the second half of the twentieth century.

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  • "When Hitler fought Stalin"
  • "When Hitler fought Stalin"@en
  • "Xitela yu Shitailin zhi zheng"
  • "世紀大戰"
  • "Shi ji da zhan"
  • "希特拉與史太林之爭"

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  • "The war between Hitler's Germany and Soviet Russia was fought on a scale unprecedented in human history. It is estimated that it left more than thirty million dead and the life expectancy of a Soviet soldier at Stalingrad was just 24 hours. Civilian casualties were on an unimaginable scale. More than thirteen million Soviet citizens died, trapped between regimes indifferent to suffering and in pursuit of their own racial agendas..."
  • "A detailed examination of the conflict between Hitler's Germany and Stalin's Soviet Union during World War II, its human cost and shaping of European borders and attitudes in the second half of the twentieth century."@en
  • "In this portrait of the battle on the Eastern Front combatants from each side tell their stories, and archival footage from within the former Soviet Block captures the horror and scope of the battle. High Hopes takes you inside Hitler's war room in the early months of the Russian campaign, when a swift Soviet defeat seemed likely. Spiral of Terror tells the story of the Battle of Moscow in which as many Soviets perished because of Stalin's brutality as at the hands of the Nazis. In Learning to Win the Soviets turned the tables on the invaders by devising a strategy of fighting on the retreat. Vengeance tells the story of the summer of 1944 when the seeds of Soviet triumphwere sown in Byelorussia."
  • "This series has a detailed examination of the conflict between Hitler's Germany and Stalin's Soviet Union during World War II, its human cost and the shaping of European borders and attitudes in the second half of the 20th century. This portrait of the battle on the Eastern Front shows combatants from each side who tell their stories, and the archival footage from within the former Soviet bloc captures the horror and scope of the battle. Ep. 1. High Hopes, takes you inside Hitler's war room in the early months of the Russian campaign, when a swift Soviet defeat seemed likely. Ep. 2. Spiral of Terror, tells the story of the Battle of Moscow in which as many Soviets perished because of Stalin's brutality as at the hands of the Nazis. In Ep. 3. Learning to Win, the Soviets turned the tables on the invaders by devising a strategy of fighting on the retreat. Ep. 4. Vengeance, tells the story of the summer of 1944 when the seeds of Soviet triumph were sown in Byelorussia."@en
  • "This acclaimed four-part series takes an in-depth look at World War II using references such as leading historians, Eastern film archives, and both Soviet and German participants, and gives a new perspective on the war that changed the world."@en
  • "The history of the conflict between Germany and Russia during World War II."@en

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  • "Videodiscs"@en
  • "History"@en
  • "Documentary television programs"@en
  • "Radio- en tv-programma's (vorm)"
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  • "War of the century [when Hitler fought Stalin]"
  • "War of the century"@en
  • "War of the century"

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