Having read more than my fair share of books on this topic and having just finished reading the storm of war my answer is yes this book is for both the world war ii novice and expert alike. Every major battle is analysed and key personnel on both sides biographed and evaluated. Giving an unprecedented russian perspective on the wars most decisive and bloody theater. Being pretty much a scholar of the second world war, i would have to say that this is probably the most accurate and detailed account that has been produced in popular media outside academic papers.
Episodes generally last between 40 and 45 minutes and the overall series lasts approximately. Jan 21, 2020 explore eight facts about the brutal and often overlooked soviet front of world war ii. Ww2 in the east depicts the most important events and battles of world war ii. Originally produced for russian television, it gives an unprecedented eastern perspective on the war s most decisive and bloody theater, all depicted through stunning computergenerated imagery and reconstructions.
How both sides tried to do this is well recounted in storm over leyte. The outcome of this ruthless struggle on the eastern front was decisive for the course of the war in europe. Giving an unprecedented russian perspective on the war s most decisive and. A comparative look at airground support doctrine and practice in world war ii. In the first three months of the war with the soviet union, the germans had advanced 500 miles and. Quite simply, this series breaks new ground in world war ii eastern front and soviet military. This is not a forum for general discussion of the articles subject. The title of the book, the storm of war, conceals an answer to robertss central question about the reasons for the. The war was seen by both sides as a struggle for existence. List of books and articles about world war ii air warfare.
Soviet storm wwii in the east 5060435003248 brownsbfs. Total russian losses during the second world war are estimated at 27,000,000 military personnel and civilians and most of those died on what was broadly termed the eastern front. Discover librarianselected research resources on world war ii pacific theater from the questia online library, including fulltext online books, academic journals, magazines, newspapers and more. Consisting of 18 parts, soviet storm follows the titanic and brutal struggle between hitlers genocidal nazi invaders and the red army and people of the ussr. The air wars over the ussr between the soviet union and germany would be some. The task of the project is to illustrate the history of the war by means of computer. Soviet storm is a top rated show on the history channel h2 in the uk. On the 31st of january 1945 the tankers of the 1st byelorussian front reached the oder river near kostrin and frankfurt. The soviet air force was nearly wiped out in the first. Soviet storm is a very comprehensive chronological account of that entire theatre of war. Wwii in the east tells the incredible stories from the second world war s biggest and bloodiest theatre of war. Wwii in the east season 1, episode 2 the battle of moscow. An online version includes 18 episodes, ordered chronologically. But the soviet command took the decision to suspend the attack on the german capital.
The operation put into action nazi germanys ideological goal of conquering the western soviet union so as to repopulate it with germans. The total dead on all sides was more than 30 million, most of them civilians. Ww2 in the east soundtrack music theme weariness of waiting boris kukoba duration. During the first few weeks of operation barbarossa, the german attach on russia, the luftwaffe achieved total air superiority. The world war ii memoirs of hero of the soviet union dmitriy loza by. The early german air superiority gave a significant boost to german confidence, and severely damaged soviet military capability and morale. Before the day was over, the soviet air forces had lost almost 2,000 aircraft. Soviet storm an epic russian tv documentary account of. Unternehmen barbarossa was the code name for the axis invasion of the soviet union, which started on sunday, 22 june 1941, during world war ii. In addition, the soviet occupation of manchuria, along with the northern portions of the korean peninsula, allowed for those regions to be transferred by the soviet union into the control of local communists. Soviet storm is a top rated show on the history channel h2 in the uk soviet storm. Soviet storm is epic television history of the second world war s eastern front. List of books and articles about world war ii pacific theater.
Soviet cavalry operations during the second world war. Hitlers invasion of the soviet union in 1941 precipitated a massive clash of arms that gave rise to destruction and suffering on an unprecedented scale. World war ii in the east is a 2011 17episode russian television world war ii. In aircraft alone the us produced roughly the same number in 1944 as. Soviet storm wwii in the east 11 operation bagrationsoviet storm wwii in the east 12 the air. The air wars over the ussr would be some of the biggest and toughest in military history. German premier adolf hitlers disastrous 1941 order to invade the vast soviet union mired nazi.
