campaigns waged by the Marines in Guadalcanal, Tarawa, and
Iwo Jima are traced by documentary filmmakers in this collection of
three short films constructed from actual wartime footage.
While this film of one of the epic struggles of WWII is over 50 years
old, it still delivers the drama of the battle fought by Russian
soldiers and sailors to defend Leningrad. Codenamed "Operation
Barbarrosa" by Hitler, the battle was truly horrific. This documentary,
The Great Battle of the Volga, focuses on the bravery and suffering of
the Russian soldiers as they endure the tremendous attack by the
well-equipped German army. That they could regroup and fight back with
such ferocity is depicted, along with the terrible destruction caused by
the Germans.
While this film of on
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