Description
BATTLEFIELD: CAMPAIGN IN THE BALKANS
Product Details
- UPC: 5022802211151
- Artist: The History Zone
- Genre: Special Interest
- Number of discs: 1
- Label: Pegasus Entertainment
- Release date: 2002
- Region: 0, PAL
Overview
"Battlefield: Campaign in the Balkans" is a historical documentary that tells the story of the lesser-known Russian campaign in the Balkans during World War Two. The documentary features rare archive footage and informative graphics to bring to life the drama and events of this important campaign.
The documentary covers the Allied bombing, the war on the Eastern Front, Hitler's new weapons, the disintegration of the Axis, the defeat of Bulgaria, and the road to Berlin.
Scenes
- Campaign In The Balkans
- The Bombing Begins
- War On The Eastern Front
- Hitler's New Weapons
- The Axis Disintegrates
- Bulgaria
- Defeat Draws Near
- The Wars Within
- The Road To Berlin
- The Final Defence
Interesting Facts
- The Romanians overthrew their leader Antonescu and changed sides in August 1943, prompted by merciless Allied bombing.
- The Russians captured the vital Ploesti oilfields, a huge loss to the German war effort, and soon took Bucharest itself.
- The Balkans were carved up and left to Soviet control in the immediate post-war era, and the area remains a volatile political and ethnic mix to this very day.
From Backside:
Though the crucial Russian campaign in the Balkans states A is perhaps one of the war's lesser known stories, it is a saga packed with drama. In August 1943 the Romanians-no doubt prompted by merciless Allied bombing overthrew their leader Antonescu and changed sides. Thereafter, events moved swiftly the Russians soon captured the vital Ploesti oilfields, a huge loss to the German war effort, and within days the Soviets had taken Bucharest itself. A nervous Bulgaria sued for peace with the Allies, but the Russians pushed on into Sofia.
Despite the German delaying tactics. Hungary fell next, although there were reinforcements from Axis troops stationed in Greece and Yugoslavia. In Yugoslavia itself the Germans held on grimly to Belgrade until October. The bloody fighting over, the Balkans were carved up and left to Soviet control in the immediate post war era, and the area remains a volatile political and ethnic mix to this very day.
