Rise of the Nazis: Dictators at War
Stalingrad
Season 2 Episode 2 of 3
In January 1942 the German army loses the battle for Moscow and a furious Hitler sacks or side-lines his top generals and appoints himself commander-in-Chief of the army. He decides on a bold new plan, focusing his forces on seizing the Soviets oil fields and stealing the fuel from the Red Army to supply his own. Stalin unveils his own plan to drive the Germans out of the Soviet Union by launching a huge offensive from Leningrad to the Black Sea. Zhukov warns him that the Red Army is in no shape to attack, but Stalin banishes the former chief of the general staff to the front and takes control
Rise of the Nazis: Dictators at War airs on U&Yesterday +1 at 12:00 PM, Tuesday 12 November. (Subtitles.)
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Kate Fleetwood
Narrator
Ella Wright
Series Producer
Daniel Lavender
Editor