Documentaries of the WW2

I think, it would be nice to have a topic holding links to WW2 documentaries for anyone interested. So, in the absence of one (or else I haven't found it), I decided to create it.
Here's one modern, nicely shaped, rather informative documentary about the Great Patriotic:
http://www.youtube.com/user/38602#p/u/35/3gb-jbVWn30
It's in plain russian, but has english subtitles (of mediocre quality) to it, made by some volunteer enthusiast, who hosts it on his you-tube account.
It comes in eight series, all are available there.

Last edited March 29, 2011 at 5:19 PM by IJoe

There's a nice german newsreel on youtube, and Battlefield series uploaded from Discovery channel. I search for it and put up here. Szpasziba for the link.

Finally a document that clearly says that Soviets had an advantage in tanks and airforce, and that their airforce wasnt destroyed on the first day.
Also people forget that 1941 tank battles were allmost as big as at Kursk.

Stay out of trouble lads.

Paciat wrote:
Finally a document that clearly says that Soviets had an advantage in tanks and airforce, and that their airforce wasnt destroyed on the first day.
Also people forget that 1941 tank battles were allmost as big as at Kursk.

This is simply untrue for several reasons:
1) Soviet air-force was majorly of worse quality for the most part. There was never enough fuel and ammunition ATM either.
2) Soviet armor was spread out on huge distances, unlike the german one, that was gathered in few different power-fists, thus leading to the situation, when in every particular battle encounter germans had the actual advantage in NUMBERS of tanks that were any worthy (let alone outdated paper-armored AC and light tanks with BB-guns).
3) There were no huge tank battles in 1941 that would even distantly resemble that of Kursk.
And most of all, that documentary doesn't confirm any of what you have stated. So, it's just what you want to see, not what is shown.

Anyway, the point is: I created this topic for reasons quite different, than printing down some personal conclusions and points of view.
Basically, I want this to be a sort of a library, and thus I humbly ask you, people, to follow that outlined path.

If you want to start some sort of a discussion, or post down your point of view on some historical issue (same goes for  any undubtful in your opinion truth about something), PLEASE, pretty please, find/create yourself another thread.

Last edited April 1, 2011 at 1:06 AM by IJoe

Here is a decent WW2 documentary, it is called '[i]The World at War[i] anyway, it is a nearly 33 hours of how thw war began, unfolded, and ended. It uses people who lived through or fought in the war, and a good time is spent on the Eastern front. The one downside is that is cost a fair penny. But here it is for anyone wanting the name of a good documentary.

http://www.amazon.ca/Apocalypse-Second-World-War-Blu-ray/dp/B003YCYZBG/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1302226269&sr=8-2

This is the best WW2 documentary I've ever seen. Shows WW2 from start to finish, with alot of unseen footage from the conflict, and the majority of it is in color.

"Great war" new documentary series.
Link
http://kinozad.ucoz.ru/news/velikaja_vojna/2010-05-09-4885
(... better, for my opinion, than discovery & others ... because there are many post war stamps are still present ...)
Soviet-German oriented. HAVE NO one series on the english. With a regret.

"Liberators" analogue ... but in this series, each part is present a contribution to victory of the each type of military forces.
With a regret, still on russian.
Link
http://statehistory.ru/716/Osvoboditeli---dokumentalnyy-tsikl-/

(May be NO ONE desire to watch a Soviet part ... or Soviet point of view on the Great War History. May be each western historican counting, that he knows a more "true" about GPW??)

There are many Russian documents release from the secret mark sience 1999 year ... If any one wants to read Russian documents & got to know from the first hands ...

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Great waltz
Большой вальс

This is documentary film about Operation of Country Security - Lead Nazi prisoners on the roads of Moscow.

BUT!!!! The KEY of the film - citations of documents, memories of the officers, veterans of the war, Russian & Germans.
Shows the sentiments of the veterans, except the ex-nazi officers & soldiers.
Destroys some myths about nazi prisoners.

Sorry, i can not find online film, but i have a links for download.
Sorry again, that kind of film is on russian, have not on english.

Impresive film ... some facts of the Country security documents on one film.

Last edited May 7, 2011 at 7:06 PM by blackbishop