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World of Warships Clash of Titans
In May 1941, the British Royal Navy relentlessly pursued the formidable battleship Bismarck with the mission to sink it at any cost. They hunted the mighty battleship for three days, aiming to control the North Atlantic. At a time when England stood alone against Nazi forces, the mission was crucial to maintaining communication and securing the Atlantic from the German Kriegsmarine.
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Nazi Concentration Camps
This film is the official documentary report compiled from over 80,000 feet of film shot by Allied military photographers in the German concentration camps immediately after liberation. The footage is a camp-by-camp record taken in order to provide lasting objective proof of the horrors the liberators witnessed. Some emphasis is also placed on the humanitarian work done in camps by the liberators.
The Big Attack: Combat Heroes of WWII
When American soldiers occupied Germany, they faced orphaned German children resorting to looting. Sergeant Mike Bray was assigned to rectify the situation. He earned the children's trust and helped them establish the Young German Christian Association, restoring an abandoned castle for recreation. The children were sad to see Bray go when he left, grateful for his support.
Annihilation: The Destruction of European Jews
Last in the deeply moving series about the Holocaust. While the hunt to find surviving Nazis continues today, efforts are being made to preserve the memory of their tragic victims.
Modern Warfare: The Vietnam War
The Vietnam War was fought for the defense of democracy. Ten long years of vicious combat - including the Tet Offensive and bloodshed at Hue and Saigon - permanently embedded the Vietnam War in the American consciousness.
Annihilation: The Destruction of European Jews
Germany, 1933. Adolf Hitler, at the head of the Nazi Party, has just become Chancellor and is faced with leading a republic in the throes of economic crisis and rampant inflation. Hitler used the cult of personality nurtured by his propaganda chief Joseph Goebbels, who spread the Nazis xenophobic and anti-Semitic ideology, which Hitler had been touting since the First World War.
The Human Torpedoes Of WWII
See the history of the mysterious 'Human Torpedoes' of WWII -- and how they originated and developed upon the standard torpedo in top secret.
Annihilation: The Destruction of European Jews
Last in the deeply moving series about the Holocaust. While the hunt to find surviving Nazis continues today, efforts are being made to preserve the memory of their tragic victims.
Modern Warfare: The Vietnam War
The Vietnam War was fought for the defense of democracy. Ten long years of vicious combat - including the Tet Offensive and bloodshed at Hue and Saigon - permanently embedded the Vietnam War in the American consciousness.
Hitler: A Strategy of Failure
Adolf Hitler, considered himself to be the world's greatest military strategist - superior even to Napoleon Bonaparte - and early Blitzkrieg successes could be said to easily confirm this assertion. So why did the Nazis lose the war? Hitler also made colossal strategic military blunders: Dunkirk, Operation Barbarossa and many others that were ultimately a strategy of failure.
World War II: The Real Mighty Eighth
Discover the origins, and pioneers, of the Mighty Eighth and follow its birth and growth as it rises from the furnace of global conflict. As the world is plunged into war, for the second time in 20 years, the 8th Air Force carries out its first audacious missions against the Axis powers.
First to Fight
Historians call the December 1950 evacuation from Hungnam in North Korea 'The greatest evacuation movement by sea in U.S. military history'.
The Crimean War
The first program looks at the reasons behind the war, and why Britain allied itself against Imperial Russia.
Inside Hitler's Killing Machine
It is a word that sends a chill down the spine: 'Ahnenerbe'. This was the name of the research institute set up to prove the scientific foundation of Nazi ideology. Driven by a scientific megalomania, the race for new discoveries led the institution to carry out countless acts of barbarism.
WWII War Diaries
In '1940,' we follow Hitler's trail of occupation into Denmark and Norway, the invasion of Belgium and France & the Miracle Of Dunkirk where Churchill initiated Operation Dynamo to rescue the thousands of BEF that were stranded & helpless on the beaches under relentless Nazi attack. See how Hitler's Blitzkrieg ripped through France and how the British survive The Blitz & win the Battle Of Britain.
