Pages in category eastern front of world war ii films the following 91 pages are in this category, out of 91 total. The soviets own film record of the greatest tank battle in world history. Check out our new website for more incredible history documentaries. It involved more land combat than all other world war ii theatres combined. May 20, 2018 in the summer of 1941 german army was the strongest in europe and was preparing to use its superiority to defeat the soviet union in a threemonth lightning campaign. Wikimedia commons has media related to eastern front world war ii. The recommendation service has sorted out serious, realistic, rough, suspenseful, bleak and tense films and tv shows about with eastern front, world war two, soldier, war, military, german soldier, red army, nazi, nazi soldier and tank plots mostly in war, drama and history genres shot in soviet. The battle of berlin, designated the berlin strategic offensive operation by the soviet union, was the final major offensive of the european theatre of world war ii.
Late in the 1980s, two documentary film makers found six german men, all in their 60s and 70s, who had been soldiers in the german invasion. Timeline of the eastern front of world war ii wikipedia. The story is set in the latter days of world war 2, against the backdrop of fierce combat on the eastern front. The epic siege of world war ii, 19411944 hardcover by. Below is the timeline of the events of the eastern front of world war ii, the conflict between nazi germany and the soviet union from 1941 to 1945. Wwii and the epic battles on the western front from the 1970s and hosted by burt lancaster is worth getting, let me know. Oct 12, 20 world war ii the eastern front 110 russian battles the battle of kursk the sniper. The wwii eastern front battles timeline timeline timetoast. Dec 31, 2015 the eastern front of ww2 remains one of the largest bloodbaths in the entire history of humanity. Soviet storm is a new and epic television history of the second world wars eastern front.
In this challenging new book, lee baker distinguishes myth from reality and deflates the idea that this war, while gargantuan in scale, was in essence a war like any other. Below is my top 10 list of games covering the battles and engagements on the eastern front during wwii. During the course of the fighting, the eastern front claimed 10. This category includes subcategories and articles which reference events, organisations, societies and individuals that occurred, participated in or are notable for influencing military outcomes in fighting. The german armed forces suffered 80% of its military deaths in the eastern front. Over the course of four years, more than 400 red army. The adventures of werner holt film ak47 2020 film allegro con brio 1979 film ambush 1999 film. It was the naval blockade of germany, the uboat being built to the west, the plane, the factory destroyed, the lendlease cargo arriving in the ussr, all those western allied factors were very important reasons to 7 from each 10 army casualities the. Man opens his grandfathers palace which was closed for 50 years. Looking for a good documentary about the eastern front of. If you can get your hands on the classic world at war documentary, episodes 5, 9, 11 and parts of 19 deal with the eastern front. Tremendous insight from the author on not only the military battles, but the lesser known soviet battles as well stalin v zhukov, communism v nationalism, etc.
In the summer of 1941, the third reich was at the apex of its power. These are games that meet substantially all of the following criteria. It is generally accepted as being the deadliest conflict in human history, with over 30 million killed as a result. After the defeat of poland in september 1939, german troops had engaged in a series of spectacular blitzkrieg offensives against denmark, norway, the benelux countries, and france, occupying almost the whole of western europe. Unlike another 16 and half hour documentary that deals with very similar subject material, battlefield russia is like a smarter, condensed and more engaging version of the unknown war that runs a cool 2 hours per dvd. Warning thread the horrors of war eastern front world war ii might contain content that is not suitable for all ages. Jan 11, 20 soviet storm was probably the best documentary i have seen on the war on the eastern front. Excellent ww2 documentary about the fighting on the eastern front and a good. Four out of five german soldiers killed in world war two died on the. World war ii the eastern front 110 russian battles. Sweden river marsh city capital estonia 1st ukrainian. Wwii in the east tells the incredible stories from the second world. British designers create typographic tribute to cities. Top 10 battles on the eastern front wwii games boardgamegeek.
This documentary deals primarily with the actions of army group south, which. Supported by the finns, intent on recovering territory. Legendary ww2 battle between an american and japanese ace dogfight over guadalcanal timeline duration. Bizarre paint battle between 4 men at florida home depot. The german infantrys war, 19411944, about combat and occupation policies of the german army during world war ii.
Recreating the eastern front during world war ii, eastern front covers the historical area of operations during the 19411942 period. Life and death in the red army, 19391945 by catherine merridale. Of course, you can watch many german soldiers fighting. The order was formulated in 1941 with the participation of the army high command the okh and issued by the wehrmacht high command the okw. Of these, around 10 million were combat related deaths, the rest being civilians. It is our recommendation the viewer download the highest resolution their bandwidth can handle. Fritz, a professor of history at east tennessee state university, shows the eastern front from the german perspective. See more ideas about wwii, world war two and world war ii.
