Falcon988 Posted December 13, 2003 Share Posted December 13, 2003 I'm looking for some good documentaries on the Eastern Front. Preferably covering the entire war, but specifically the Battle of Berlin and the the events leading up to it. Am having a lot of trouble as most documentaries center on the Western or Pacific theaters. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stikkypixie Posted December 13, 2003 Share Posted December 13, 2003 i don't know about documentaries, but -probably a stupid suggestion- have you considered books?? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Falcon988 Posted December 14, 2003 Author Share Posted December 14, 2003 Heh, yes I've read several of them :-P. I just want to see actual footage now. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pinetree Posted December 14, 2003 Share Posted December 14, 2003 If you can find them,The World At War TV series had episodes on Eastfront. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Capitalistdoginchina Posted December 14, 2003 Share Posted December 14, 2003 Check out this thread WW2 documentaries 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
V Posted December 14, 2003 Share Posted December 14, 2003 Shouldn't be too hard to find the W@W series. You might be able to rent them. My father in law got the set on VHS for Xmas a couple years ago and I believe it has been released on DVD. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Hooded One Posted December 14, 2003 Share Posted December 14, 2003 Originally posted by Pinetree: If you can find them,The World At War TV series had episodes on Eastfront. Yeah, I recently got the World at War DVD box set - all 28 hours of it - and it's a great investment. A lot of good East Front footage, and better still, interviews with folk who took part in it. Good stuff. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Los Posted December 15, 2003 Share Posted December 15, 2003 OK here's some documentaries I have or have seen that I would recommend. Definately grab World at War, the DVD is about seventy bucks on Amazon or ebay. There's IIRC at least four tapes covering the eastern Front. From International Historic Films ypu can get the follwoing that I've seen. "Battle of Stalingrad" (Russian Film on the battle) "Battle of kharkov: 1942" German wartime documentary on the battle, good footage. "Men Against tanks:" How infantry destroys tanks. Includes an attack (training attack) with about 20 T34s which are all destroyed using live fire with various infantry tank killer methods. "Die Frontshau" (also known as Gebrisjager in Action) 3 German infantry officer training films each depicting live action on eth Russian front and how to do stuff like attack a village, defend against attack in extreme cold weather, etc. Highly recommended. "Through Enemy Eyes:" There's porbably 50 1xhour episodes of german newsreel reports of the war, you can find lots of good footage of the Russian war through their perspective. "Russians at War" Russian COmbat footage from 1942 winter campaign Available from RZM and other sites "Achtung Panzers:" Film on Germn tanks including a segment of good footage on Khursk and a very well porduced 30 min training film on the use of Reserves in Regimental Defense, which depicts a russioan battle. great stuff great footage. "The Russian Front:1941-1945" A pretty good four tape documentary about the Russian front. Good overview. A solid 3.5 hours "Hunter of the Sky" This is like a 20 tapes series (30 mins each) about fighter combat. There's 4 or 5 that are russian Front Specific. ANyway that oughta hold you over for a few days providing you have sufficient popcorn. Los 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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