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8.5/10 IMDb Genre Educational Based on World War II Initial release 2010 Number of seasons 2 | 4.5/5 Amazon Also known as Russian: Великая война Created by Anna Grazhdan Directed by Anna Grazhdan First episode date 29 March 2010 Number of episodes 17 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Written by Artem Drabkin
Aleksey Isaev Directors Valeriy Babich, Anna Grazhdan Networks Channel One Russia, History Similar World War II movies, Documentaries | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Soviet Storm: World War II in the East (Russian title: Советский Шторм: Вторая мировая война на Востоке; original Russian title — Великая война, English: The Great War) is a 2011 17-episode Russian television World War II series created by Anna Grazhdan, Artem Drabkin, and Aleksey Isaev. An online version includes 18 episodes, ordered chronologically.
The series consists of 2 seasons, which document and recount the most important, bloody, costly, and decisive events, battles, and personalities on the Eastern Front in World War II. Episodes generally last between 40 and 45 minutes and the overall series lasts approximately 12 hours.
Series 2
An online version adds an 18th episode, "The Battle of Kursk", and reorders the episodes more chronologically:
1. Operation Barbarossa
2. The Battle of Kiev
3. The Defence of Sevastopol
4. The Battle of Moscow
5. The Siege of Leningrad
6. Rzhev
7. The Battle of Stalingrad
8. The Battle for Caucasus
9. The Battle of Kursk
10. The Liberation of Ukraine
11. Operation Bagration
12. War in the Air
13. War in the Sea
14. The Partisan Movement
15. Secret Intelligence of the Red Army
16. The Battle for Germany
17. Battle of Berlin
18. War Against Japan