006 - Fascism's Dirty Hiccup, Part Two

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10/09/20 • 97 min

The sixth of a sixteen-part series about twentieth-century Romania, this episode explores the blunders and horrors of the Odessa Campaign, the life of Soviet sniper Lyudmila Pavlichenko, and the last days of dictator Ion Antonescu.

Series: Ceaușescu's Downfall (6/16)

Recommended: from The Washington Post, If Trump had been in charge during World War II, this column would be in German, by Max Boot.

Music credits: "The Black Waltz," Scott Buckley; a repetitive version of "All Star" by Smash Mouth.

Series: Ceaușescu's Downfall (6/16)

Recommended: from The Washington Post, If Trump had been in charge during World War II, this column would be in German, by Max Boot.

Music credits: "The Black Waltz," Scott Buckley; a repetitive version of "All Star" by Smash Mouth.

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The fifth of a sixteen-part series about twentieth-century Romania, this episode explores the driving tension between co-rulers Ion Antonescu and Horia Sima, the intervention of one Adolf Hitler, and a divided nation's steep careen into genocide.

Series: Ceaușescu's Downfall (5/16)

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