Hitler: A Strategy of Failure
Adolf Hitler, considered himself to be the world's greatest military strategist - superior even to Napoleon Bonaparte - and early Blitzkrieg successes could be said to easily confirm this assertion. So why did the Nazis lose the war? Hitler also made colossal strategic military blunders: Dunkirk, Operation Barbarossa and many others that were ultimately a strategy of failure.
D-Day: 100 Days for Freedom
From the hedgerows of Normandy to the liberation of Paris, this episode retraces the 100 critical days after D-Day. Witness the fierce battles, the resilience of soldiers, and the toll on civilians as the Allies push through German defenses, paving the way for Europe's liberation and altering the course of World War II.
Nuclear Test Films
First experimental blast set off in New Mexico; bombing and devastation of Hiroshima and Nagasaki. and devastation of Hiroshima and Nagasaki.
Blitzed: Nazis on Drugs
In 1938 a drug called Pervitin was created in Nazi Germany. This drug was distributed to German soldiers during the course of WW2 and Hitler was no exception to these drug highs receiving drug cocktails from his personal physical Theodor Morell. This film explores the use of drugs in WW2 and looks at the potential effects that drugs could have had on Hitler, soldiers and the war itself.
WWII: The Call of Duty
The Polish Jews of the Warsaw Ghetto rose up against their oppressors and although facing the horrors of the Nazi Concentration Camps, German army units were needed to deal with the situation. The French Resistance was also formed.
WWII: The Call of Duty
The Polish Jews of the Warsaw Ghetto rose up against their oppressors and although facing the horrors of the Nazi Concentration Camps, German army units were needed to deal with the situation. The French Resistance was also formed.
WWII: The Call of Duty
After success in North Africa the Allies returned to occupied Europe, first landing on Sicily before moving north into Italy under command of Montgomery, known fondly by his men as Monty. But as the Italians surrendered, the Germans occupied Rome.
WWII In Color: D-Day to Nazi Downfall
After 18 months of preparation, the Allied Expeditionary Force launches the largest amphibious landing in history, with 160,000 troops storming the Normandy coast. Facing years of German fortifications, success hinges on overcoming immense challenges during the critical first 24 hours. Victory remains uncertain as the world watches anxiously.
WWII In Color: D-Day to Nazi Downfall
After 18 months of preparation, the Allied Expeditionary Force launches the largest amphibious landing in history, with 160,000 troops storming the Normandy coast. Facing years of German fortifications, success hinges on overcoming immense challenges during the critical first 24 hours. Victory remains uncertain as the world watches anxiously.
Complete History of Air Combat
Here's a front row seat to Japanese attack on Manchuria and the rise of Hitler and the Nazi Party. As the world was undergoing significant changes so was the military air power.
Arnhem: A Bridge Too Far
In December, 1944, 400 men of the 1rst British Airborne Division paraded at Buckingham Palace to receive their grateful thanks from their king and countrymen. Although they paraded as heroes, victors they were not. They were some of the survivors of a whole airborne division of over 10,000 men lost during the most audacious and ultimately controversial battles of Operation Market Garden; Arnhem.
Decisive Battles of Hitler's War
In an initial failed attempt to become a partner the equal of Germany in the Axis Alliance, Mussolini ordered his troops towards the British positions in Egypt in September 1940. Mussolini, feeling secure in the shadow of Hitler's apparent invincibility, never dreamt that the War between Britain and Italy would culminate in his own death less than 5 years later.
Bonhoeffer Agent of Grace
The story of Dietrich Bonhoeffer, a German clergyman of great distinction, who actively opposed Hitler and the Nazis. His convictions cost him his life.
Architects of Darkness
The Occult Roots of the Third Reich. The creator of the infamous Gestapo, the Waffen SS and the concentration camp network. Perhaps the strangest individual of all the Nazi crew. Himmler was inspired by mystic visions, runes, horoscopes and a longing for a heroic German past.
Battlezone WWII: Battle of Midway to Victory in the Pacific
The 2nd US Marines' bloody assault on Tarawa.
Battlezone: The Korean War
At the end of World War 2 the 7th accepted Japanese surrender in Korea. In 1950 they return to the new war.
The Attackers
At an airfield, Ivan, a new recruit, meets Lyudmila, a skilled pilot concealing an ailment. She mentors him as Lenya, the strict trainer, pushes Martynov, a rebellious trainee. When scouts go missing, aerial battles ensue, forging deep bonds, and unveiling secrets. Amidst peril and personal struggles, they find courage, love, and hope.
