Season 1
14 episodes · May 31, 1983
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S1E1The Greatest Conflict
May 31, 198338mA quick review of the various campaigns and calamitous occurrences that happened from the start to the end of World War II.
S1E2North Africa... the Desert War
Jun 6, 198323mThe birth of the Afrika Korps and it's leader Erwin Rommel who was to earn the pseudonym Desert Fox.
S1E3The Beachhead at Anzio
Jun 13, 198322mBeginning 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.
S1E4D-Day... The Normandy Invasion
Jun 20, 198323mOperation Overlord began on Jun 6, 1944, with parachutists, deception tactics, and Mulberry harbors so as to ensure a successful invasion in France.
S1E5Pursuit to the Rhine
Jun 27, 198321mOnce 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 offensive attacks.
S1E6The Bomber Offensive: Air War in Europe
Jul 4, 198323mIn 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 protection would soon occur.
S1E7The Battle of the Bulge
Jul 11, 198321mAdolf 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 Battle of the Bulge. The allies had a number of clues that something was going to happen but ignored them.
S1E8The Battle of Germany
Jul 18, 198323mA 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 the 23rd of December 1944. The allies then continued to drive toward the Rhine.
S1E9Island Hopping: The Road Back
Jul 25, 198322mBeginning with the battle on Tarawa, the Gilbert's, Marshall's, and Mariana's island groups were next in the island hopping strategy.
S1E10Jungle Warfare: New Guinea to Burma
Aug 2, 198323mThe jungle campaigns in New Guinea and Burma were necessary. This was more easily accomplished by attacking the weaker Japanese defenses.
S1E11Air War In The Pacific
Aug 9, 198323mChronicling 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 air combat footage.
S1E12The Bloody Ridges of Peleliu
Aug 16, 198323mFrom 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.
S1E13The Return To The Philippines
Aug 23, 198321mFrom 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 story of unstoppable determination.
S1E14Okinawa... The Last Battle
Aug 30, 198323mWinston 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 Pacific campaign.