War Documentaries

The Unknown War (1978) – S1, Ep5 – The Defense of Stalingrad

The Defense of Stalingrad In 1942 some of the fiercest combat ever took place in the monumental battle between the[…]

To the East This is the story of ordinary Russian civilians who worked to supply the military with tanks, planes,[…]

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[…]

Soldiers of God Afghanistan is a brutal war that costs the lives of almost 15,000 Soviet conscripts and an estimated[…]

Freeze As the United States absorbs the hike in OPEC oil prices and concerns for human rights in the East[…]

Backyard The United States has always regarded Latin America as its own back yard. In 1954, Guatemalan President Jacobo Arbenz[…]

Good Guys, Bad Guys Across the world, the two superpowers back surrogates engaging in ideological and, sometimes, physical conflict. In[…]