Helicopter Warfare
In the Vietnam War, flying into jungle produces a different kind of hazard. In a daring rescue mission a desperate pilot cuts his own landing zone in forty foot tall bamboo. They come under heavy fire as they return again and again to pick up more survivors from the bamboo circle.
Helicopter Warfare
In the Vietnam War, flying into jungle produces a different kind of hazard. In a daring rescue mission a desperate pilot cuts his own landing zone in forty foot tall bamboo. They come under heavy fire as they return again and again to pick up more survivors from the bamboo circle.
The True Glory
Introduced by then General Dwight D. Eisenhower and using footage filmed by military photographers, this documentary recounts the historic events from the D-Day invasion to the end of the war. The pre-invasion preparations focus on work in munitions and heavy equipment manufacturing. The D-Day invasion, Operation Market Garden, the failed northern thrust into Holland in the fall of 1944, and more.
Soviet Storm
Kiev, the Ukrainian capital, is, after a lengthy battle, back in Soviet hands. But now they have to clear the Germans and German allies out of the Crimea and liberate the rest of Western Ukraine. Hitler declared the Crimea a 'Festung,' meaning it should be held at all cost and to the last man. The German 17th Army was effectively destroyed in the process.
Scorched Earth: The Afrika Korps
This is the story of the rise and fall of one of the legendary forces of warfare. During its brief existence, the Afrika Korps forced the Allied forces ranged against it into a for war of attrition, thereby cementing its place in the annals of military history. The Afrika Korps will be forever associated with its brilliant commander Erwin Rommel, the Desert Fox of legend.
D-Day: The Longest of Days
Gen. Eisenhower and his aides map the Normandy invasion. German pictures show the extent of their coastal defenses. Tanks, guns, locomotives, and other military equipment is massed on the English beaches. Troops practice loading operations. Landing craft is tested in the English Channel. Pictures of practice landing and airborne operations are used to dramatize the actual invasion on June 6, 1944.
Complete History of Air Combat
Here's a front row seat to Japanese attack on Manchuria and the rise of Hitler and the Nazi Party. As the world was undergoing significant changes so was the military air power.
Battlezone: The Vietnam War
The Old Reliables and their role in Vietnam.
The Attackers
At an airfield, Ivan, a new recruit, meets Lyudmila, a skilled pilot concealing an ailment. She mentors him as Lenya, the strict trainer, pushes Martynov, a rebellious trainee. When scouts go missing, aerial battles ensue, forging deep bonds, and unveiling secrets. Amidst peril and personal struggles, they find courage, love, and hope.
Grey Wolves Part 2: Nowhere to Hide
Hitler was the proof that Germans did not understand the sea. Fortunately for him, his submariners did, and he had good reason to hand out awards to his U-Boat commanders. They had been preparing for war against England following the Anglo German naval agreement of 1935. When war broke out, only 57 U-Boats were available. He persuaded engineers that more boats were urgently required.
The Big Attack: Combat Heroes of WWII
Refusing to postpone marriage until the War's end, Nurse Nancy Howard, was determined to be as close to her man as possible. When Lt. Hank Reed was sent overseas as an infantry platoon leader, Nancy enlisted as an Army nurse. Thanks to coincidence and the cooperation of the company Chaplain and the hospital surgeon, the lovers were reunited to return home together for their long-awaited marriage.
Battlezone: The Korean War
Through the Korean Military Advisory Group, the South Korean Army has been able to build itself up to the fourth strongest Army in the world. 'The Big Picture' shows the activities of the South Korean Army and its preparations for the future.
Grey Wolves Part 2: Nowhere to Hide
Hitler was the proof that Germans did not understand the sea. Fortunately for him, his submariners did, and he had good reason to hand out awards to his U-Boat commanders. They had been preparing for war against England following the Anglo German naval agreement of 1935. When war broke out, only 57 U-Boats were available. He persuaded engineers that more boats were urgently required.
