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KGB - The Sword and the Shield

(dramatic music)(people lowly chattering) If the Americans had intercepted that cable...

(dramatic music)
(people lowly chattering) If the Americans had intercepted that cable Czech history might have taken a different turn

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(dramatic music) (people lowly chattering)
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If the Americans had intercepted that cable
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Czech history might have taken a different turn.
Duration
13 seconds
Views
43
Timestamp in Movie
00:34:01
Uploaded
Jun 20, 2025
Season
1
Episode
2
Genres
documentary
Production
Concorde-New Horizons

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Movie Summary

Millions suffered at the hands of the KGB. Mass executions, secret wars and coup d'états. But today, the security network is arguably stronger than ever.
S01 • E01 Relatives have laid plaques - KGB - The Sword and the Shield 00:08
Relatives have laid plaques
S01 • E03 He also announced that there is a department - KGB - The Sword and the Shield 00:06
He also announced that there is a department
S01 • E01 Stalin replaced him with fellow central committee member, - KGB - The Sword and the Shield 00:09
Stalin replaced him with fellow central committee member,
S01 • E02 Russian humor suggests that it wasn't only the Czechs - KGB - The Sword and the Shield 00:06
Russian humor suggests that it wasn't only the Czechs
S01 • E03 To no one's surprise, - KGB - The Sword and the Shield 00:05
To no one's surprise,
S01 • E01 And yet his first act was the release - KGB - The Sword and the Shield 00:06
And yet his first act was the release
S01 • E02 (crowd laughs) - KGB - The Sword and the Shield 00:12
(crowd laughs)
S01 • E01 But he was quite prepared to kill or incarcerate anyone - KGB - The Sword and the Shield 00:07
But he was quite prepared to kill or incarcerate anyone
S01 • E03 But on a second charge, I think he might've been acquitted, - KGB - The Sword and the Shield 00:07
But on a second charge, I think he might've been...
S01 • E01 Like Stalin, Beria was from Georgia, - KGB - The Sword and the Shield 00:07
Like Stalin, Beria was from Georgia,
S01 • E02 (dramatic music) - KGB - The Sword and the Shield 00:07
(dramatic music)
S01 • E01 They soon established a more comfortable environment - KGB - The Sword and the Shield 00:07
They soon established a more comfortable environment
S01 • E02 Quite a few people that were disgusted by the fact - KGB - The Sword and the Shield 00:08
Quite a few people that were disgusted by the fact
S01 • E01 It became one of the most celebrated - KGB - The Sword and the Shield 00:05
It became one of the most celebrated
S01 • E03 He'd been reliably informed that on his way to court, - KGB - The Sword and the Shield 00:07
He'd been reliably informed that on his way to court,
S01 • E02 (dramatic music) - KGB - The Sword and the Shield 00:13
(dramatic music)
S01 • E03 They'd either fake a car crash or just shoot him, - KGB - The Sword and the Shield 00:07
They'd either fake a car crash or just shoot him,
S01 • E01 Soviet Chekists controlled the Aragvi - KGB - The Sword and the Shield 00:05
Soviet Chekists controlled the Aragvi
S01 • E02 Everything concerning the Soviet Union - KGB - The Sword and the Shield 00:07
Everything concerning the Soviet Union
S01 • E01 It was created under the patronage of the NKVD. - KGB - The Sword and the Shield 00:04
It was created under the patronage of the NKVD.