Soviet Storm: WW2 in the East

Name: Soviet Storm: WW2 in the East
Director: Anna Grazhdan
Genre: Documentary, Drama, War & Politics
Released: 2010-03-29T00:00:00.000Z
Duration: 50 min
Rating: 8.2

The epic television history of the Second World War’s Eastern Front giving an unprecedented Russian perspective on the war’s most decisive and bloody theater.

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Created By

Anna Grazhdan Valeriy Babich

Status

Ended

Original Name

Великая война

First Air Date

March 29, 2010

Last Air Date

May 7, 2014

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Episodes

Language

Russian

Production Companies

Networks

Channel One

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The Defence of Sevastopol

Hitler’s 1941 invasion of the USSR ran into some its fiercest resistance at the Black Sea ports of Odessa and Sevastopol, where Soviet elite naval infantry brigades fought doggedly to hold back German and Romanian troops. At Sevastopol, a long and bloody siege unfolded, causing the Germans to bring in some of the biggest artillery guns ever used.