The Battle of Russia (1943), The Battle of China (1944)

Two typically good 'Why We Fight' entry’s partly of interest in that they are American propaganda for nations that, shortly after the war, would become quite problematic for the U.S. government. This is particularly true for the film on Russia, then already communist for decades. Very little is said about the Russian revolution, and no distinct opinion is ventured on it by the American voice over. Multiple sequences that show Russians attending church services, praying, and celebrating Christmas may seem forgone in light of cold war conceptions of the Soviet State, however Stalin did lighten up on the Orthodox Church during the war years, his people needing any hope and inspiration they could get. The China entry was interesting to me in that I and most Americans, including probably many WWII aficandos, know relatively little about this important theater of the war.