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A successful invasion of Nazi-occupied Europe depended on intelligence from behind enemy lines. This report uses a mixture of dramatized reconstructions, captured Axis film and footage shot by the French Resistance to reveal life in Nazi-occupied Europe.
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Released
Original Language
EN

Amid the failing counteroffensive, a journalist follows a Ukrainian platoon on their mission to traverse one mile of heavily fortified forest and liberate a strategic village from Russian occupation. But the farther they advance through their destroyed homeland, the more they realize that this war may never end.

Prelude to War was the first film of Frank Capra's Why We Fight propaganda film series, commissioned by the Pentagon and George C. Marshall. It was made to convince American troops of the necessity of combating the Axis Powers during World War II. This film examines the differences between democratic and fascist states.