The Unknown War - Ep8 War in the Arctic avi

The Unknown War TV series is one of the few documentary accounts of the war on the Eastern Front from the Soviet side. The interviews of many leading Soviet generals commanding some of the most decisive battles on the eastern front, along with the Russian participation in the editorial staff of the series, compose an "alternative" (to Western) view of the gigantic clash between Germany and the Soviet Union. Burt Lancaster's excellent narration on war footage combines with a multitude of postwar shots of the actual fields of struggle.

Individual episodes detail the savage suddenness of the initial Nazi attack, as Hitler's legions rolled ahead on a 1,500 mile front, surging to the gates of Leningrad and Moscow, smashing Kiev, driving to the Volga and penetrating the mountains of the Caucasus.