The Kursk Offensive
Prof Richard Overy explains Hitler's thinking behind the massive German offensive on the Eastern Front in 1943, that led to the Battle of Kursk
Germany on the Eastern Front
Captured German newsreel material shows the war in the Eastern front from the perspective of the Nazis...
East v West
Dr Simon Trew tackles the question of whether the Soviet Union and the Eastern Front was ultimately responsible for the defea...
Soviet drive on Warsaw
The Great September Advance continues as RSoviet tanks advance towards Warsaw. Polish and Russians fight side by side...
The Battle of Kursk
Dr Duncan Anderson argues that the real turning-point of the war in the East was at Kursk in 1943, and assesses German prospe...
Russian partisans
Footage of Russian partisans camped out in the forest and ambushing a German train...
The Great Russian Offensive 1944
The story of Leningrad's resistance and eventually freedom after two brutal years of German occupation...
Russian advance
A Russian newsreel from 1943 gets up close and personal as men from the Red Army sneak up on the German foe...
One day of war Russia 1943
Newsagents Time and Life present what they believe to be the most outstanding pictures of war, with scenes from 160 cameramen...
Advance of the Red Army
It's victory after victory for the Red Army as they break through German defences and push the enemy back in 1943...
Fighting at Stalingrad
Soviet footage of fighting in and around Stalingrad, and the winter counter-offensive that surrounds the city and seals the G...
War in Russia 1942
Various scenes from the Eastern Front, including Soviet newsreel of fighting at Stalingrad and captured German newsreel of th...
German troops spend their first winter in Russia
German newsreel footage shows German troops coping rather well with the Russian winter. In fact it caused the Germans terribl...
The Kursk Offensive
Prof Richard Overy explains Hitler's thinking behind the massive German offensive on the Eastern Front in 1943, that led to t...
Hitler's fanaticism
Andrew Roberts argues that Hitler's ideological fixations, and a weakness for his own propaganda, fatally undermined Germany'...
