Summary During the Battle of Moscow, Hitler forced his armies to stand their ground despite brutally cold conditions. To prevent his soldiers from leaving the front line, Stalin ordered special blocking detachments to shoot all deserters. Such brutality set the tone for the rest of the war. And it wasn't just the soldiers who suffered. The Soviet leadership instructed Soviet partisans operating in the countryside to kill anyone thought to be disloyal. This was taken by the partisans as a carte blanche to take whatever they wanted from helpless villagers a report from one partisan division shows that rapes, killings and beatings were commonplace. To make things worse, Nationalist partisans bent on freedom from the Soviet regime waged campaigns in the countryside, and villagers were now faced with violence from three separate fighting forces. Nazi rule over captured territory was draconian.
Directed : Unknown
Written : Unknown
Stars : Samuel West Rolf Becker Adolf Hitler Joseph Stalin
Genres : History War Documentary
Countries of origin : Germany United Kingdom
Official sites : ABC
Language : English German Russian
Production companies : British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) Norddeutscher Rundfunk (NDR)
Summary During the Battle of Moscow, Hitler forced his armies to stand their ground despite brutally cold conditions. To prevent his soldiers from leaving the front line, Stalin ordered special blocking detachments to shoot all deserters. Such brutality set the tone for the rest of the war. And it wasn't just the soldiers who suffered. The Soviet leadership instructed Soviet partisans operating in the countryside to kill anyone thought to be disloyal. This was taken by the partisans as a carte blanche to take whatever they wanted from helpless villagers a report from one partisan division shows that rapes, killings and beatings were commonplace. To make things worse, Nationalist partisans bent on freedom from the Soviet regime waged campaigns in the countryside, and villagers were now faced with violence from three separate fighting forces. Nazi rule over captured territory was draconian.
Genres : History War Documentary
Countries of origin : Germany United Kingdom
Official sites : ABC
Language : English German Russian
Production companies : British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) Norddeutscher Rundfunk (NDR)
