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A moving and dramatic perspective on the bloodiest and most influential conflict in history. Hitler's determination to extend Germany eastwards and eliminate or enslave the population that stood in the way of the Reich propelled the world into war.
Director: Michael Cove, Mike Kenneally
Adolf Hitler has his mind on making Germany into a great empire by expanding eastwards, and in the process rid the world of Bolshevism and Jews; but his invasion of Poland tips the world into a violent and bloody war.
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Stalin, betrayed by Hitler, is fighting the German army in the Soviet states - meanwhile the harsh German occupation policies lead to brutalisation of civilians, property destruction, the rise of ghettos and the first extermination policies of "undesirables".
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As Hitler's troops advance towards Moscow, occupants in Ukraine, Belarus and Poland take the brunt of the occupying forces cruelty; and extermination becomes industrialised with the creation of the first concentration camps.
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The Red Army develops strength and Hitler's Spring Offensive is stopped at Stalingrad; and in the largest ghetto the inhabitants revolt and fight back in the Warsaw Uprising.
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In Kursk, a 'battlefield' the size of Wales, the tide is turned and the Soviet Army pushes back - but as Germany retreats across the occupied states, they employ a 'scorched earth' policy and obliterate all evidence of their genocidal activities.
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Hitler's War moves to its endgame as the Soviets cross the German border, concentration camps are liberated and partisans fight back - with a death toll of over 40 million, a new, scarred Europe will emerge.
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