Last night I viewed “WWII Behind Closed Doors: Stalin, the Nazis and the West” and was very impressed. It is a mix between a docu-drama and a documentary. It’s this type of production that really is useful in the classroom. Students are far more engaged when the presentation is dramatic, which this series does enough of to engage.
The publicity materials stated that this series will change the way we think about WWII. Though there were some details that I did not know, such as the newly released documents showing that Stalin told the Germans he would be on their side and support them in their conquest of Europe. (This implied militarily and was just after the non-agression pact.) But overall, the series didn’t really offer anything radical. It did go behind the scenes and that was very interesting.
So I highly reccommend that you check out the series, which starts tomorrow night on PBS.
I can’t understad how someone could spread those lies about “the greatest commander” Zhukov.
For example : who was responsble fot butchering soviet troops in battle at RZEW and SYCZEWKA ? All those soldiers send on german lines sensless … who was responsble ?
MANY MANY FACT’S CAN SAY TOO US that there is only two words , that can describe zhukow – butcher , buffon !