The Unknown War: WWII and the Epic Battles of the Russian Front [5 Discs]

"Originally produced for television as a Soviet-American collaboration, the documentary miniseries The Unknown War (1978) relays the full story of the Russian struggle against the machinations of the Third Reich - an angle of WWII seldom taught in the west. In relaying its chronicle, it makes avid use of archival footage shot by the Soviets on the front lines of battle - spanning everything from the Germans' invasion of the U.S.S.R. in late June 1941, through the Russian occupation of Berli...