Introduction

The World at War is a 26-episode British television documentary series chronicling the events of the Second World War.

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Outline

Bent on fulfilling Hilter’s policy of colonising Russia, German forces invade subjecting inhabitants of occupied lands to servitude or death. Russians respond with a mass evacuation and scorched earth policy, reestablishing their industrial capacity far to the east. After German forces fail to break Lenigrade or to capture Kursk and the surrounding Russian forces Russia goes on the offensive with its military production at full capacity.

Red Star: The Soviet Union (1941 to 1943) chronicles the rise of the Red Army, mobilisation of Soviet production, the Siege of Leningrad, the Soviet partisans and the Battle of Kursk.

Interviewees include General Ivan Lyudnikov.

The World at War Series

You can find a full index and outline of The World at War Series here.

Production & Filming Details

• Release Date: 16 January 1974.
• Running Time: 52 minutes.
• Country: UK.
• Language: English.