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S1 E10 Stalingrad

Documentary

TV-14

52m

Dec 31, 2009

The struggle for the city of Stalingrad went into history as the most sanguinary battle of all times and it meant the beginning of the end for the Third Reich's armies.

Season 1, 21 Episodes

season 1 (21 episodes)

The Finest Hours Of WWII - Hitler: The Wolf

Hitler: The Wolf,

A survey of Hitler's early years. Nazism. His appointment as Chancellor and the men in his Government.

The Finest Hours Of WWII - The Onset: The German-Soviet Expansion

The Onset: The German-Soviet Expansion,

The Munich Agreement. German invasion of Poland. Russian invasion of Poland and Finland (the Winter War).

The Finest Hours Of WWII - The Fuhrer's Revenge

The Fuhrer's Revenge,

German invasion of Denmark and Norway. The drive on Western Europe.

The Finest Hours Of WWII - Battle of Britain

Battle of Britain,

Operation Sea Lion. The struggle for Great Britain's skies.

The Finest Hours Of WWII - The Battle of the Atlantic

The Battle of the Atlantic,

German submarine and surface sea warfare against the Allied Fleet.

The Finest Hours Of WWII - The Desert Fox

The Desert Fox,

North-African battles between the Axis and the Allied armies. Enters Rommel and his Afrika Korps. Greece. Crete and Malta.

The Finest Hours Of WWII - The Invasion of the Soviet Union

The Invasion of the Soviet Union,

German troops invade the Soviet Union and move rapidly forward on all fronts. Their main objectives are Moscow, Leningrad and Stalingrad.

The Finest Hours Of WWII - Mr. President, What about the Japanese?

Mr. President, What about the Japanese?,

Assault on Pearl Harbor. Singapore. The Philippines. Doolittle and the B-25s.

The Finest Hours Of WWII - Midway: Change of Course

Midway: Change of Course,

After the naval battle in Midway the U.S.A. regain the leading drive of the war in the Pacific.

The Finest Hours Of WWII - Stalingrad

The struggle for the city of Stalingrad went into history as the most sanguinary battle of all times and it meant the beginning of the end for the Third Reich's armies.

The Finest Hours Of WWII - The Desert Rats

The Desert Rats,

Montgomery. Counter-offensive in North Africa. Operation Torch.

The Finest Hours Of WWII - The Decline of Fascism

The Decline of Fascism,

Invasion of Sicily. Mussolini's downfall. Ploesti. Invasion of the Italian Peninsula.

The Finest Hours Of WWII - The Slow Italian Campaign

The Slow Italian Campaign,

Cassino. Anzio. Liberation of Rome. The Gothic Line. Liberation of Italy.

The Finest Hours Of WWII - The Road to Tokyo

The Road to Tokyo,

The battles for Guadalcanal, Munda, Bouganville and the South-Pacific area launch the thrust to the Japanese Empire's capital city.

The Finest Hours Of WWII - The Pacific in Flames

The Pacific in Flames,

The Central Pacific area, with its huge distance ranges, rekindle the war between the Japanese and the Americans.

The Finest Hours Of WWII - D-Day

Allied invasion of Normandy. Liberation of Paris.

The Finest Hours Of WWII - The Battle of Kursk

The Battle of Kursk,

The greatest armoured cars' battle in history easied the way for the Soviet troops on they road to Berlin.

The Finest Hours Of WWII - The Battle for Germany

The Battle for Germany,

Eastern and Western offensives of the Allied and Soviet armies in their way to Berlin. Operation Market Garden.

The Finest Hours Of WWII - The Agony of the Third Reich

The Agony of the Third Reich,

The Battle of the Ardennes (the Battle of the Bulge). Conquest of Berlin. Hitler's death. Surrender and end of the war in Europe.

The Finest Hours Of WWII - Leyte, Imperial Destiny

Leyte, Imperial Destiny,

Several naval clashes in the Gulf of Leyte led to the liberation of the Philippines. Along with the British victory in Burma, they opened the way to Tokyo.

The Finest Hours Of WWII - The Peace of the Atomic Bomb

The Peace of the Atomic Bomb,

Iwojima. Okinawa. Atomic bombs and the surrender of the Japanese army bring to a close the greatest disaster so far known to mankind -- World War II.

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The Finest Hours Of WWII

Documentary

TV-14

1 Season

52m

“The Finest Hours of the Second World War” takes viewers to the front lines of the European, the Pacific and the African theatres of the deadliest conflict in human history.

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