Soviet Storm: WW2 in the East

Seasons

2010

Russia

8.5

Twelve hour-long documentary depicting World War II's major Eastern Front events/battles. Combines CGI, reenactments and archival footage to illustrate the war's history.

Episode List

S1 • E1

Operation Barbarossa

Series offering a Russian perspective on the WWII conflicts on the Eastern Front, beginning with a look at the German invasion of the Soviet Union.

S1 • E2

Kiev 1941

Archive film, computer-generated imagery and innovative reconstructions tell the story of the Red Army's bloody defeat to Nazi Germany in Kiev, 1941.

S1 • E3

The Defence of Sevastopol

A focus on Adolf Hitler's siege at Sevastopol in 1941-42, which forced the Germans to bring in some of the biggest artillery guns used in warfare. Told from the Russian perspective.

S1 • E4

The Battle of Moscow

A look from the Russian perspective at the siege of Moscow, where Soviet troops adopted a "not a step back" policy while facing the advancing German army.

S1 • E5

The Siege of Leningrad

The story of the Siege of Leningrad told from the Russian perspective. The defence of the city lasted from September 1941 to January 1944 and more than a million civilians died.

S1 • E6

Rzhev

Documentary on the huge casualties suffered by the Soviet troops in Rzhev in 1941-42, causing the bloody battle to be nicknamed The Meat-Grinder. Told from the Russian perspective.

S1 • E7

The Battle of Stalingrad

Examining the German attack on Stalingrad, which turned into one of bloodiest battles in the history of warfare and was a pivotal point in the war.

S1 • E8

Kavkaz

An attack on the Soviet oil fields could have won the Second World War for the Germans - but huge resistance thwarted Adolf Hitler's dream.

S1 • E9

The battle of Kursk

The story of the Siege of Leningrad told from the Russian perspective. The defence of the city lasted from September 1941 to January 1944 and more than a million civilians died.