War of the Century

• 1999
• •
• Ended

• Documentary

★ 7.8 TMDB Rating · 15 votes

The War of the Century: When Hitler Fought Stalin, is a BBC documentary film series that examines Adolf Hitler's invasion of the Soviet Union in 1941 and the no-holds-barred war on both sides. It not only examines the war but also the terror inside the Soviet Union at the time due to the paranoia of Joseph Stalin - the revenge atrocities, the Great Purge of army officers, the near-lunacy orders, and the paranoia of being upstaged by others, especially Marshal Zhukov. The historical adviser is Ian Kershaw.

Seasons

1

Episodes

4

Episode length

~1h

First aired

Oct 5, 1999

Networks

BBC Two

Original language

English

Origin

United Kingdom