Introduction

Documentary examining Operation Barbarossa, Hitler’s invasion of the Soviet Union in 1941.

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Outline

Victory turns to vengeance as the Soviets drive the occupying Germans out of the Soviet motherland and turn their sights on Berlin.

It was a time of terror for ethnic minorities on both sides of the battlefront. When Hitler’s “final solution” reached its horrific climax in extermination camps, prisoners? life expectancy could be measured in just hours.

Stalin exiled entire ethnic nations to Siberia as punishment for the small number of ethnic collaborators in their midst.

One of the ethnic groups who suffered the most was the Kalmyks from the steppe south of …

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Production & Filming Details

• Narrator(s): Samuel West.
• Director(s): Laurence Rees.
• Writer(s): Laurence Rees.
• Producer(s): Laurence Rees, Martina Balazova, Tom Lasica, Detlef Siebert, and Alexandra Umminger.
• Music: Brian Biffin.
• Cinematography: Martin Patmore, Stefan Thissen, and Jens Tukiendorf.
• Editor(s): Alan Lygo and Volkers Zielke.
• Production: BBC and Norddeutscher Rundfunk (NDR).
• Distributor(s): BBC (original airing).
• Original Network: BBC Two.
• Release Date: 26 October 1999.
• Running Time: 200 minutes (total running time).
• Country: UK.
• Language: English.

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