World War II: Battles Won and Lost
Every battle is both a victory and a defeat; it depends which flag you fly. The battles of World War II were decided not only by strategy but by armies in their element. These battles won and lost would determine the course of the future.
World War II: Battles Won and Lost
The battles of the first world war were battles of attrition and trenches; the battles of the second world war were vastly different. In this episode, we study tank battles, blitzkrieg, commando raids, amphibious landings, and mobile warfare in the desert.
World War II: Battles Won and Lost
The second world war was a conflict on an unprecedented scale. Its battles set new marks for the sheer size of forces deployed and for the power of their weapons. In this episode, we study the first battle at sea, and the largest army to have ever marched.
World War II: Battles Won and Lost
A war that reached every continent and touched every sort of terrain demanded every sort of strategy. In this episode, we examine battles fought at sea, and in the jungle, in city streets, invasions from the air, and retreats from the land.
World War II: Battles Won and Lost
Battles are almost always about territory. Advancing the front line, seizing the port, the city, the oil field. The fate of nations in the war rose and fell on battles that took territory. Singapore, Monte Casino, Stalingrad...all about territory.
World War II: Battles Won and Lost
Every war seized new tactics; some inspired, some desperate, all attempting to influence the course of battles. Campaigns waged against nonmilitary targets to demoralize. Suicide missions launched when traditional weapons failed. Rules were rewritten.
World War II: Battles Won and Lost
A world war is a patchwork of actions. Land. Sea. Air. Massive, or small scale. The stories of these actions are just as varied. This episode describes battles of amphibious forces, climate, geography, and the problems of supply.
World War II: Battles Won and Lost
Through history, armies marched to face each other on favored ground and clashed to decide a campaign, a war, an empire. With the 20th century that changed. The battles of WWII happened anywhere and everywhere, in every weather and climate.
World War II: Battles Won and Lost
Some words transcend their origins as humble place names. They are carved into history as turning points which influenced the course of WWII, the fate of nations, and the make-up of our world. El Alamein, Okinawa, and Pearl Harbor.
