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History retold: WWII feature films
We have created special films about the very start of the war, the defense of Moscow, the Stalingrad resistance, the liberation of Europe and other major events.
Within the "War Witness" project, RT has shot a number of feature films. They include veterans' and civilians' memoirs, as well as wartime episodes, historic information and much more.
Brest: Anticipation of Victory
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Brest Fortress is situated on the territory of the sovereign Republic of Belarus, formerly the Soviet Republic of Byelorussia.
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Battle for Moscow
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The Battle for Moscow lasted from the late autumn of 1941 to the mid-spring of 1942. Some seven million people took part in it including all the residents of Moscow.
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Kursk: the burning bulge
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A massive German offensive began in the early morning of July 5, 1943. The fighting engulfed all fronts of the Kursk Bulge. It lasted for 50 days and nights.
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The Fall of Berlin
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The battle for Berlin lasted for two weeks. Three and a half million troops from both sides, Soviet and German, took part in the fight.
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Munich 1938: new facts about old secrets
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In 1938, the Czech government was forced to cede the Sudetenland to Germany. It was the price paid for Hitler’s promise not to start a war in Europe.
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Surviving the siege
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When the Nazis invaded the Soviet Union in June 1941, Adolf Hitler ordered his troops to capture the country’s European territories by November.
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Children of Stalingrad
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It was the summer of 1942. Thousands of people thought they would be safe in a city that still seemed far away from the war. A city in Russia’s South, on the Volga river: Stalingrad.
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Europe: spring of 1945
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Sixty-five years have passed since the end of World War II, but people still cannot forget the tragic events.
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