What We Saw - Season 3
Season 3
Join @BillWhittleChannel as he uncovers Moscow's dark history beyond its landmarks. This journey through Russia reveals a past filled with secret police, fear, and suppression. Explore contrasts from modern skyscrapers to the Kremlin's ancient walls, and the oppressive Red Square bunker. Delve into the Lubyanka building's secrets, once home to the FSB, KGB, and Cheka, and learn about the tragic human cost of the Soviet terror apparatus. Whittle's documentary serves as a stark reminder of political tyranny's impact and the importance of remembering history's somber moments.
Network
DatesMar 6, 2024 - Apr 24, 2024
Episodes
Season 3Episode 160 min
Innocent People
Over 20 million people were murdered in 20th century Soviet Russia at the hands of Lenin, Trotsky, and Stalin. Unimaginable horror swept the nation, turning the wort nightmares of blameless Soviet citizens into a gruesome reality. Join Bill Whittle as he revisits the sites of the most deadly regime in human history.
Mar 6, 2024
Season 3Episode 260 min
Bacillus
Russia is still feeling the shock of the long-established autocracy falling with Tsar Nicholas II while they're completely wrapped up in World War 1. An ambitious Vladimir Lenin is secretly smuggled into Russia to bring chaos, and chaos he certainly brought. Follow Bill Whittle as he details the intensely chaotic beginnings of the Bolshevik Revolution, including charismatic characters, competing governments, and secret foreign actors.
Mar 12, 2024
Season 3Episode 360 min
The Ramshackle Revolution
It's 1917. Lenin and comrades have galvanized large swaths of Russian common folk, or the "Proletariat," and they all want revenge. A provisional government that reminds the masses too much of the previous oppressive monarchy turns a blind eye to Lenin and the people. The conditions are ripe for revolution.
Mar 19, 2024
Season 3Episode 460 min
The Bloodbath Begins
Having just succeeded in their revolution, the Bolsheviks lay roots for what would become one of the most oppressive governments the world has ever seen. In order to lay roots, however, they needed to clear ground. Bill Whittle takes you through the bloodshed of the Soviet Union’s infancy, and witnesses how the Bolsheviks lacked common sense and competence, but made up for it with sheer intimidation and dumb luck.
Mar 27, 2024
Season 3Episode 560 min
The Victory Over Democracy
Despite the momentum Russia was gaining in prosperity and liberty in the beginning of the 20th century, the dark Bolshevik Revolution would still have its way. Follow Bill Whittle as he details how Lenin forcibly took any power the people had and how he developed a hatred for the very people he should have been fighting for.
Apr 3, 2024
Season 3Episode 660 min
Red Terror
At the seizure of power, Lenin and his Bolsheviks are met with assassination attempts and resistance that turns into a civil war. The retaliation that the Bolsheviks unleash on the failed resistance and the people of Russia is unspeakably and gruesomely horrific. Witness the internal conflict in early Soviet Russia and the consequential atrocities with Bill Whittle.
Apr 10, 2024
Season 3Episode 760 min
Collapse
A young Georgian man exudes a charisma, competence, and a rare “hardness” that allows him to quickly rise in the ranks of Lenin’s government. Meanwhile, Lenin’s health becomes a foreboding symbol for the degenerating country of Russia. Journey with Bill Whittle through the rise of Stalin, the fall of Lenin, and the Soviet Union’s brief affair with capitalist economics.
Apr 17, 2024
Season 3Episode 860 min
Echoes of Murder
What does the cold steel in Soviet Gulags do? It cracks. What does the cold Stalin, or ‘Man of Steel’ in Russian, do? He makes Lenin’s ‘Red Terror’ look like child’s play. Witness the dismal conclusion to An Empire of Terror as Bill Whittle walks you through the physical and psychological suffering of the Russian people, the Soviet government cannibalizing itself, and perhaps some of the most blatant acts of evil the world has ever seen—all at the hands of Joseph Stalin.
Apr 24, 2024
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