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The Unknown War (1978) – S1, Ep14 – The Liberation of Belorussia

The Liberation of Belorussia The Nazis occupied the northwestern part of the Soviet Union for three years during the Unknown[…]

Liberation of the Ukraine In the late summer of 1941 the Soviet army was forced to retreat from Kiev in[…]

The Battle of Caucasus In 1943 Novorossiysk, at the foothills of the Caucasus mountains, was the southernmost tip of the[…]

The Battle of the Seas The Russians fought Hitler at sea — in the Baltic, in the Gulf of Finland,[…]

The Partisans When Napoleon invaded Russia in 1812, he captured Moscow; but Russia’s men and women, banding together behind his[…]

War in the Air In a surprise attack on June 22 of 1941, German forces destroyed more than two-thirds of[…]

Conclusions The United States proves the stronger and the Soviet Union implodes. The balance of terror that has kept the[…]

The Wall Comes Down The dominoes fall: incredibly quickly, the Soviet bloc is breaking up, virtually without bloodshed.

Star Wars Ronald Reagan pledges to defeat the “evil empire,” but abhors the idea of nuclear war. He is prepared[…]

Spies Even before the end of World War II, spies prepare for post-war world order. Beginning in 1944, KGB spies[…]