in my job a history teacher i have see many documentary deal with world war 2 and prelude to it but this have to be one of the best . show clearly stalins ruthlessness but also give so much well deserve credit to the ordinary soviet people struggle and effort to survive both their own and a foreign dictator . it give a much more balanced look on how the war be fight and can give much understanding also to the development of the cold war and also understand on what can be see a a russian obsession with the war . after have study this documentary and read book in the subject one have no doubt anymore that the war affect the russian people hard of all nation . a brilliant historical documentary at it best .