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S1 E11 Prisoners of the Sun

War

9+

22m

31 Dec 2011

On 16 November 1941, two Canadian battalions arrived in the British colony of Hong Kong. Their aim: Bolster the Empire’s defenses in the event of aggression by the restless forces of Japan, stationed only kilometres away in occupied China.

Season 1, 21 Episodes

Season 1 (21 Episodes)

War Story - Bomber Command: Hitting Back

Bomber Command: Hitting Back,

After surviving the German bombing campaign of British cities, RAF Bomber Command struck back against Germany. The devastating consequences of raids, for both for the young men in the skies and the people on the ground, are portrayed in this film.

War Story - Bomber Command: Getting Home

Bomber Command: Getting Home,

In this film, Bomber Command personnel and a Luftwaffe pilot take the viewer through the frightening reality of fighting in the skies as they try to get a damaged bomber home.

War Story - Bomb Girls Remember

Bomb Girls Remember,

During the Second World War, 250,000 Canadian women helped to build the arsenal of democracy. These young women met the challenges of factory work and helped to win the Second World War, and by doing so, paved the way for future generations.

War Story - Sicily: The First Campaign

Sicily: The First Campaign,

The Sicily Campaign began with the largest seaborne invasion in history on 9-10 July 1943. The Allied forces of Britain, Canada, and the United States sought to knock Italy out of the war and attack Germany from the south.

War Story - Ortona: The War Inside

Ortona: The War Inside,

The War Inside is a personal retelling of one of the fiercest battles of the Italian Campaign from the searing points of view of Canadian infantrymen, a tanker, a stretcher bearer, and a German paratrooper.

War Story - The Road to Rome

The Road to Rome,

The Road to Rome examines the incredible experiences of Canadian veterans, the victories and horrors of armoured combat, and the pivotal value, far too often neglected, of the overall Italian Campaign.

War Story - Out of the Clouds: Paras in Normandy

Out of the Clouds: Paras in Normandy,

In Normandy, the 1st Canadian Parachute Battalion proved itself to be in the vanguard of the best-trained and toughest units in the Allied forces.

War Story - Across the Rhine: Paras in Germany

Across the Rhine: Paras in Germany,

In mid-September 1944, the remnants of the battered 1st Canadian Parachute Battalion participated in the largest parachute drop in history, fought a successful battle.

War Story - Vengeance

In 1941, nearly 30,000 Jews escaped the ghettos and work camps and they joined the growing underground resistance army, actively fighting the Nazis.

War Story - Prisoners of the Sun

Prisoners of the Sun,

On 16 November 1941, two Canadian battalions arrived in the British colony of Hong Kong. Their aim: Bolster the Empire’s defenses in the event of aggression by the restless forces of Japan, stationed only kilometres away in occupied China.

War Story - The Last Ship: The Sinking of the Esquimalt

The Last Ship: The Sinking of the Esquimalt,

On 16 April 1945, a mere three weeks before German surrender, the submarine fired a single torpedo that sank the last Canadian naval vessel lost to enemy action.

War Story - Buchenwald Airmen

Buchenwald Airmen,

For two months in 1944, 168 Allied airmen were shot down over occupied France, betrayed to the Gestapo by the same collaborator, transported to the Nazi concentration and slave labour camp Buchenwald.

War Story - Peril on the Sea

Peril on the Sea,

In the longest campaign of the Second World War, from 1939 to 1945, German submarines desperately try to sever Britain’s shipping lifeline across the Atlantic Ocean. Canada plays the central role in the campaign.

War Story - Not One Step Back: The Battle of Stalingrad

Not One Step Back: The Battle of Stalingrad,

In the summer of 1942, the Germans advance to seize the rich oilfields of the Caucasus. In their path, the city of Stalingrad, its Soviet defenders personally ordered by Stalin to “take not one step back".

War Story - Behind Enemy Lines

Behind Enemy Lines,

Royal Canadian Air Force bombing operations play a crucial role in disrupting German infrastructure ahead of the Normandy invasion of June 1944. In the process, dozens of Canadian airmen are forced to bail out over occupied Belgium and France.

War Story - Whistle for a Tiffy

Whistle for a Tiffy,

From D-Day, Tactical Air Force fighter-bombers played a pivotal role in Allied battlefield success; Canadian soldiers knew they could always “whistle for a Tiffy”.

War Story - Surviving Dieppe

Surviving Dieppe,

The Dieppe assault of 19 August 1942 is the worst day in Canadian military history: in just 8 hours, 907 Canadians were killed. For 2,000 of their comrades, nearly three years of incarceration in German prison camps followed.

War Story - D-Day plus 1

The Canadian stand against the 12th SS Panzer Division Hitlerjugend immediately after D-Day allowed the Allies to switch to the offensive and truly begin the liberation of Europe.

War Story - Falaise, the corridor of death

Falaise, the corridor of death,

The Canadian army played the pivotal role in closing the Falaise Gap and ensuring Allied victory in the Normandy Campaign in August 1944.

War Story - Where Hell is: The Leopold and the Scheldt

Where Hell is: The Leopold and the Scheldt,

The Allies liberated Antwerp, the world’s largest deep-water port, on 4 September 1944, but it could only be accessed via the Scheldt Estuary, the perfect place for the Germans to make a stand.

War Story - Liberation of The Netherlands

Liberation of The Netherlands,

In April and May 1945, the long-suffering Dutch people, enduring the German-imposed Hongerwinter famine, enthusiastically welcomed their Canadian liberators, establishing the intense connection sustained for 70 years.

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War Story

War

9+

1 Season

22m

War Story brings very personal stories of armed conflict, told entirely by the men and women who were there, based on in depth interviews and high definition archive. The result is a vivid and often very emotional series.

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