"THE BATTLE OF RUSSIA"

Why We Fight - Part 5

This film shows the history of Russias involvement in the war. Its valiant defense against the Nazi invasion is shown climaxing at Stalingrad with Germany's humiliating defeat.

During World War Two the legendary director Frank Capra was asked by the U.S. Government to help explain its "official war policy" to the American public via a series of seven propaganda films. These films were viewed by the armed forces and were also widely shown in civilian theaters.

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[AnonymousMarcabius]

this movie is pure awesome. It tells the uncovered truth about Russia's involvement in the the war and how Germany was defeated. It has two downsides though: the lack of the years 1944 and 1945 AND the fact that the percentage of the German Army who was fighting the USSR was never really mentioned. In fact it was 80% of the German Army vs USSR and 20% vs the rest(USA, Britain & friends)

[PoathJunction]

@dougbarrie1

It is part 5 of the Frank Capra series. All 7 parts are available on the youtube channel "poatharchives"

[Maksim9328]

@123456alechan

You wrote lie. For example, behind Russian soldiers didn't stand NKVD. Behind Russian soldiers stood same soldiers of Red Army. It named "Zagradotryad". They were in rear of Red Army and did different work. And so on.

[SAVSAV1212]

@123456alechan

First: read about fencing teams, their purpose, structure and tasks before talking bullshit. This teams were recruited by most experiencied soldiers,but not fucking NKVD troops. 2: Not 1.5 mln, but 600 000

[SAVSAV1212]

@christo930

And everyone forgets about Munich 1938, partition of Chekhoslovakia, betrayal of Poland, efforts to send Hitler to the East, instead of stopping rise of his power, rejection of all proposals to create allience against Germany, which USSR offered in 1938 etc....

[Trollevich]

@christo930

Brainwashed

[123456alechan]

Stalin issued an order: each retreating soviet solder must be punished - killed and all his relatives must be moved to siberia camps. And behind soldiers were NKVD troops with machine guns pointing not to Germans of course. There were almost no trained officers and generals in red army and often no guns especially at the beginning of war. In Kiev Germans surrounded and captured about 600 000 soviet soldiers. About 1.5 million of russins took german side and fought against Stalin.

[barneyknowshow]

@christo930 yea but they wasent

[glutinousmaximus]

@PoathJunction It occurs to me (belatedly!) That the title is probably best:

World War II -- 60 Years After: Russia And Japan Still Searching For Closure

Hope this helps!

[glutinousmaximus]

@PoathJunction Not sure what happened there. The link started with h t t p and w w w and then:

.rferl.org/content/article/105­8753.html

Thanks for your patience.

[PoathJunction]

@glutinousmaximus

something missing in the link (spaces not the problem!), but a search for "japan treaty" on the rferl site finds a few recent relevant reports, one of which refers to the "spat" between the countries :-)

Oh, to confuse things more the terms of the Japan-Russia treaty in 1941 meant Russia could break the treaty but wasn't allowed to go to war with Japan until 5 years after the treaty was signed. ie 1946!

[glutinousmaximus]

@glutinousmaximus I absolutely agree about that. Even up to 2004. Did you look at that article on the link I posted? - It seems to encapsulate the current state of play. Cheers.