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KGB - The Sword and the Shield

They had to choose, fire on your own people or switch sides

They had to choose, fire on your own people or switch sides

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They had to choose, fire on your own people or switch sides.
Duration
6 seconds
Views
657
Timestamp in Movie
00:03:53
Uploaded
Jun 20, 2025
Season
1
Episode
3
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 • E02 Many of them had all kinds of vices, - KGB - The Sword and the Shield 00:08
Many of them had all kinds of vices,
S01 • E01 (soft music) - KGB - The Sword and the Shield 00:17
(soft music)
S01 • E02 Most of them were very eager as well, - KGB - The Sword and the Shield 00:04
Most of them were very eager as well,
S01 • E02 They don't see at this moment in time, - KGB - The Sword and the Shield 00:06
They don't see at this moment in time,
S01 • E03 The following morning, when Boris Yeltsin - KGB - The Sword and the Shield 00:07
The following morning, when Boris Yeltsin
S01 • E02 They see themselves as helping out a plucky, - KGB - The Sword and the Shield 00:07
They see themselves as helping out a plucky,
S01 • E03 A simple handshake effectively determined the coup was over. - KGB - The Sword and the Shield 00:04
A simple handshake effectively determined the coup was over.
S01 • E02 From 1940, these five Cambridge spies - KGB - The Sword and the Shield 00:16
From 1940, these five Cambridge spies
S01 • E01 (Russian National Anthem) - KGB - The Sword and the Shield 00:05
(Russian National Anthem)
S01 • E03 President Gorbachev returned to Moscow, - KGB - The Sword and the Shield 00:10
President Gorbachev returned to Moscow,
S01 • E01 Russia, the largest country on earth. - KGB - The Sword and the Shield 00:05
Russia, the largest country on earth.
S01 • E01 Misunderstood by many and feared by even more. - KGB - The Sword and the Shield 00:06
Misunderstood by many and feared by even more.
S01 • E01 (Russian National Anthem) - KGB - The Sword and the Shield 00:15
(Russian National Anthem)
S01 • E03 The leaders of the KGB didn't understand - KGB - The Sword and the Shield 00:06
The leaders of the KGB didn't understand
S01 • E02 So, when America detonated the world's first atomic bomb, - KGB - The Sword and the Shield 00:07
So, when America detonated the world's first atomic...
S01 • E03 They didn't understand that most KGB officers - KGB - The Sword and the Shield 00:08
They didn't understand that most KGB officers
S01 • E02 KGB spies were already supplying intelligence, - KGB - The Sword and the Shield 00:10
KGB spies were already supplying intelligence,
S01 • E01 Russia's people have been encouraged - KGB - The Sword and the Shield 00:06
Russia's people have been encouraged
S01 • E03 The cadre of coup leaders became known - KGB - The Sword and the Shield 00:05
The cadre of coup leaders became known
S01 • E02 There was a decision by Stalin to to concentrate - KGB - The Sword and the Shield 00:11
There was a decision by Stalin to to concentrate