and this was stalingrad.ian countryside, the results of the winter were clear. the invader had been driven back far beyond the lines he had occupied a year earlier. 185,000 square miles of russian land had been freed, and in this winter campaign of 1942, the axis powers had lost 5500 tanks, over 20,000 guns, 30,705 machine guns, more than 500,000 rifles, 17 million shells, 128 million cartridges, vast stores of other materials 1,193,525 men, of whom 800,000 were dead. that is the story to date of the german attempt to conquer russia. in 1941, they tried for moscow and failed. in 1942, they tried for the caucuses and failed. in 1943, and for as many more years as necessary, they will not only be resistant wherever their failing powers strike, but they will be attacked, attacked and attacked by these united people of these united nations. ♪ [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2016] [captioning performed by the national captioning institute, which is responsible for its caption content and accurac

stalingrad. the film in in 1943 when the soviets are beginning to reclaim lost territory from the invading german army. ♪ ♪ narrator: this is a film about that scale and grandeur. this is a film about that military achievement. this is a film about a people, who for all times shattered the , not the instability. this is a film about victory and defeat. victory, and german defeat. this is the battle for russia, a battle that has been going on for centuries, a battle that filled the pages of russian history. 1242. the german order of teutonic knights have invaded northeastern russia and occupied the old city. ♪ narrator: under the leadership of their grand master, they try -- they threatened to enslave the whole population of that area, including the capital novgorod. , ♪ in their hour of peril, the russian people turn to their prince, alexander nevsky. on april the 5th, 1242 on lake peipus, the russians met the -- the russians met the might of the german forces. ♪ they weren't as well equipped or

pease came to stalingrad. -- peace came to stalingrad.idence of their ordeal. but the defenders of the city greeted the don. dawn. stalingrad was free. nazis had capitulated. the german generals who had been ordered to take stalingrad andrdless of the cost, obediently promised that the city would be hit. these generals, 24 of them, who had covered themselves with such glory on the fields of france and norway had only the past glory. commander-in-chief of the german armies of stalingrad. this is the man who told his soldiers that if they surrender, he would see to it that their families died in reprisal. when he faced his captors, his face resembled -- reflected the anxiety that hibbler might take the same revenge on his family. he knew when he surrendered, hibbler lost not only a field marshal, but an entire army, 22 divisions and 330,000 men. these are the men who had been promised that as conquerors they would winter in stalingrad. well, it was winter. and this was stalingrad. and here were the conquerors. and when another spring broke

stalingrad. the film in in 1943 when the soviets are beginning to reclaim lost territory from the invading german army. ♪

hundreds of thousands of romanian troops fought ferociously for hitler at stalingrad, and by the endthe war, hundreds of thousands of romanian troops were fighting ferociously against hitler in order to regain transsill vain ya from hungary. .. a connotative many good things and it's also a place where there's a large minority of ethnic hungarians because that region had been part of greater hungary up until romania got it back at the end of world war ii. actually i'm telescoping history because the region changed and many times. c-span: how many were murdered in the holocaust from romania? >> basically, here is the record. over 300,000 jewish were murdered by troops with the pure credit fingerprints all over it. in their regions outside romania occupied by the romanian army you know in the midst of hitler's operation barbarossa the captured the soviet union, the captured the soviet union. romanian troops got as far as odessa, the black sea port in the middle of the black sea. i believe the number was 375,000 jews but it's in the book specifically. all of this is the work gets trailb

celebrating the sacrifice of the russian people and many battles including moscow, leningrad, and stalingradin 1943 when the soviets are beginning to reclaim lost territory from the invading german army. ♪

comes from the smoke from when he was a real libertarian, but not to know what aleppo is or what stalingradar ii, not to know the battle of the bulge or the landing of normandy, so utterly ignorant. i don't mean to be harsh on the guy -- >> but you are. >> he may not be president. he may not be president. >> there you go. geraldo, thank you very much. >> thank you. and great to see you. you look so sharp together. >> see you on the radio. >> i'll be there. >>> ten minutes after the top of the hour. let's go inside where it's quieter for some headlines. >> it is. good morning to you. a fox news alert right now. serious story from overseas. president obama now promising what he calls serious consequences after north korea's latest show of force and this is a big one. the communist country carrying out its most powerful nuclear test yet. that blast so strong that it triggered a 5.3 magnitude earthquake. south korea calling kim jong un's latest move fanatic and reckless. we'll keep you posted. >>> well, while you were sleeping the obama administration quietly shutting down a prison at guantanam