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War of the Century: Learning to Win

on BBC Two England

Series that analyses the course of the bloody war between Hitler's Germany and Stalin's Soviet Union.

An examination of the Battle of Stalingrad, one of the most horrific engagements in the history of warfare where, in 1942, the exhausted and demoralised Soviet army managed to turn the tables on Hitler's advancing forces through the implementation of new combat tactics: fighting on the retreat.
See Choice.
(Repeated next Saturday) (S)
Website: [web address removed]
BBC Book: War of the Century: When Hitler Fought Stalin, priced £18.99

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Producer:
Laurence Rees

BBC Two England

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