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Campaign in the Balkans

In August 1943 the Romanians changed sides. Thereafter, events moved swiftly: the Russians soon captured the vital Ploesti oil fields, a huge loss to the German war effort, and within days the Soviets captured Bucharest. A nervous Bulgaria sued for peace with the Allies, but the Russians pushed on into Sofia. Despite German delaying tactics, Hungary fell next. In Yugoslavia the Germans held grimly on to Belgrade until October. The bloody mop-up fighting was left to the Soviets and lasted until the end of the war.

English Norsk bokmål
  • Originally Aired January 1, 2002
  • Runtime 120 minutes
  • Content Rating United States of America TV-G
  • Network PBS
  • Created July 29, 2018 by
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  • Modified January 3, 2023 by
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