World War II

World War II: Behind Closed Doors episode 2

World War II: Behind Closed Doors episode 2

World War II: Behind Closed Doors episode 2: This second episode focuses on the secret history of Stalin’s dealings with Churchill and the West in the wake of the German invasion of the Soviet Union.     Alternative Stream   Joseph Stalin was a tyrant responsible for the death of millions – yet he was also a vital ally of […]

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World War II: Behind Closed Doors episode 1

World War II: Behind Closed Doors episode 1

World War II: Behind Closed Doors episode 1:Documentary series revealing the ‘behind-closed-doors’ politics of World War II. This episode focuses on the secret history of the non-aggression pact between Hitler and Stalin.     Alternative Stream   Documentary series using dramatic reconstructions and testimony from witnesses to reveal the ‘behind-closed-doors’ politics of the Second World War   World War II:

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The War episode 7

The War episode 7

The War episode 7: A few weeks after the death of President Roosevelt shocks the country, Germany surrenders. Meanwhile, American sailors, soldiers and Marines endure the worst battle of the Pacific – Okinawa. In August, American planes drop atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki, and the Japanese, too, surrender. Millions return home – to try to learn how to live

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The War episode 6

The War episode 6

The War episode 6: Americans are shocked by Hitler’s massive counterattack in the Ardennes Forest – but by mid March, 1945, they are across the Rhine, while Russians are 50 miles from Berlin. In the Pacific, after weeks of desperate fighting, Iwo Jima is secured, and American bombers begin a full-fledged air assault of Japan.     The Emmy award-winning

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The War episode 5 - FUBAR

The War episode 5

The War episode 5: Victory in Europe seems imminent, but Holland, the Vosges Mountains, and the Hurtgen Forest, GIs learn painful lessons as old as war itself – that generals make plans, plans go wrong and soldiers die. Meanwhile, on the island of Peleliu, the Marines fight one of the most brutal and unnecessary battles of the Pacific.    

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The War episode 4

The War episode 4

The War episode 4: On June 6, 1944, D-Day, 1.5 million Allied troops take part in the greatest invasion in history, but then bog down in Norman hedgerows for weeks. Saipan proves the costliest Pacific battle to date, while back home dreaded telegrams for the War Department begin arriving at an inconceivable rate.     The Emmy award-winning documentary THE

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The War episode 3

The War episode 3

The War episode 3: Americans are shocked by terrible losses on the Pacific atoll of Tarawa, while in Italy Allied forces are stalled for months at Monte Cassino, and a risky landing at Anzio fails utterly. At home, as overcrowded “war towns” boom, economic transformation leads to confrontation and ugly racial violence.     The Emmy award-winning documentary THE WAR

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The War episode 2

The War episode 2

The War episode 2: Americans mobilize for total war at home and overseas. Factories hum around the clock, while North Africa and then Italy, inexperienced GIs learn how to fight. Meanwhile, in the skies over Europe, thousands of American airmen gamble their lives against preposterous odds on daylight bombing missions.     The Emmy award-winning documentary THE WAR explores the

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The War episode 1

The War episode 1

The War episode 1 – A Necessary War: The tranquil lives of the citizens of Mobile, AL; Sacramento, CA; Waterbury,CT; and Luverne, MN are shattered on December 7, 1941, as they, along with the rest of America are thrust into the greatest cataclysm in history.     THE WAR, directed and produced by Ken Burns and Lynn Novick, explores the

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World War Speed - The Drugs that Won WWII

World War Speed – The Drugs that Won WWII

World War Speed – The Drugs that Won WWII: It’s long been known that German soldiers used a methamphetamine, called Pervitin, during WWII. But have tales of Nazis on speed obscured the massive use of stimulants by British and American troops?     Did total war unleash the world’s first pharmacological arms race? And in the face of industrial slaughter,

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World War 1 - episode 5 - Deliverance

World War 1 – episode 5 – Deliverance

World War 1 – episode 5 – Deliverance: All seems lost for the Allies. The Italians are defeated at Caporette, and a Bolshevik Russia pulls out of the war. But the American reinforcements are decisive, and the Allies emerge victorious. The Allies are unable to negotiate an honourable peace agreement, and the Treaty of Versailles, 20 years later, will have

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