סרט תעודי ב- 2 חלקים המבוסס על רצף סרטי ארכיון המתעדים את תולדות גרמניה הנאצית.
חלק א': עליית המשטר הנאצי, פרוץ מלה"ע ה-2, פולין, הבליץ בבריטניה, דנמרק, נורבגיה, ארצות השפלה, צרפת, יוגוסלביה, יוון, צפון אפריקה, ברית המועצות, פרל הארבור וכניסת ארצות הברית למלחמה, תחילת הפתרון הסופי. חלק ב': תבוסת גרמניה והעמדת מנהיגיה למשפט. כניעת גרמניה, החזית בצפון אפריקה, החזית הרוסית, הכניעה ללא תנאי, התאבדות המנהיגים והעמדתם למשפט פומבי בנירנברג (Nuremberg).
An Episode in "The World: A Television History", a documentary series on the history of the world, based on the Times Atlas of World History. The 1929 crash of the American stock market preceded a decade of worldwide depression in which the defeated nations of WWI seemed to suffer most. Germany turns to Hitler and his promises of regained glory and WWII begins. A three-cornered contest of democrats, Nazis and Communists for the future of the world leads, among other things, to Communist control of China. Italy and Japan's attempts at empire building are also discussed. Archival footage and map illustrations.
Is an explosive chronicle of the Italian-Russian front during WW2. The story follows an Italian squad through their battle for Stalingrad, terrible defeat, and retreat through the disastrous winter that follows, revealing the face of war that we so seldom wish to remember—inescapably cruel physical conditions, a merciless enemy, and relentless fear.
First part of a German/Russian produced documentary series that surveys "Operation Barbarossa" - the Nazi German invasion of the Soviet Union on 22 June, 1941. The series includes a large number of interviews, reconstructions and original excerpts from the German and Russian archives.
A feature film. It is 1941, and World War II rages on; the Nazis succeeded in taking over half of Europe and part of Russia until they reached Leningrad. Hitler fails to take Leningrad after a four-month-long offensive in 1941. Hitler realizes that Leningrad could not be taken by force, and now he will surround the city for three years, and starve three million people to death. In the midst of this horrific siege, a young English journalist,, finds herself among surviving Russians within the famished city of Leningrad.
This episode in the BBC documentary series "Gladiators of WW2" focuses on the Waffen SS, the military wing of the Nazi Party under the command of Himmler. The Waffen SS evolved from the previously established Sturmabteilung (SA). With Hitler's rise to power, in 1933, concentration camp personnel were incorporated into the SS. The Leibstandarte, (Bodyguard Regiment of Hitler) was also formed. It later became part of the Waffen SS. The Waffen SS fought alongside the German army in WW2 and during the war reached its maximum strength with 38 fighting units, commando units and over 950 thousand soldiers, most...
Four-part documentary series looking at the conflict between Nazi Germany and the Soviet Union during the Second World War, containing new information and film footage (some of it colour footage). BBC / History Channel / NDR co-production. Chapter 2 of 4: This edition chronicles the Battle for Moscow, and explores why more civilians died in this war than any other in history.