Operation Edelweiss opens with a blast, and as the Wehrmacht closes in on Stalingrad, Stalin issues that famous order. There arent just big actions in the East, the Japanese have landed in New Guinea, the Allies try one more offensive at El Alamein, and the Americans have locked in on Guadalcanal.

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Hosted by: Indy Neidell
Director: Astrid Deinhard
Producers: Astrid Deinhard and Spartacus Olsson
Executive Producers: Astrid Deinhard, Indy Neidell, Spartacus Olsson, Bodo Rittenauer
Creative Director: Wieke Kapteijns
Creative Producer: Maria Kyhle
Written by: Indy Neidell
Research by: Indy Neidell
Edited by: Miki Cackowski
Map animations by: Daniel Weiss
Map research by: Markus Linke
Sound design by: Marek Kamiński

Colorizations by:
Mikołaj Uchman
Klimbim - https://www.flickr.com/photos/22155693@N04/
Norman Stewart - https://oldtimesincolor.blogspot.com/
Julius Jääskeläinen - https://www.facebook.com/JJcolorization/

Source literature list: http://bit.ly/WW2sources

Archive footage: Screenocean/Reuters - https://www.screenocean.com

Image sources:
Bundesarchiv
Narodowe Archiwum Cyfrowe
IWM A 31092, WPN 65
from the Noun Project: Weight by Vadim Solomakhin

Soundtracks from Epidemic Sound:
Reynard Seidel - Deflection
Jo Wandrini - Dragon King
Johan Hynynen - Dark Beginning
Johannes Bornlof - Last Man Standing 3
Rannar Sillard - March Of The Brave 4
Edward Karl Hanson - Firebreak
Cobby Costa - Flight Path
Fabien Tell - Weapon of Choice
Phoenix Tail - At the Front

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