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The fascinating history of the military force of the Soviet Union. For 70 years, the Red Army was one of the foundations of the USSR, an instrument of fear as well as admiration, a symbol of liberation as well as coercion. While everyone knows that Trotsky's name is attached to its creation, most of its past is made up of military defeats and failures, contrary to the common idea. This documentary explores its history, combining epic narrative and deconstruction of the myth.

In episodes 9 and 10 of this series, the war moves from the secrecy of codebreaking rooms to one of the most brutal battlefields in history. Far from the front lines, in the quiet English countryside, a hidden struggle unfolds at Bletchley Park, where brilliant mathematicians, linguists and intelligence officers race to crack Germany’s Enigma code. Every intercepted message could save ships, reveal enemy plans and alter the fate of entire campaigns, turning silence, patience and genius into weapons as powerful as tanks or bombers.
The story then shifts to the Eastern Front, where Hitler launches Operation Blue in a desperate drive toward the Soviet oil fields and the city of Stalingrad. What begins as a strategic offensive becomes a nightmare of street-by-street combat, starvation, freezing conditions and unimaginable sacrifice. As German forces are pulled deeper into the ruins and Soviet resistance hardens, Stalingrad becomes more than a battle for a city; it becomes a turning point in World War II, where ambition, endurance and catastrophe collide on a scale that changed the course of the war.