World War II - The War Chronicles
World War II - The War Chronicles
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World War II - The War Chronicles

1983
1 season
14 episodes
DocumentaryWar & Politics

14 Episodes that survey the massive scope of the war in Europe and the Pacific.

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  • The Greatest Conflict

    1.The Greatest Conflict

    31-05-198338m

    A quick review of the various campaigns and calamitous occurrences that happened from the start to the end of World War II.

  • North Africa... the Desert War

    2.North Africa... the Desert War

    06-06-198323m

    The birth of the Afrika Korps and it's leader Erwin Rommel who was to earn the pseudonym Desert Fox.

  • The Beachhead at Anzio

    3.The Beachhead at Anzio

    13-06-198322m

    Beginning with Operation Shingle, the allies obtained a foothold in Italy while the Germans were determined to make the allies job a difficult one starting with the Gustav line.

  • D-Day... The Normandy Invasion

    4.D-Day... The Normandy Invasion

    20-06-198323m

    Operation Overlord began on Jun 6, 1944, with parachutists, deception tactics, and Mulberry harbors so as to ensure a successful invasion in France.

  • Pursuit to the Rhine

    5.Pursuit to the Rhine

    27-06-198321m

    Once the Normandy invasion was concluded it was a cacophony of multiple allied drives to silence the German offensives with having to deal with some strong defensive fronts and off...

  • The Bomber Offensive: Air War in Europe

    6.The Bomber Offensive: Air War in Europe

    04-07-198323m

    In 1943, Britain began bomber offensives over Germany's war production sites, some without fighter protection because of limited fuel capacity. Bombing targets and improved fighter...

  • The Battle of the Bulge

    7.The Battle of the Bulge

    11-07-198321m

    Adolf Hitler is desperate to stop the allies advance onto German soil and pushes a number of his military forces through the Ardennes and begins what has come to be known as the Ba...

  • The Battle of Germany

    8.The Battle of Germany

    18-07-198323m

    A more detailed overview of the causes of the German assault through the Ardennes and the battle in Bastogne. The German line fell apart on the 25th after the weather cleared on th...

  • Island Hopping: The Road Back

    9.Island Hopping: The Road Back

    25-07-198322m

    Beginning with the battle on Tarawa, the Gilbert's, Marshall's, and Mariana's island groups were next in the island hopping strategy.

  • Jungle Warfare: New Guinea to Burma

    10.Jungle Warfare: New Guinea to Burma

    02-08-198323m

    The jungle campaigns in New Guinea and Burma were necessary. This was more easily accomplished by attacking the weaker Japanese defenses.

  • Air War In The Pacific

    11.Air War In The Pacific

    09-08-198323m

    Chronicling the war’s first days through the suicidal Kamikaze attacks and the bombing missions that brought the war to the Japanese homeland, this documentary utilizes extensive...

  • The Bloody Ridges of Peleliu

    12.The Bloody Ridges of Peleliu

    16-08-198323m

    From the opening Naval bombardment, to the hand-to-hand combat and vicious guerrilla warfare, this is the complete story of this brutal and historic battle.

  • The Return To The Philippines

    13.The Return To The Philippines

    23-08-198321m

    From MacArthur's strategy to the heroics of the ground troops, the 7th Fleet’s naval forces, and the pilots of the Air Force, the heroic saga of the Philippines is a stunning sto...

  • Okinawa... The Last Battle

    14.Okinawa... The Last Battle

    30-08-198323m

    Winston Churchill described it as the most intense and famous battle in military history. Witness the desperate, suicidal resistance of the Japanese in the final battle of the Paci...

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