About
A 24-part series which deals with the relations between the United States, the Soviet Union and their respective allies between the end of World War II to the collapse of the Soviet Union in 1991.
Cast
Kenneth Branagh
as
Seasons
Episodes
Season 1
Comrades (1917-1945)
Despite their ideological differences, the United States and the Soviet Union become allies in the wars against Germany.
Iron Curtain (1945–1947)
Stalin begins to spread communism across Europe after the war ends, and tension grows between the United States and the Soviet Union.
Marshall Plan (1947–1952)
The United States offers assistance to countries that reject communism after Great Britain halts aid to Turkey and Greece.
Berlin (1948–1949)
Berlin is divided into two separate cities, and Europe itself splits as the countries align themselves with the opposing major powers.
Korea (1949–1953)
A Chinese civil war between the factions of Mao Zedong and Chiang Kai-Shek brings the armed forces of the United States onto the battlefield to oppose communism.
Reds (1948–1953)
A look at the period in which Stalin securely dominated eastern Europe, China embraced communism, and anti-communist hysteria spread in the United States.
After Stalin (1953–1956)
Stalin's death brings hope that tensions will ease between the Soviet Union and the United States, and Nikita Khrushchev becomes the new Soviet Leader.
Sputnik (1949–1961)
The Soviet Union launches its first satellite into orbit while the United States' own space program lags behind.
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