D-Day: The Longest of Days
'Independence Day in Europe - In France, Eisenhower observes General Bradley fire a giant howitzer signaling our artillery into a massed crescendo of fire. Following the landing battles in Normandy, the Canadians return to the thick of the fighting at Cariquet. So severe that some Canadian camera crew were killed. In their sector, the Yanks are blazing through the hedge rows with grenade guns.
Battlefields
It is in the heart of the Ardennes massif that will take place one of the bloodiest battles of the Second World War. A few days before Christmas, 500,000 Germans are preparing to stampede on the allied forces stationed in the sector. In the early hours of the assault on December 16th, 1944, the American forces are taken by surprise. Discover what actually happened in Ardennes in the winter 1944.
Scorched Earth: The Afrika Korps
This is the story of the rise and fall of one of the legendary forces of warfare. During its brief existence, the Afrika Korps forced the Allied forces ranged against it into a for war of attrition, thereby cementing its place in the annals of military history. The Afrika Korps will be forever associated with its brilliant commander Erwin Rommel, the Desert Fox of legend.
Battlezone WWII: Battle of Midway to Victory in the Pacific
The 2nd US Marines' bloody assault on Tarawa.
Battlefields
It is in the heart of the Ardennes massif that will take place one of the bloodiest battles of the Second World War. A few days before Christmas, 500,000 Germans are preparing to stampede on the allied forces stationed in the sector. In the early hours of the assault on December 16th, 1944, the American forces are taken by surprise. Discover what actually happened in Ardennes in the winter 1944.
Thunder Run on Baghdad
The Americans are getting ready to seize Baghdad airport, in what is to be the sole battle of this war. Opposite them: the Republican Guard led by Saddam Hussein's son Qusay. Dr. Hana Hammed, an Iraqi woman, wants to meet Qusay in order to have her husband, a prisoner in Abu Ghraib, released.
Thunder Run on Baghdad
The Americans are getting ready to seize Baghdad airport, in what is to be the sole battle of this war. Opposite them: the Republican Guard led by Saddam Hussein's son Qusay. Dr. Hana Hammed, an Iraqi woman, wants to meet Qusay in order to have her husband, a prisoner in Abu Ghraib, released.
Architects of Darkness
The Occult Roots of the Third Reich. The creator of the infamous Gestapo, the Waffen SS and the concentration camp network. Perhaps the strangest individual of all the Nazi crew. Himmler was inspired by mystic visions, runes, horoscopes and a longing for a heroic German past.
Patton's Finest Hour: The Battle Of The Bulge
Background of events on Hitler's Ardennes offensive December 1944, with focus on December 19th attack on St. Vith, marking beginning of the Battle of Bulge. Role of 84th infantry division in fighting German army in World War II - penetration of Siegfried Line November 1944, and move into Belgium December 1944.
Soviet Storm
Kiev, the Ukrainian capital, is, after a lengthy battle, back in Soviet hands. But now they have to clear the Germans and German allies out of the Crimea and liberate the rest of Western Ukraine. Hitler declared the Crimea a 'Festung,' meaning it should be held at all cost and to the last man. The German 17th Army was effectively destroyed in the process.
The Life of Adolf Hitler: Death and Decay
The story of Adolf Hitler from the days of triumph through to the final Götterdämmerung.
WWII: The Road To Victory
Outstanding military Naval leaders, soldiers, sailors, and marines are discussed and the Theater commanders of General Dwight D. Eisenhower are also discussed.
The True Glory
Introduced by then General Dwight D. Eisenhower and using footage filmed by military photographers, this documentary recounts the historic events from the D-Day invasion to the end of the war. The pre-invasion preparations focus on work in munitions and heavy equipment manufacturing. The D-Day invasion, Operation Market Garden, the failed northern thrust into Holland in the fall of 1944, and more.
Decisive Battles of Hitler's War
In an initial failed attempt to become a partner the equal of Germany in the Axis Alliance, Mussolini ordered his troops towards the British positions in Egypt in September 1940. Mussolini, feeling secure in the shadow of Hitler's apparent invincibility, never dreamt that the War between Britain and Italy would culminate in his own death less than 5 years later.
Bonhoeffer Agent of Grace
The story of Dietrich Bonhoeffer, a German clergyman of great distinction, who actively opposed Hitler and the Nazis. His convictions cost him his life.