The Unknown War

Season 1 Episode 10: The Partisans

Jan 01, 1978 NR 50m 8

When Napoleon invaded Russia in 1812, he captured Moscow; but Russia's men and women, banding together behind his lines, turned the French invaders' lives into a living hell. The same thing happened in 1941 when Hitler's legions smashed...

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Season 1 Episodes:

Episode 1 June 22 1941

1. June 22 1941

Aired: Jun 22, 1978

On a pleasant June morning in 1941, nothing seemed more peaceful than Red Squ...

Episode 2 The Battle for Moscow

2. The Battle for Moscow

Aired: Jan 1, 1978

On October 8, 1941, Hitler's propaganda minister, Joseph Goebbels, broadcast ...

Episode 4 To the East

4. To the East

Aired: Jan 1, 1978

This is the story of ordinary Russian civilians who worked to supply the mili...

Episode 8 War in the Arctic

8. War in the Arctic

Aired: Jan 1, 1978

In World War II the Russians were fighting along a 2,000-mile line that exten...

Episode 9 War in the Air

9. War in the Air

Aired: Jan 1, 1978

In a surprise attack on June 22 of 1941, German forces destroyed more than tw...

Episode 10 The Partisans

10. The Partisans

Aired: Jan 1, 1978

When Napoleon invaded Russia in 1812, he captured Moscow; but Russia's men an...

Episode 17 The Allies

17. The Allies

Aired: Jan 1, 1978

The Allied effort in World War II was designed by three men: Winston Churchil...

Episode 18 The Battle of Berlin

18. The Battle of Berlin

Aired: Jan 1, 1978

To the Soviet army, the capture of Berlin was the culmination of their drive ...

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Network: PBS

Production Countries: Soviet Union, United States

Genres: War, Documentary, History

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