War of the Century

I watch the History Channel. I watch the History Channel a lot. I have just seen the first installment of "War of the Century", a four part documentary focusing on WWII's war between Russia and Germany. It is an amazing piece of work. Immediately, its high production values can be seen. The visuals are striking. The colors are flowing and surreal. It's amazing.

Further, you can have all the pretty CG in the world, and if you don't care about the people...

"War of the Century" is filled with the words of the soldiers who fought. We see and hear aged men who fought in the Soviet and Nazi armies. It's amazing. Typically, you expect to see the Germans tell how they weren't aware of what was going on. They did not know of the horrors. They were innocent. "War of the Century" speaks with a former-Panzer commander. What did he say? "We could have won! We could have won!"

This series opens up this darkened aspect of the Second World War. It uncovered lost and forgotten documents. It found a proposed peace settlement that Stalin wanted to enact when the German army was at Moscow. We see German newspapers. We see titles that translated to "Europe is Saved". We see German newspapers with titles that translated to "Europe is Saved".

Germany and Russia signed a treaty at the start of the war, agreeing to maintain neutrality toward each other. Yet, after Hitler crushed France and was poised to look across the English Channel, he turned back on Russia. He felt that America, England, and Russia would attack him together. He decided to take out the Soviets. He was at Britain's door. England is but a small island. Yet, Hitler decided to try to take down the vast USSR.

My great uncle served in WWII. He fought the Nazis. Russia fought the Nazis, too.

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Peter Tatara
8.15.2000

Dairy Farmers For Quebec's Independence