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Why We Fight: The Battle of Russia

6.8(36)19431h 23m1

The fifth film of Frank Capra's Why We Fight propaganda film series, revealing the nature and process of the fight between the Soviet Union and Germany in the Second World War.

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Part of Why We Fight · 7 films
  • world war ii

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  • United StatesUS

    • Theatrical13 Nov 1943
  • NetherlandsNL

    • Physical12DVD29 Mar 2002
  • RussiaSU

    • TheatricalДубляж – ЦСДФ, 1944 г.23 Feb 1944

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Why We Fight: The Battle of Russia was released on 13 November 1943.

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    CinemaSerf

    7/7/2025

    7/10

    For some reason, I always felt that this front of WWII was always the most horrendous, and this two-parter goes some way to poignantly illustrating that. Using a combination of animated maps and plenty of wartime newsreel, it takes us into the heart of the Soviet Union as the encroaching Nazis crushed all before them. It’s striking that though much of Western Europe was industrialised, the population facing this onsl…

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