War on the eastern front the eastern front of world war ii great patriotic war, or, literally, great fatherland war. I expected this to be simply a military history of the eastern front, and it was so much more. Most popular eastern front movies and tv shows refine see titles to watch instantly. Wwii the eastern front collectors set 5 discs documentary nonusa format pal region 4 import australia. I managed to watch a lot of it on youtube with english narration it original language was russian it hada lot of good graphics and reenactments as well as in depth information. Hell on the eastern front ww 2 movie internet archive. World war 2 eastern front books showing 150 of 405 leningrad. Superb wehrmacht heavy combat footage from eastern front 1941. More than 30 million individuals are estimated to have lost their lives in the period between june 1941 and april 1945. German army exhibition was the name for two exhibitions focusing on war crimes of the wehrmacht committed on the eastern front from 1941 to 1944. Alternatively, bbcs war of the century is a 4part series about the war between hitler and stalin. Russias engagement with germany on the eastern front during world war ii was ferocious, unprecedented and bloody, costing millions of civilian and military lives. Jeff rutherford talks about his book, combat and genocide on the eastern front.
General franz halder, welcomed it writing that troops must participate. Below is the timeline of the events of the eastern front of world war ii, the conflict between nazi germany and. Survival on the russian front 19441945 by john stieber. Ian baxter is an avid collector of ww2 photographs.
Most popular eastern front movies and tv shows imdb. Giving an unprecedented russian perspective on the wars most decisive and bloody theater. Any submission where mortal or grievous injury is visible is to be marked nsfw. What are the best movies about the eastern front in ww2. During the interval of surrender, 1,800,000 german troops 55 percent of the army of the east were transferred into the britishu. Eastern front, world war ii november 30, 1943 pripet marshes sea of azov black sea baltic sea italy memel 23 german army soviet army group. May 29, 2019 the eastern front of world war ii was the largest single front in the history of warfare both in terms of size and soldiers involved. Culled from actual combat footage taken onsite by red army cameramen at the orelkursk salient in russia in the summer of 1943, this is the soviets own documentary story of the greatest tank battle in world history before or since, pitting the resurgent german army against the nowvictorious red army. World war ii the eastern front 110 russian battles youtube. This was a conflict of staggering scale and savagery.
The player commands german units at the corps level as they invade the soviet union in 1941 and fight the computer. Requests, questions, content loosely related to combat footage and graphicnsfl content. The battle of russia is a documentary film covering the soviet war with germany from 1941 to early 1943. Its the type of documentary that concentrates heavily on the actual battles that took places on the eastern front during wwii. World war ii the eastern front 110 russian battles 1. Jan 07, 2017 remake of a wwii eastern front footage. Fortress of war is another one that, while not at the same level as stalingrad or enemy at the gates, is also pretty good. The order cast the war against the soviet union as one of ideological and racial differences, and it provided for the immediate liquidation of political commissars in the red army. World war ii the eastern front 110 russian battles the battle of kursk.
The germans began their push against the soviet forces near the city of kursk, around 500 kilometers southwest of. This documentary includes real footage from the eastern front, cgi remakes. The main article for this category is eastern front world war ii. The siege of sevastopol took place on the eastern front of the second world war. Army group north, army group center, army group south. The battle of orel kursk restored ww2 soviet documentary dvd. Apr 05, 2018 as the seat of the bolshevik revolution of 1917 and a centre of soviet industry, leningrad was a prime target of hitlers russian invasion. Sep 18, 2011 the war on the eastern front, known to russians as the great patriotic war, was the scene of the largest military confrontation in history. Eastern front is a strategy video game developed by chris crawford and published by atari program exchange. The 20part series documents the world war ii conflict between nazi.
In my opinion, these are the hundred greatest ever documentaries on human conflicts and the politics behind them, mainly dealing with modern wars from the 19th century onwards such as ww1, ww2, vietnam, the cold war, american civil war, syria and the war on terror i will be adding more documentaries to this list as i watch them. Sniper on the eastern front is the heartrending biographical memoir of josef sepp allerberger, an austrian farmboy who served as a marksman a word preferred over sniper by wermacht soldiers in the german wermacht alpine division on the eastern front. Eastern front would be of great interest to viewers and worldwide tv stations. Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources. They ran from 1995 to 1999 in the original form, and 2001 to 2004 in a revised form. Stalingrad and enemy at the gates are the gold standards for ww2 eastern front movies. Looking for an indepth documentary on the eastern front. Although nazi germany was ultimately beaten on the eastern front during world war ii, films about the western front are far more popular in the west. And as i already told, those 23 were interconnected with the west, talking about the german casualities there. The campaign was fought by the axis powers of germany, romania, and italy against the soviet union for control of sevastopol, a port in the crimea on the black sea. By clicking on continue you confirm that you are 18 years and over. You can clearly watch a stug iii, a panzer iv aufs. The eastern front or eastern theater of world war i german. German army on the eastern front the retreat 1943 1945.