Russia's War: Blood Upon the Snow — Season 1, Episode 3: The Goths Ride East
Documentary • 520 min • 1 season, 10 episodes • ★ 9.0/10
Episode synopsis
Under Stalin's regime, many Russians have been killed, from common peasants to high-ranking officers in the Soviet Army. When Hitler's troops march into Russia in a blitzkrieg attack, the surprised Russians fall back. Despite Stalin's decree that no cities surrender, Kiev, Minsk, and Smolensk give in. Stalin denounces the captured Russians as traitors, and sends their wives to labor camps. It follows the progress of the Germans as they advance to the gates of Moscow.
About Russia's War: Blood Upon the Snow
An account of the Eastern Front, epic in scale and savagery, as Soviets experienced it and Stalin commanded it.