Saturday, May 12, 2007

RUSSIA WAR ON SNOW VIDEOS

Today I found this videos on my favorite site, its a great documentary about the Ascension of Josef Stalin to power after Lenin death and how he manage to take most of the Soviet people in the efforts against the Fascist Nazi Invader on the Great Patriotic War.

So enjoy

Vol. 1: The Darkness Descends
Lenin dies and leaves behind a power struggle for the leadership of the Soviet empire. He also leaves a testament--a fatal warning against Stalin's ambition. Nevertheless, Stalin rises to power and begins his war against the Soviet people an assault on the peasantry and mysterious assassination of political rivals and on the eve of the war with Germany, his disastrous purge of the Red Army.
1st part http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IX5GxMpgDas
2nd part http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y9u6G63FlJo
3rd part http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_pumDRKcoF8
4th part http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=287q8MxLMIo
5th part http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t7KwHIWGzis

Vol. 2: The Hour Before Midnight
Hitler becomes ever more aggressive. In Spain, Fascism and Communism face each other for the first time, while the purges in the Soviet Union reach a crescendo. In foreign affairs, Stalin plans the most astounding about-face of the century. Hitler and Stalin become allies, and they invade and partition Poland between them.
1st part http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V5g8BrVEBbI
2nd part http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gOSVeekzwgo
3rd part http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-VklpIzSFxY
4th part http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SY5V44WiE-A
5th part http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=edU6FpylDug

Vol. 3: The Goths Ride East
The Germans invade the Soviet Union, leading to chaos and confusion as the Red Army falls back. Stalin, paralyzed by the shock, retreats to his dacha. Minsk, Kiev, and Smolensk fall. Stalin returns from hiding and signs the infamous Order 270, branding captured Soviet officers as traitors and committing their wives to forced labor. With the first snows, the Wehrmacht arrives at the gates of Moscow.
1st part http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rlnFObyjE74
2nd part http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CX2fG-Ya7WQ
3rd part http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3jcMdrVAEDU
4th part http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XzPgBxwH39U
5th part http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-VSsC51E9xE

Vol. 4: Between Life and Death
The Germans are at the gates of Moscow. The winter closes in and starvation claims thousands of lives in the besieged city of Leningrad. The Red Army counterattacks on the Moscow front.
1st part http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rtncnNWtQVU
2nd part http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S82l_q2t6_0
3rd part http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n2xb2CC44nU
4th part http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yYG8tEXy39U
5th part http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aOF7r9G6RhQ

Vol. 5: The Fight From Within
During the war in the occupied Soviet Union, many oppressed Soviet citizens welcome Hitler, but their enthusiasm is short-lived as they discover his plans. The Partisan resistance begins without Stalin's support. Then, as he begins to accept the Partisans, he provides them with supplies.
1st part http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NGhAlLeZjVA
2nd part http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rqdMQdYcFlU
3rd part http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RHMy3vJI4Wo
4th part http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PrbqhG9Vkk0
5th http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CmhVz4A2WwY

Vol. 6: The Cauldron Boils
The Wehrmacht thrusts south toward the oil fields of the Caucasus. On pain of death, Stalin specifically prohibits any retreat on the battlefield. The formation of the infamous Penal Battalions starts and the battle for Stalingrad begins.
1st part http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CTgUsNbJMUI
2nd part http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2pG5VSuiE68
3rd part http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z-ta-iVl3AE
4th part http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ccxBba_IZkc
5th part http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K2qxZGCsM2U

Vol. 7: The Citadel
During the spring stalemate, all eyes turn to Kursk. Soviet war production, now moved out of the reach of German bombers, increases dramatically. The Germans prepare to meet the Red Army on the plains of Kursk. This is the greatest tank battle in the history of warfare.
1st part http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_x8a4Gu3lhM
2nd part http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wUb7U4FM69Q
3rd part http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NmeXsPO4-uQ
4th part http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oDJ3_EV5OTc
5th part http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=66UPhtxOjJ0

Vol. 8: False Dawn
1944 is the year of victories. After a 900-day siege, the Soviets finally liberate Leningrad. The Red Army pushes westward and beings to retake the territories occupied by the Germans for so long. Once again Stalin has plans for the people who suffer under the occupation.
1st part http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d1r6-cqG_1U
2nd part http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bCGiKX1K6mo
3rd part http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OZ01hMYaafc
4th part http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cWnO27DNzIw
5th part http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zpcgsT9tAHA

Vol. 9: The Fall of the Swastika
Germany is now on the brink of defeat. As the Red Army approaches Berlin, Hitler mobilizes both young and old to defend the doomed city. With the fall of Berlin and the death of his old enemy. Stalin turns once again tot he control of his own people.
1st part http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xdDwdEJ6i40
2nd part http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rn3Q0YEfoII
3rd part http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_ewgERX5Q_k
4th part http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nZJHO2Hdh4E
5th http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bk5jGSLSrKQ

Vol. 10: The Cult of Personality
Russians praise Stalin for the victory he alone claims. As old age creeps up on him, Stalin's obsessive paranoia continues and he further persecutes his people. The threat of the atomic bomb block his plans for territorial expansion. The Cold War prevails. In 1953, Stalin dies.
1st part http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lSck6WJ6Iq4
2nd part http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vbciwr8ym_s
3rd part http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a_gvlMIe6XM
4th part http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YFO5epbIqLI
5th part http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q5xLuDhv6Vw

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