5 “Barbarossa (June – December 1941)” 21 November 1973
After dominating southeastern Europe through force or intrigue, Germany begins Operation Barbarossa, the massive invasion of Soviet Union. Despite several quick victories, the invasion ultimately stalls after a failed assault on Moscow during Russia’s harsh winter. Interviewees include General Walter Warlimont, Albert Speer, Paul Schmidt, Grigori Tokaty and W. Averell Harriman.
The series has 26 episodes. Producer Jeremy Isaacs asked Noble Frankland, then director of the Imperial War Museum, to list fifteen main campaigns of the war and devoted one episode to each. The remaining eleven episodes are devoted to other matters, such as the rise of the Third Reich, home life in Britain and Germany, the experience of occupation in the Netherlands, and the Nazis’ use of genocide. Episode 1 begins with a cold open describing the massacre at the French village of Oradour-sur-Glane by the Waffen SS.
The same event is referenced again at the end of Episode 26 and the series ends with Laurence Olivier uttering the poignant word, “Remember”.
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