War of the Century

Infobox Television Film
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name = War of the Century


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format = Documentary series
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producer = Laurence Rees
writer = Laurence Rees
narrator = Samuel West
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country = flagicon|UK United Kingdom
language = English
distributor = BBC
released = 2001
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runtime = 200 min
num_episodes = 4
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imdb_id = 0433478
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"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. Not only it 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 purge of the armed forces, the near-lunacy orders, and the paranoia of being upstaged by others, especially Marshal Zhukov. The historical adviser is Prof. Ian Kershaw.

Media information

DVD release

*Relesed on Region 2 DVD by BBC Video as part of the "BBC World War II DVD Collection".cite web | url=http://www.bbcshop.com/History/World-War-Two-Collection-The-DVD/invt/bbcdvd1728 | title=The World War Two Collection | accessdate=2008-07-22 | author= | last= | first= | authorlink= | coauthors= | date=2005-04-25 | year= | month= | format= | work= | publisher=BBC Shop | pages= | language=English | doi= | archiveurl= | archivedate= | quote= ]

Companion book

* cite book
date = 30 Sep 1999
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last = Rees
first = Laurence
publisher = BBC Books
id = ISBN 978-0563384779

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