Follow the path of Leutnant Friedrich Sander, a Panzer officer in the German Wehrmacht during Operation Barbarossa, the attack on the Soviet Union.
In the first part of a two-part film, we follow Leutnant Sander on the strenuous, and costly race towards Leningrad and learn about the murderous and terrifying goals of the German campaign in the east.
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Tanks of World War Two: T-34
Part 1 of 4. James Holland explores the T-34 tank, the pride and joy of the Soviet Union in WWII.
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Tanks of World War Two: Jagdpanther
Part 2 of 4. James Holland investigates the mighty 'Jagdpanther', a German tank destroyer of WWII.
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Hunt the Bismarck
Launched on 14 February 1939, the German flagship and pride of the Kriegsmarine, Bismarck was launched. In the darkness of the early morning of the 19 May 1941, Bismarck slipped out of harbour on the Baltic coast and started making its way through the Baltic Sea on its maiden voyage, Operation Rh...
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