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"War of The Century" - Parts 1 to 10
The first 10 videos that form part of the BBC Documentary "War of The Century"
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Ages: 12 - 18
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This part of the documentary states that more civilians died in the east during the war than in any other part. There is footage of the artillery used and you can also see part of Stalin's speech just before the battle started. There is an explanatio...n of the tactics and orders the red army had. Those who were not ready to obey the rules were shot. The weather grew harsh and the German were not ready for that. The German army also had to obey staying there no matter what happened.
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November 21, 2009 at 02:57 PM
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Ages: 12 - 18
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This part of the documentary refers to the fear the Ukrainian population lived in. There was an area of Ukraine where the population was only given food if they worked for the German. Thousands starved and got no help. There is footage showing people... on the streets looking for food. There are accounts of people who survived and retell what they had to do to be able to get something to eat. There is reference to the guerrilla war that took place in the forests.
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November 21, 2009 at 03:29 PM
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Ages: 12 - 18
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This part of the documentary explains that the German did not step backwards even when they were not able to do much due to the weather. There is reference to both groups' harsh techniques. Some Ukrainian people had welcome the German who promised t...o set them free from Stalin. However, they were not helped by the Nazi. On the contrary, they would take their agrarian production. There is a description of the brutal Nazi occupation. The way the Jews were killed in Ukraine is mentioned.
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November 21, 2009 at 03:09 PM
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Ages: 12 - 18
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This forth part of the documentary refers to the way in which the German treated their prisoners. There is footage and you can see also Stalin's political prisoners brutally killed. The video shows Hitler's visit to former soviet territory. He orders... action. Soviet's defence tactics were primitive, poorly equipped and had no training but they would be stubborn enough so as not to surrender Kiev so easily. Leningrad was surrounded and Kiev in German's hands. There is footage of the battle and former soldiers retelling their experience and remembering the moments they even attacked without weapons.
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November 21, 2009 at 02:35 PM
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Ages: 16 - 18
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This part of the documentary shows how Partisan groups in Ukraine had killed any person that could be against their power even before the war. Sometimes they did it as a way to warn the rest of the population who could be against the communist regime.... The Partisans were also a problem for the German who had occupied some territory. The German destroyed the Partisan's homes and they took their food. There is footage of the harsh moments and an explanation of the confrontation of different groups of partisans. (There are images of brutally killed people at the end of this part)
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November 21, 2009 at 03:40 PM
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Ages: 12 - 18
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This third part of the video shows the way in which the Russians tried to gain time. Soviet prisoners were thousand and the German were not planning to get to any agreement. There is reference to Hitler's feelings towards the Jews. There is footage s...howing the way the Jews were treated from the very beginning. There are first witnesses' accounts of former soldiers who participated in Hitler's Youth and of Jewish people who survived. There is also reference to the elimination of soviet commissars.
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November 21, 2009 at 02:22 PM
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Ages: 12 - 18
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This part of the documentary shows footage of the battlefield and there are former soldiers giving their account of the event. German captured millions of soviet soldiers. Then they moved to Moscow. The defence of the capital is explained. There were... attempts at peace treaties but they were not signed. Stalin was about to leave Moscow but decided to stay and defend the capital at any cost, even taking actions against his own people.
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November 21, 2009 at 02:46 PM
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Ages: 12 - 18
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This tenth part of the documentary shows that Hitler was ready to end the Partisans with brutality. Chaos and terror was the result. There were raids in villages and civilians were killed. The German army killed thousands of innocents and there is do...cumentation shown as evidence, survivors accounts and former soldiers retelling their experience
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November 21, 2009 at 03:58 PM
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Ages: 12 - 18
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This first part of the documentary introduces what WWII was and why it was the war of the century. The documentary shows that before invading Poland, Germany signed the Nazi-Soviet Nonaggression Pact, securing the eastern border of Germany. Trade was... limited mostly on the part of the Russians. But everyone involved knew that it was a measure on both sides to buy time. Ideologically, both nations despised the other. Hitler had devoted much of Mein Kampf to his believe in the menace of Communism. Nazism was against everything Communism stood for. The video also shows Stalin and how he influenced the development of the war.
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November 21, 2009 at 02:04 PM
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