Well done visualizations of the number of military & civilian deaths occurred during second world war. The video version was a bit long, yet rich in details. The interactive vis. in the middle of the video was useful.<p>Though most of the video deals with the number of deaths, towards the last 10% of the video, the focus is on the PEACE we are enjoying today. The comparison between how bad the world was in the past to how good it is now, is staggering.<p>One nice twist was, towards the end of the video (17:30 mins), the time line zooms in based on your computer's local time.
BTW in addition to amazing content, this documentary is also technically interesting: this is not a video created in some motion graphics production software.<p>It is a hand-written JavaScript code, rendered realtime in WebGL using three.js (if you select "interactive" option, "video" option is a capture of this WebGL rendering).
I grew up in the United States.<p>In school, when I was educated about the war, Germany is construed as this bully that no one stands up to. I remember having the impression that the rest of Europe just lacked the courage to fight back, opting for appeasement instead. I remember being taught that Nazi Germany only appeared strong -- but that inside was a crumbling, weak core. Like a bully who would crumple in a real fight.<p>I remember being taught that countries that are evil cannot be also strong. I remember being taught that the Soviet Union was similar -- it was evil, and therefore weak, and that's why it ultimately collapsed.<p>Thinking back, I was obviously indoctrinated. The truth was, Germany was strong. Evil, and strong. Just look at the numbers. All the other theaters of the war pale in comparison to the Eastern Front.<p>It seems like such a massive mistake of Hitler to attack the USSR. I wonder what the world would look like today had he not...
This is just beautifully done. It blends art, documentary, data visualization, and history in a way I've never seen before. It must have taken quite a lot of work.<p>I'd love more info on the technologies used to produce it.
I always knew the russian front had a much bigger impact on the war then we are taught in our western history classes, but this video made me see the scale of the loses on the soviet side. Incredible.<p>The video is really well done. Great job, a good change from the usual black and white documentary.
This is just stunningly beautifully presented, and yet very sobering to think of so many deaths. Also ... Thank you, Russia, for doing so much more. I'd read the 20M deaths, but never seen the larger picture before.
Beautifully done, though the subject matter is depressing. Must've taken a lot of time and effort.<p>Looks like he is also working on U.S budget viz<p><a href="http://visualbudget.org/" rel="nofollow">http://visualbudget.org/</a><p>corresponding video<p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0qd_VTT1cSU" rel="nofollow">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0qd_VTT1cSU</a>
Absolutely amazing achievement, and sickening all at the same time. I never realized the scale and magnitude of WWII, or how distorted the view of our world is according to mainstream media.<p>Well worth the ticket price to support future work like this.