Von Garmisch in den Kaukasus (2009)
• January 1st, 2009 • 1h 34min
Documentary
Overview
On April 9, 1938, the 1st Mountain Division was formed in Garmisch-Partenkirchen and quickly grew to a strength of 20,000 men. At the beginning of the Russian campaign on 22 June 1941, the "Edelweiss Division" ran into a buildup of 122 Red Army divisions with over 10,000 tanks and 91 air squadrons on the southern front alone. In the toughest of battles, the mountain troops fought their way to the summit of Mount Elbrus - the highest mountain in the Caucasus! - and set military as well as alpinistic standards of almost superhuman performance. In moving eyewitness accounts, illustrated by gripping original footage, the triumphant march and ordeal of the 1st Mountain Division from June 1941 to December 1942 is traced under the leadership of the renowned British book and film author.
Make sure to check your pop-up blocker!!
Trailer
Similar Movies
My House Without Me
Released on: 2012-05-31
Documentary
Two women, one house. An intimate story about a Pole and a German placed by war on enemy sides and t...
We Will Remain Faithful
Released on: 1945-10-12
Documentary
The compilation documentary We Will Remain Faithful is a testimony to the Czechoslovak resistance du...
Mein Kampf
Released on: 1960-04-24
Documentary
"Mein Kampf" presents the raising and fall of the Third Reich, showing mainly the destruction of Pol...
The Rape of Europa
Released on: 2007-03-17
Documentary, History, War
World War II was not just the most destructive conflict in humanity, it was also the greatest theft ...
Combat America
Released on: 1943-01-01
War, Documentary, History
Produced in 1943 under the guidance of Army Air Force Lieutenant Clark Gable, this film follows a si...
Mains basses sur les savants d'Hitler, le plan secret français
Released on: 2023-11-27
Documentary, History, War
Hitler's Forgotten Victims
Released on: 1997-10-02
Documentary, TV Movie, History, War
The story of black and mixed race people in Nazi Germany who were sterilised, experimented upon, tor...
Album(s) d'Auschwitz
Released on: 2012-01-24
Documentary
Recently, two photo albums with photos from Auschwitz were found in 1944. One belongs to Officer Kar...
Escape from Davao: 1943
Released on: 2013-05-08
Documentary, War, TV Movie
April 4, 1943, ten American prisoners of war and two Filipino convicts executed a daring escape from...
Churchill and the Cabinet War Rooms
Released on:
Documentary
This drama-documentary evokes what it was like to work closely with Churchill in the Cabinet War Roo...
In einer chinesischen Stadt
Released on: 1938-01-01
Documentary
After the capture of Shanghai, Japanese soldiers make a trip to Suzhou.
Fyra dagar som skakade Sverige - Midsommarkrisen 1941
Released on: 1988-01-03
Documentary, Drama
At dawn on June 22, 1941, Germany invaded the Soviet Union. On the same morning, Germany demanded pe...
Why We Fight: Prelude to War
Released on: 1942-05-27
Documentary, War
Prelude to War was the first film of Frank Capra's Why We Fight propaganda film series, commissioned...
Report from the Aleutians
Released on: 1943-07-30
Documentary, War, History
A documentary propaganda film produced by the U.S. Army Signal Corps about the Aleutian Islands Camp...
Old Man River
Released on: 1999-03-03
Documentary
Documentary film version of the stage show in which actress Cynthia Gates Fujikawa explores the stor...
Assault on Normandy: Gold Beach - Battle for the Beaches
Released on: 2013-04-17
Documentary, History, War
Gold Beach is the story of the highly successful assault by 50th Northumbrian Division and 231 Malta...