The Symphony That Defeated the Wehrmacht - WAH 040 - August 1942, Pt . 1

The Big Action at the Warsaw Ghetto continues, while The Japanese carry out retaliations against the Chinese for aiding American airmen. Dmitri Shostakovichs Symphony no. 7 premieres in the besieged city of Leningrad.

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Hosted by: Spartacus Olsson
Director: Astrid Deinhard
Producers: Astrid Deinhard and Spartacus Olsson
Executive Producers: Astrid Deinhard, Indy Neidell, Spartacus Olsson, Bodo Rittenauer
Creative Director: Wieke Kapteijns
Creative Producer: Maria Kyhle
Written by: Spartacus Olsson and Joram Appel
Research by: Joram Appel
Edited by: Miki Cackowski
Map animations by: Miki Cackowski and Daniel Weiss
Map research by: Markus Linke
Sound design by: Marek Kamiński

Colorizations by:
Daniel Weiss
Mikołaj Uchman

Source literature list: http://bit.ly/WW2sources

Archive footage: Screenocean/Reuters - https://www.screenocean.com

Image sources:
Yad Vashem 1552/34, 1597/112, 1100/3, 4613/451, 3733/10, 3733/1, 1605/1006, 3380/1252
IWM TR 711

Soundtracks from Epidemic Sound:
Jon Bjork - Disposal
Jon Bjork - Icicles
Cobby Costa - Flight Path
Jon Bjork - For the Many
Johan Hynynen - Dark Beginning
Gavin Luke - Drifting Emotions 3
Phoenix Tail - Last Minute Reaction
Phoenix Tail - At the Front
Edward Karl Hanson - Firebreak

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