1 00:00:00,000 --> 00:00:02,000 You 2 00:00:30,000 --> 00:00:32,000 You 3 00:01:00,000 --> 00:01:02,000 You 4 00:01:30,000 --> 00:01:32,000 You 5 00:02:00,000 --> 00:02:02,000 You 6 00:02:30,000 --> 00:02:32,000 You 7 00:03:00,000 --> 00:03:02,000 You 8 00:03:11,560 --> 00:03:13,560 From the Baltic to the Black Sea 9 00:03:14,080 --> 00:03:19,920 Three million German soldiers are moving into position to launch operation Barbarossa 10 00:03:21,719 --> 00:03:26,759 The most brutal conflict between two nations in recorded history is about to begin 11 00:03:30,000 --> 00:03:32,000 On 12 00:03:45,960 --> 00:03:52,599 The first day of Barbarossa alone 1200 Soviet aircraft are destroyed in a single strike 13 00:04:01,000 --> 00:04:06,039 And the units sweeping east already deep inside Soviet territory 14 00:04:09,520 --> 00:04:11,520 Chaos multiplies the catastrophe 15 00:04:15,120 --> 00:04:19,800 Without orders from the Kremlin Red Army field commanders lose control of their units 16 00:04:22,519 --> 00:04:27,399 Dazed cut off surrounded thousands of Soviet soldiers surrender 17 00:04:30,000 --> 00:04:35,399 And at the height of the Wehrmacht's ferocious onslaught Stalin disappears... 18 00:04:39,439 --> 00:04:42,180 He has every reason to hide from his people 19 00:04:44,519 --> 00:04:52,639 Captured German newsreel footage shows Soviet frontier troops overwhelmed a retreat unde... 20 00:04:56,680 --> 00:04:58,680 Whole formations surrendering 21 00:05:00,000 --> 00:05:06,480 Hundreds of thousands of men entangled with fleeing civilians in scenes of biblical... 22 00:05:09,240 --> 00:05:13,399 Yet there are some Soviet citizens who welcome the invader 23 00:05:15,600 --> 00:05:21,920 To many in the Ukraine the arrival of the Germans is a heaven-sent opportunity to th... 24 00:05:23,439 --> 00:05:25,779 Local women bless the Germans as they pass 25 00:05:30,360 --> 00:05:34,800 Their menfolk destroy reminders of a man who has terrorized them for years 26 00:05:44,920 --> 00:05:48,759 Stalin is above all stunned by the sheer speed of the German advance 27 00:05:50,360 --> 00:05:54,199 Still the Germans drive east they're at the outskirts of Kiev 28 00:05:54,319 --> 00:05:58,920 Yet fierce pockets of Red Army resistance might on behind enemy lines 29 00:06:01,680 --> 00:06:03,680 The fortress city of Prist 30 00:06:07,719 --> 00:06:09,719 The enemy is on the verge of collapse 31 00:06:11,719 --> 00:06:13,719 The enemy is on the verge of collapse 32 00:06:15,719 --> 00:06:17,719 The enemy is on the verge of collapse 33 00:06:18,720 --> 00:06:20,720 The fortress city of Prist 34 00:06:26,320 --> 00:06:33,040 The besieged Red Army garrison fights on and on for more than a month until they are... 35 00:06:34,200 --> 00:06:39,680 Hitler is so impressed by the tenacity of the Russian troops that he exercises rare... 36 00:06:40,960 --> 00:06:46,280 Only one survivor is shot the political officer at the fortress Mikhail Fomin 37 00:06:47,720 --> 00:06:53,760 The Fuhrer cites the defense of breast as an heroic effort an example to his own soldiers 38 00:06:56,440 --> 00:07:01,280 And he visits the fortress with Mussolini to acknowledge a hard-earned victory 39 00:07:04,160 --> 00:07:11,240 But for Stalin the defenders of breast are not heroes years later after they release... 40 00:07:11,480 --> 00:07:13,920 He will send survivors to the gulag 41 00:07:14,400 --> 00:07:18,360 The Wehrmacht's rapid relentless advance seems unstoppable 42 00:07:20,160 --> 00:07:26,080 Traveling at up to 50 miles a day Panzer divisions are already approaching the hear... 43 00:07:27,759 --> 00:07:34,000 And in the middle of July Stalin is forced to consider offering the Germans a negotiated... 44 00:07:34,560 --> 00:07:37,120 While Stalin contemplates a way out of the war 45 00:07:37,360 --> 00:07:42,879 He's drawing up plans to punish his own troops if they surrender in a desperate... 46 00:07:42,959 --> 00:07:47,079 In a desperate attempt to halt the route he issues order number 47 00:07:47,759 --> 00:07:53,680 270 all officers and political officials taken prisoner at the front are to be... 48 00:07:53,879 --> 00:07:58,920 If ever they return to the Soviet Union, they will be arrested and executed 49 00:08:03,920 --> 00:08:07,639 But the barbarity of order 270 does not stop there 50 00:08:07,639 --> 00:08:11,839 The wives of captured troops also face imprisonment in the gulag 51 00:09:07,639 --> 00:09:13,960 Now with Moscow in range of the Luftwaffe Stalin's own citizens of power comes direc... 