The World at War — Season 1, Episode 11: Red Star: The Soviet Union (1941–1943)

Episode synopsis

For two years the Soviet Army fights the Germans almost alone. After one of the greatest land battles in history, the nation survives and triumphs - but with a loss of no less than twenty million of its people.

About The World at War

A documentary series that gives a historical account of the events of World War II, from its roots in the 1920s to the aftermath and the lives it profoundly influenced.

More episodes from Season 1

• E1A New Germany (1933–1939)
• E2Distant War (September 1939–May 1940)
• E3France Falls (May–June 1940)
• E4Alone (May 1940–May 1941)
• E5Barbarossa (June–December 1941)
• E6Banzai! Japan (1931–1942)
• E7On Our Way: U.S.A. (1939–1942)
• E8The Desert: North Africa (1940–1943)
• E9Stalingrad (June 1942-February 1943)
• E10Wolfpack: U-Boats in the Atlantic (1939–1944)
• E12Whirlwind: Bombing Germany (September 1939–April 1944)
• E13Tough Old Gut: Italy (November 1942-June 1944)