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The World At War - all 26 episodes +

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The World at War - 13. Tough Old Gut: Italy (November 1942 – June 1944)



The difficult Italian Campaign beginning with Operation Torch in North Africa, the invasion of Sicily; Salerno, Anzio, Cassino; and the capture of Rome.
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The battle of monte cassino my mums uncle fought in it as part of the British Indian army they were Sikhs. The Germans put up a good fight with their defensive lines that they had laid out.
 
The World at War - 14. It's a Lovely Day Tomorrow: Burma (1942-1944)



Allied forces were totally unprepared for the Japanese invasion of Burma in 1942. The Japanese quickly overran the country. The Allies counter-attacked using troops unfamiliar with jungle warfare which were unsuccessful against the Japanese guerrilla forces. But the Allies persisted and gradually adapted to the jungle environment. As additional forces arrived the Allies succeeded in destroying the Japanese forces.
 
The World At War - 15. Home Fires: Britain (1940–1944)



Life and politics in Britain from post-Battle of Britain to the first V-1 attacks. The war effort required total commitment from British citizens stretching their bodies and spirits to the breaking point and occasionally beyond it. As a result of grim news early in the war, German bombing of British cities and disagreements on critical policies, Churchill faces a no confidence vote. But extraordinary measures gradually put the kingdom on an effective war footing.
 
The World At War Episode - 16. Inside the Reich Germany



Germany is jubilant after the surrender of France. Then the unsuccessful expansion of the war to include Russia and England gradually turns German morale from joy to fatalism. Even der Führer falls victim to the insidious fatalism caused first by the crushing defeat at Stalingrad then the bunker bombing that nearly killed him. All the while the tightening Nazi grip and Allied assaults adds to the gloom of fear.​
 
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The World At War - 17. Morning



Four years after France fell the Allies invade Normandy. Caught by surprise the German defenses are quickly overcome. Heading inland the Allies win major victories against fierce resistance.​
 
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The World at War - 18. Occupation: Holland (1940-1944}



The Dutch are shocked when the Germans bomb Rotterdam and invade their neutral country. But Germany follows with insidious conciliatory gestures that ease tensions. Germany gradually exploits the populace with conscriptions, forced labor and deportation of Jewish citizens. Finally anticipating liberation as the Allies move westward, Dutch suffering intensifies. As the German propagandists had claimed, liberation brought devastation, not from warfare but from a brutal German embargo and intensified deportations.
 
The World at War - 19. Pincers (August 1944 - March 1945)



As the Allies debate how to prosecute the the invasion of Germany, Hitler settles the question with a massive counter attack in the Ardenne. Failure of the attack leaves German defenses of the Western Front in shambles. Meanwhile, Russian forces are also closing in but Stalin orders a pause so the SS can crush the Polish resistance.
 
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The World at War - 20. Genocide (1941-1945)



The history of the Nazi persecution of the Jews, showing events leading to the "Final Solution." Footage and Interviews with SS officers and Jewish survivors from various countries describe how the extermination camps operated and what existence was like there.
 
The World at War - 21. Nemesis: Germany (February-May 1945)



The closing weeks of the European war bring retribution for Germany in the form of carpet bombing cities like Dresden, the collapse of the Whermacht, atrocities by Soviet forces, and finally the fall of Berlin and suicide of Hitler.
 
The World at War - 22. Japan (1941-1945)



After the victories in 1941-2, Japanese fortunes reverse as America succeeds in destroying their aircraft fleet and Pacific island bases. At home, shortages of goods and manpower lead to desperation for the population.
 
The World at War - 23. The Pacific (1942-1945)



The island hopping strategy of Admiral Nimitz and General MacArthur leads from one costly, battle after another. The Japanese fight fanatically as the war gets ever closer to home, but Americans finally use their newest weapon, the A-bomb.
 
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The World At War - 24. The Bomb (February – September 1945)



The development of the atomic bomb, the ascendency of President Harry Truman, emerging splits in the Allies with Joseph Stalin, the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki and the Soviet invasion of Manchuria, ultimately leading to the surrender of Japan.
 
The World at War - 25. Reckoning: 1945... and After



As wretched survivours suffer deprivations amongst the ruins, half of Germany and eastern Europe trade one socialist tyranny for another as the Soviets take power. Japan is occupied by the U. S., but the colonial empires disintegrate.
 
The World at War - 26. Remember



For many the Second World War was the most significant experience of their lives. These are heartbreaking first hand remembrances from a vast array of survivors on both sides of the war.
 
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Detailed WWII documentaries are utterly fascinating.

A rare retelling of an unprecedented destruction of our world. I am addicted to WWII documentaries must have seen almost all of them now.

I hope WWIII does not occur in my life time.
 
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"In the big lie there is always a certain force of credibility; because the broad masses of a nation are always more easily corrupted in the deeper strata of their emotional nature than consciously or voluntarily; and thus in the primitive simplicity of their minds they more readily fall victims to the big lie than the small lie, since they themselves often tell small lies in little matters, but would be ashamed to resort to large-scale falsehoods.

It would never come into their heads to fabricate colossal untruths, and they would not believe that others could have the impudence to distort the truth so infamously. Even though the facts which prove this to be so may be brought clearly to their minds, they will still doubt and waver and will continue to think that there may be some other explanation. For the grossly impudent lie always leaves traces behind it, even after it has been nailed down — a fact which is known to all expert liars in this world, and to all who conspire together in the art of lying.

— Adolf Hitler, Mein Kampf
 
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