This is a very misleading film
It's no surprise that this films gets all of the facts wrong, as every other WWII film has done as well. First off, the Germans did not "invade" the Soviet Union. Stalin had amassed an army of more than 3 million soldiers in order to invade Germany and conquer the rest of Europe. The Germans got wind of this plan and Hitler ordered a preemptive strike against the Red Army to save Europe from the Communist hordes. This film would have you believe that the Reds were simply defending themselves against "the evil Germans" and were justified in their actions. Nothing could be further from the truth. The other egregious lie that the writer attempts to put forward is that the Germans raped and pillaged across the Eastern front. Again nothing could be further from the truth. In fact, it was the Germans who liberated millions of women and children from the Communists, and gave them food and shelter. Obviously, no filmmaker since WWII has had the balls to dare tell the truth about the Germans and portray them as the heroes that they were, and this film is no different, coming across more like watered-down Soviet propaganda. Make no mistake, the Soviets were the true barbaric savages of WWII, not the Germans.
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