Heres eight of the best books on world war ii the national interest. Csi press publications on world war ii army university press. Soviet storm world war 2 in the east dvd reino unido. In that light, hitler and stalin were prepared to accept losses on any scale to achieve final victory.
The invasion of manchuria was a factor that contributed to the surrender of japan and the end of world war ii. The soviet air force was nearly wiped out in the first days of the german attack of the soviet union. Ive seen a lot of documentaries on ww2 including soviet storm series and read plenty of books from both allied, axis. The soviet story offers an alternative history of an allied power, which helped the nazis to fight jews and which slaughtered its own people on an industrial scale. This was the war s most bloody and yet decisive part of the war. In 2011, russian television produced an epic documentary look at world war ii in the east known to the russians as the great patriotic war called soviet storm. The task of the project is to illustrate the history of the war by means of computer graphics, motionpicture. This conflict was so mind boggling on such an unbelievable scale of brutal savagery that four of every five germans killed in wwii died on just the russian front alone. Channel documentary series about world war ii as told from the russian perspective. Home browse history military history wars, battles, and military interventions world war ii world war ii pacific theater. Dec 19, 2011 soviet storm is the unimaginable russian perspective of the second world war.
Ww2 in the east depicts the most important events and. Soviet tactical and operational combat in manchuria, 1945. The series consists of 2 seasons, which document and recount the most important, bloody, costly, and decisive events, battles, and personalities on the eastern front in world war ii. The air war over the eastern front gobbled up men and machines. Home browse history military history wars, battles, and military interventions world war ii world war ii air warfare. World war 2 in the east english language version at a low price.
It is hard to imagine a bettertold military history of world war ii. The army university press books are traditional and interactive works relevant to the. The complete wwii diary and history of the sturmgeschutz brigade 236. The soviet union at war 19411945 wwii military history books. The eastern front of world war ii was a theatre of conflict between the european axis powers and cobelligerent finland against the soviet union ussr, poland and other allies, which encompassed central europe, eastern europe, northeast europe, and southeast europe from 22 june 1941 to 9 may 1945. Soviet storm is a new and epic television history of the second world wars eastern front. Thousands of soviet aircraft were destroyed on the ground in a stunning story of success. World war ii in the east is a 2011 17episode russian television world war ii series created by anna grazhdan, artem drabkin, and aleksey isaev. This is the talk page for discussing improvements to the soviet storm. Berlin, the fascist beasts lair, was in some 100 km aside.
Told from an unprecedented russian perspective the 18 episodes explore some of the most devastating battles of world war ii from the red armys catastrophic encirclement at kiev in 1941 to the notorious rzhev meatgrinder. It was a conflict of staggering scale and savagery. Soviet storm is a very comprehensive chronological account of that entire theatre of war from 1941 until 1945. Discover librarianselected research resources on world war ii air warfare from the questia online library, including fulltext online books, academic journals, magazines, newspapers and more. Tells the complete story of the war on the eastern front, profiling the epic campaigns and battles, revealing the tactics employed by both sides and exposing the true horrors of a conflict almost unimaginable in its sheer cruelty and depravity. The air wars over the ussr would be some of the biggest and toughest in. The eastern front was the decisive theater of world war ii in europe.
Sign up now to receive email updates on new series, features, and more from your favourite history shows. Like the page and make sure you come back for more interesting facts. Soviet storm is a new and epic television history of the second world war s eastern front. This is labeled a new history and there are a few new tidbits chronicled here. Includes a 4dvd set of all 18 episodes of the acclaimed tv series soviet storm wwii in the east. The great war is a 2011 17episode russian television world war ii series created by anna grazhdan, artem drabkin, and aleksey isaev. Ww2 in the east this project depicts the most important events and battles of. Soviet storm tells the story of this titanic clash of arms blow by blow.
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