An eventful period in July-August 1943, when there were major developments on the Eastern Front, in the Mediterranean, and in the Pacific.
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409 Famous Players in Famous Plays
The history of Paramount Pictures, one of the oldest and most prominent film studios of Hollywood's Golden Age.
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408 The Great Retreat
The end of the Battle of Kursk did not mean the end of the Red Army advance. The Germans withdrew, but the Red Army just kept coming.
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407 The Siege of Leningrad II
Hundreds of thousands died in Leningrad during the winter of 1941-42, but with spring came new hope. Composer Dmitri Shostakovich's latest symphony became a patriotic anthem, and not only in the USSR.
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406 The Siege of Leningrad I
As war raged around the globe, the city of Leningrad suffered under a German siege that lasted 872 days.
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