The Front Show is a series of World War II

World War II

World War II, or the Second World War , was a global conflict lasting from 1939 to 1945, involving most of the world's nations—including all of the great powers—eventually forming two opposing military alliances: the Allies and the Axis...

 era German military training films shown to German soldiers before being shipped off to the Eastern Front

Eastern Front (World War II)

The Eastern Front of World War II was a theatre of World War II between the European Axis powers and co-belligerent Finland against the Soviet Union, Poland, and some other Allies which encompassed Northern, Southern and Eastern Europe from 22 June 1941 to 9 May 1945...

. They were directed by the veteran propagandist Fritz Hippler

Fritz Hippler

Fritz Hippler was a German filmmaker who ran the film department in the Propaganda Ministry of the Third Reich, under Joseph Goebbels. He is most famous as director of the propaganda film Der ewige Jude ....

, best known for Der Ewige Jude

The Eternal Jew

The Eternal Jew is an antisemitic German Nazi propaganda film, presented as a documentary. Its title in German is Der ewige Jude, the German term for the character of the "Wandering Jew" in medieval folklore. At the insistence of Nazi Germany's Minister of Propaganda, Joseph Goebbels, the film was...

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The installments in the series are:

• FS 11 Terrain Difficulties in the East, Winter and Spring (1943)
• FS 9/10 Construction of Positions (1941)
• FS 8 Defensive Battle in Winter (1943)
• FS 7 Attack by Infantry and Armor Against a Village (1941)
• FS 5/6 Mountains Troops Battle for a Town (1941)
• FS 4 Infantry on the Attack (1941)
• FS 3 Advance (1941)
• FS 2 Russian Construction of Positions (1941)
• FS 13 Traveling Across Ice Surfaces and Waters with Drifting Ice (1941)

See also

• List of German films 1933–1945

The Front Show is a series of World War II

World War II

World War II, or the Second World War , was a global conflict lasting from 1939 to 1945, involving most of the world's nations—including all of the great powers—eventually forming two opposing military alliances: the Allies and the Axis...

 era German military training films shown to German soldiers before being shipped off to the Eastern Front

Eastern Front (World War II)

The Eastern Front of World War II was a theatre of World War II between the European Axis powers and co-belligerent Finland against the Soviet Union, Poland, and some other Allies which encompassed Northern, Southern and Eastern Europe from 22 June 1941 to 9 May 1945...

. They were directed by the veteran propagandist Fritz Hippler

Fritz Hippler

Fritz Hippler was a German filmmaker who ran the film department in the Propaganda Ministry of the Third Reich, under Joseph Goebbels. He is most famous as director of the propaganda film Der ewige Jude ....

, best known for Der Ewige Jude

The Eternal Jew

The Eternal Jew is an antisemitic German Nazi propaganda film, presented as a documentary. Its title in German is Der ewige Jude, the German term for the character of the "Wandering Jew" in medieval folklore. At the insistence of Nazi Germany's Minister of Propaganda, Joseph Goebbels, the film was...

.

The installments in the series are:

• FS 11 Terrain Difficulties in the East, Winter and Spring (1943)
• FS 9/10 Construction of Positions (1941)
• FS 8 Defensive Battle in Winter (1943)
• FS 7 Attack by Infantry and Armor Against a Village (1941)
• FS 5/6 Mountains Troops Battle for a Town (1941)
• FS 4 Infantry on the Attack (1941)
• FS 3 Advance (1941)
• FS 2 Russian Construction of Positions (1941)
• FS 13 Traveling Across Ice Surfaces and Waters with Drifting Ice (1941)

See also

• List of German films 1933–1945

The Front Show is a series of World War II

World War II

World War II, or the Second World War , was a global conflict lasting from 1939 to 1945, involving most of the world's nations—including all of the great powers—eventually forming two opposing military alliances: the Allies and the Axis...

 era German military training films shown to German soldiers before being shipped off to the Eastern Front

Eastern Front (World War II)

The Eastern Front of World War II was a theatre of World War II between the European Axis powers and co-belligerent Finland against the Soviet Union, Poland, and some other Allies which encompassed Northern, Southern and Eastern Europe from 22 June 1941 to 9 May 1945...

. They were directed by the veteran propagandist Fritz Hippler

Fritz Hippler

Fritz Hippler was a German filmmaker who ran the film department in the Propaganda Ministry of the Third Reich, under Joseph Goebbels. He is most famous as director of the propaganda film Der ewige Jude ....

, best known for Der Ewige Jude

The Eternal Jew

The Eternal Jew is an antisemitic German Nazi propaganda film, presented as a documentary. Its title in German is Der ewige Jude, the German term for the character of the "Wandering Jew" in medieval folklore. At the insistence of Nazi Germany's Minister of Propaganda, Joseph Goebbels, the film was...

.

The installments in the series are:

• FS 11 Terrain Difficulties in the East, Winter and Spring (1943)
• FS 9/10 Construction of Positions (1941)
• FS 8 Defensive Battle in Winter (1943)
• FS 7 Attack by Infantry and Armor Against a Village (1941)
• FS 5/6 Mountains Troops Battle for a Town (1941)
• FS 4 Infantry on the Attack (1941)
• FS 3 Advance (1941)
• FS 2 Russian Construction of Positions (1941)
• FS 13 Traveling Across Ice Surfaces and Waters with Drifting Ice (1941)

See also

• List of German films 1933–1945

External links

• Extensive information on the series from International Historic Films