War of the Century (1999)

Genre

documentary film

Country

United Kingdom

Length

1 season, 4 episodes

Rating

7.8 of 10 from 15 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

This is a BBC documentary series about Hitler's invasion of the Soviet Union in 1941. It covers the brutal fighting and the terror inside the Soviet Union under Stalin's paranoid rule.

informativedetailedsoberhistoricalgraveauthoritativeunflinching

What happens

War of the Century: When Hitler Fought Stalin, is a BBC documentary film series that examines Adolf Hitler's invasion of the Soviet Union in 1941 and the no-holds-barred war on both sides. It not only examines the war but also the terror inside the Soviet Union at the time due to the paranoia of Joseph Stalin—the revenge atrocities, the Great Purge of army officers, the near-lunatic orders, and the paranoia of being upstaged by others, especially Marshal Zhukov. The historical adviser is Ian Kershaw. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

More like this

• The Nazis: A Warning from History (1997)
• Rise of the Nazis (2019)
• World War II: From the Frontlines (2023)
• The World at War (1973)
• World War Two: 1941 and the Man of Steel
• Russia 1985–1999: TraumaZone (2022)
• World War II in Colour (2008)
• Comrades