52 00:09:14,960 --> 00:09:16,960 German armies race for the capital 53 00:09:17,960 --> 00:09:21,159 Elsewhere army group North heads for Leningrad 54 00:09:21,879 --> 00:09:26,039 Army group Center makes a pincer attack on the German army 55 00:09:26,840 --> 00:09:31,159 The German army is forced to retreat to the north of the city of Leningrad 56 00:09:32,039 --> 00:09:35,480 Elsewhere army group North heads for Leningrad 57 00:09:35,959 --> 00:09:43,100 Army group Center makes a pincer movement towards Smolensk army group South strikes... 58 00:09:44,039 --> 00:09:46,839 the suburbs of Kiev the beginning of August 59 00:09:47,559 --> 00:09:49,559 In a fast pincer movement 60 00:09:49,719 --> 00:09:53,159 German army group South threatens to encircle the city 61 00:09:54,360 --> 00:09:59,399 During August and the first two weeks of September the Wehrmacht in circles a vast... 62 00:09:59,720 --> 00:10:06,679 Crammed with Red Army troops four Soviet armies perish on the 18th of September the... 63 00:10:08,199 --> 00:10:10,759 The Fuhrer is now lord of all he surveys 64 00:10:11,480 --> 00:10:17,319 It seems as if he is on course to meet his objective to crush Stalin's Russia before... 65 00:10:17,939 --> 00:10:20,199 Leningrad lies ahead of the Wehrmacht 66 00:10:20,980 --> 00:10:23,079 defenseless 67 00:10:23,079 --> 00:10:25,240 As September draws to a close 68 00:10:25,879 --> 00:10:30,919 Leningrad is totally cut off with no land link left to the Soviet Union 69 00:10:33,960 --> 00:10:37,879 At the end of September the Fuhrer launches operation Typhoon 70 00:10:38,519 --> 00:10:40,919 The final drive along the road to Moscow 71 00:10:41,480 --> 00:10:49,879 14 German tank and 74 infantry divisions a total of 1.8 million officers and men take... 72 00:10:50,440 --> 00:10:52,600 Stalin has good cause for panic now 73 00:10:53,320 --> 00:10:59,879 Facing a disaster that might sweep away the whole Soviet Union. They have one last hop... 74 00:11:04,279 --> 00:11:06,360 Sleet is turning to snow 75 00:11:08,120 --> 00:11:15,080 The ground frozen at night is now quagmire during the day paralyzing Hitler's... 76 00:11:16,360 --> 00:11:18,360 On the 2nd of December 77 00:11:18,360 --> 00:11:20,600 German units reach Krasnaya Polyana 78 00:11:21,159 --> 00:11:23,399 17 miles from the center of Moscow 79 00:11:24,279 --> 00:11:26,920 As the weather intensifies and temperatures plummet 80 00:11:27,560 --> 00:11:32,540 The bleak truth is time turns decisively against them 81 00:11:32,539 --> 00:11:34,539 You 82 00:11:47,980 --> 00:11:55,019 Two army privates running the O'Pona radar station are suddenly startled by blips on ... 83 00:11:55,719 --> 00:11:59,179 Immediately they report the sightings to the army operation center 84 00:12:00,139 --> 00:12:02,719 They're dismissed as us planes coming from the mainland 85 00:12:08,139 --> 00:12:13,199 Aircraft designated for the second wave of the attack takeoff messenger boy Todeo... 86 00:12:13,419 --> 00:12:16,539 Picks up general marshals urgent cable for delivery to general short 87 00:12:20,139 --> 00:12:23,039 Commander fuchida's first wave armada is on course 88 00:12:23,039 --> 00:12:25,039 So 89 00:12:28,639 --> 00:12:35,120 Sleepy-eyed sailors and marines their breakfast getting cold mistake the attack ... 90 00:12:35,839 --> 00:12:37,839 They think the planes are american 91 00:12:40,319 --> 00:12:44,740 At 7 55 a.m. Dive bombers hit hickam and wheeler airfields 92 00:12:44,740 --> 00:12:54,419 Two minutes later torpedo planes start their run on battleship rome 93 00:12:57,460 --> 00:13:05,399 Three minutes later zero straight other air bases is fuchida's first wave of aircraft... 94 00:13:05,399 --> 00:13:07,399 The 95 00:13:11,720 --> 00:13:14,120 Flames burst 500 feet into the air 96 00:13:17,879 --> 00:13:20,779 Fuchida's deadly first wave sinks to west virginia 97 00:13:22,120 --> 00:13:29,559 Now the oklahoma a battle wagon moored outboard of the uss. Maryland shutters wit... 98 00:13:30,919 --> 00:13:32,919 and capsizes 99 00:13:32,919 --> 00:13:35,979 More torpedoes rip into the battleships california and nevada 100 00:13:41,079 --> 00:13:47,899 After the last bomb is dropped the united states of america virtually has a pacific... 101 00:13:57,539 --> 00:13:59,539 Yesterday 102 00:13:59,879 --> 00:14:01,879 December 7th 103 00:14:02,820 --> 00:14:04,820 1941 104 00:14:06,279 --> 00:14:10,120 A date which will live in infamy 105 00:14:11,960 --> 00:14:17,080 United states of america was suddenly and deliberately attacked 106 00:14:18,360 --> 00:14:22,700 By naval and air forces of the empire of japan 107 00:14:31,879 --> 00:14:33,879 So 108 00:15:01,879 --> 00:15:03,879 So