Now, this extensive documentary is about to be released as a twenty-episode, five-DVD boxed set on May 24, 2011, and its 16+ hours of World War II footage is well worth watching. It originally ran on American television in 1978 but vanished from the airwaves after the Soviet Union invaded Afghanistan in 1979. But for decades after World War II, the average American knew very little about events on Europe’s Eastern Front-which is why a 1978 television documentary was titled The Unknown War: WWII and the Epic Battles of the Russian Front. Today, many Americans have seen programs about the German–Soviet clash on History, The Military Channel, PBS and other networks.

That was World War II, as fought between Nazi Germany and the Soviet Union, a struggle still known in the former USSR as The Great Patriotic War. Staggering casualty totals, both military and civilian. Sweeping maneuvers and desperate defensive stands.

Tank battles and urban warfare fought on an unimaginable scale. The Unknown War: WWII and the Epic Battles of the Russian Front. WW2 Documentary Unseen for 30 Years Returns on DVD Close

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