I'm a bit of a Sovietologist and have not seen an English language documentary that contains better film footage than this one. It is unfortunate that the commentary was controlled by the late 1970's era Soviet Communist party apparatus (others say Brezhnev, but he was too far gone to have really personally controlled the script). Obviously it's easier to know now - post Soviet Union - what the real history was compared to the 70's, but even then, it's hard to see how a western TV production could accept the "facts" as stated in the script.
Be aware, the footage is very graphic and you will be shocked at the carnage and amazed at the amount of punishment and pain the Soviet peoples went thru to recover from the Nazi's surprise invasion to their heroic victory.
Be aware, the footage is very graphic and you will be shocked at the carnage and amazed at the amount of punishment and pain the Soviet peoples went thru to recover from the Nazi's surprise invasion to their heroic victory.