World War II on the Eastern Front: The Great Patriotic War

What did the Germans and the Soviets experience during World War II in their fight along the Eastern Front? Often little-known in the West, the Eastern Front was the deadliest and most decisive battlefront of the war. While the Soviets called it 'The Great Patriotic War,' its relative obscurity in the U.S. distorts our understanding of the Allied victory in World War II. Let's expand our perspective in this short lecture presentation.