Clash of Warriors — Season 1, Episode 17: Zhukov vs Bock - Moscow

Episode synopsis

By the beginning of December 1941, German troops were within sight of the Kremlin. The Panzers of Fedor von Bock seemed poised to capture the capital ot the Soviet Union and complete the triumph of Operation Barbarossa. But they had reckoned without the heroic resistance of the Russian people and the nerve of Georgi Zhukov. As ferocious conditions slowed their advance, the Germans were struck and hurled back by fresh Red Army divisions which had been brought up secretly for a surpise offensive. Rarely-seen archive film and four-colour graphics bring alive one of the most critical moments of World War 2.

About Clash of Warriors

A documentary on some of the key campaigns and battles of the 20th century, seen as a match-up between the two sides' commanders. We see the strategies, tactics, personality traits and events that made one commander victorious.

More episodes from Season 1

• E1Patton vs von Kluge - Normandy Breakout
• E2Bradley vs Model - Battle of the Bulge
• E3Stilwell vs Honda - Burma
• E4Rommel vs Montgomery - El Alamein
• E5Alexander vs von Arnim - Tunisia
• E6Halsey vs Kurita - Leyte Gulf
• E7Manstein vs Vatutin - Kursk
• E8Vandegrift vs Hyakutake - Guadalcanal
• E9Harris vs Kammhuber - Strategic Bombing
• E10MacArthur vs Yamashita - Philippines
• E11Dayan vs Amer - Six Day War
• E12Eisenhower vs Rundstedt - D-Day