Soviet Storm: World War II in the East | Operation Barbarossa (Episode 1)

A 2011 Channel One Russia WWII Documentary series, produced by Star Media and Babich-Design. English narration by David Riley and Mike Cooper.

Episode 1: The Battle of Britain is over. The Luftwaffe has been driven to exhaustion, and Germany suffers its first major defeat. Even though Britain remains undefeated, it is so isolated that Hitler has no concerns about turning his attention East. Just a few officers of the Soviet Command doubted that there would be war with Germany. But what was the timing? The scout reports were controversial. In April 1940 Hitler signed the operation Barbarossa, and heavy war machinery started making its way to the boundaries of the USSR. However, the very first battles in June 1941 at the border at the Brest Fortress, near Kiev and Minsk broke the German design of Blitzkrieg, a ‘lightning war’. Operation Barbarossa, the German invasion of the USSR, takes the Soviets completely by surprise and the Red Army suffers terrible casualties.

Note: The series consists of 2 seasons (18 Episodes in totale). But since I'm uploading them in one go, I will follow a chronological order. At least the episodes about specific operations&battles. Unfortunately, the maps are in Cyrillic, only. But it's not a big problem if you're already a bit familiar with WWII in the Eastern Front.

Episode 2: https://rumble.com/v2pngzk-soviet-storm-world-war-ii-in-the-east-the-battle-of-kiev-1941-episode-2.html