Erwin Posted April 9, 2021 Share Posted April 9, 2021 Stumbled onto this extremely well made series of docs starting with Barbarossa.- free on Amazon Prime Soviet Storm is big-budget Russian production made about 10 years ago and redone for western audiences. Great digital effects combined with realistic live action - features a large cast of troops and realistic looking armor. Good writing and performances from actors. The first 3 or 4 episodes focus on Barbarossa in great detail. While mainly explaining the operational-strategic situations, there are many tactical-level explanations of German small-unit tactics eg: use of flame-throwers etc. The episodes also detail the times when the Soviets made successful counterattacks. So, it's not all about the Germans steamrolling over the Russians. A good source of inspiration for early war designers (for CM1 anyhow). Highly recommended for anyone interested in this phase of the Eastern Front. It's also free to watch on u-Tube. https://www.google.com/search?gs_ssp=eJzj4tZP1zc0MrQwyk1PM2D04inOL8tMLVEoLskvygUAakoIiQ&q=soviet+storm&oq=soviet+storm&aqs=chrome.1.69i57j46j0l8.7531j0j15&sourceid=chrome&ie=UTF-8 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Double Deuce Posted April 9, 2021 Share Posted April 9, 2021 That "StarMediaEN" outfit has some good stuff on YouTube, alot of it with subtitles. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Artkin Posted April 9, 2021 Share Posted April 9, 2021 I gotta say I do like this series, however, the music is straight up annoying hahaha. It took me a solid 2 episodes before I realized how much they play that ridiculous eerie sound. Now I cant stand it 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dbsapp Posted April 29, 2021 Share Posted April 29, 2021 On 4/10/2021 at 4:56 AM, Erwin said: Stumbled onto this extremely well made series of docs starting with Barbarossa.- free on Amazon Prime Soviet Storm is big-budget Russian production made about 10 years ago and redone for western audiences. Great digital effects combined with realistic live action - features a large cast of troops and realistic looking armor. Good writing and performances from actors. The first 3 or 4 episodes focus on Barbarossa in great detail. While mainly explaining the operational-strategic situations, there are many tactical-level explanations of German small-unit tactics eg: use of flame-throwers etc. The episodes also detail the times when the Soviets made successful counterattacks. So, it's not all about the Germans steamrolling over the Russians. A good source of inspiration for early war designers (for CM1 anyhow). Highly recommended for anyone interested in this phase of the Eastern Front. It's also free to watch on u-Tube. https://www.google.com/search?gs_ssp=eJzj4tZP1zc0MrQwyk1PM2D04inOL8tMLVEoLskvygUAakoIiQ&q=soviet+storm&oq=soviet+storm&aqs=chrome.1.69i57j46j0l8.7531j0j15&sourceid=chrome&ie=UTF-8 It's a really good documentary indeed. Made by 2 guys - one is Drabkin, who made a biggest contribution in war oral hilstory (thousands of interviews with vets) and Isaev, quite popular historian. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fireship4 Posted April 29, 2021 Share Posted April 29, 2021 Thanks for the link. The playlist: 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
weapon2010 Posted April 30, 2021 Share Posted April 30, 2021 I've watched all of the episodes, you will find out stuff you never knew! Its like 20 hours long.lol 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
weapon2010 Posted April 30, 2021 Share Posted April 30, 2021 13 hours , my bad 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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