Soviet Storm: WW2 in the East
Season 1, Episode 14: The Rzhev ‘Meat-Grinder’
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The German conquests of 1941 left Hitler’s troops perilously close to the Soviet capital, Moscow. Around Rzhev terrible fighting raged as the Red Army attacked again and again to drive back the invader. Soviet troops, who suffered appalling casualties, grimly referred to these battles as ‘the Rzhev meat-grinder’.
All Episodes - Season 1
Episode 1
Operation Barbarossa
Episode 2
The Battle of Moscow
Episode 3
The Siege of Leningrad
Episode 4
Stalingrad
Episode 5
The Battle of Kursk
Episode 6
Operation Bagration
Episode 7
Battle of Ukraine
Episode 8
Battle of Berlin
Episode 9
The Secret War
Episode 10
The War at Sea
Episode 11
The Air War
Episode 12
The Battle for Germany
Episode 13
War Against Japan
Episode 14
The Rzhev ‘Meat-Grinder’
Episode 15
The Battle of Kiev
Episode 16
The Defence of Sevastopol
Episode 17
The Battle of the Caucasus
Episode 18
The Partisan War