As morning broke on the 1st of September 1939 and the first invasion force of German troops crossed the Polish border, few could have imagined the sheer scale of devastation, misery and bloodshed that the following years of war would bring. World War II saw the mobilisation of over 100 million military personnel as all corners of the globe were thrown into a state of 'total war', where each nation involved drained every resource at their disposal - human, natural, economic, industrial and military. The result was the conflict to end all conflicts. With over 500 minutes of footage, this gripping documentary series covers all the major events, people and machinery involved in the 20th Century's most terrible conflict and examines the roles of all three branches of the armed forces - navy, air force and army.
DirectorAndrew Aitken
WriterAndrew Aitken
Afrika Korps to Claude Auchinleck
Mar 4, 2008
Included in this volume: Afrika Korps; Aircraft Carriers; Airsea Rescue; Alexander, Harold, Field Marshal; Amphibious Operations; Anders, Wladyslaw, Lt General; Anschluss; Anti-Aircraft Guns; Anti-Tank Weapons; Antonescu, Ion, Marshal; Anzio Landings; Arctic Convoys; Ardennes Offensive; Armoured Cars; Arnhem, Battle of; Artillery; Atlantic, Battle of the; Atlantic Wall; Atom Bomb; Attlee, Clement; Auchinleck, Claude, Field Marshal.
B-Series Aircraft to Burma
Mar 4, 2008
No description available.
Battle of Cassino to Jean Francois Darlan
Mar 4, 2008
No description available.
Charles de Gaulle to Frock-Wulf
Mar 4, 2008
No description available.
Fall of France to Heinrich Himmler
Mar 4, 2008
Included in this volume: 1. France, Fall of 2. Frank, Hans 3. Galland, Adolf, Lt General 4. German-American Bund 5. Germany, Surrender of 6. Goebbels, Joseph 7. Goering, Hermann, Reichsmarschall 8. Goliath 9. Gort, John, Field Marshal 10. Graf Spee 11. Graziani, Rodolfo, Marshal 12. Grumman Avenger 13. Grumman Wildcat 14. Guderian, Heinz, General 15. Harris, Arthur, Air Chief Marshal 16. Hartmann, Erich, Major 17. Hawker Hurricane 18. Heinkel 111 19. Hess, Rudolf 20. Heydrich, Reinhard, SS-General 21. Himmler, Heinrich, Reichsfuhrer, SS-General
Adolf Hitler to Wilhelm List
Mar 4, 2008
No description available.
Low Countries to Benito Mussolini.
Mar 4, 2008
No description available.
Chuichi Nagomo to Arthur Percival
Mar 4, 2008
No description available.
Henri Philippe Petain to Soviet Union
Mar 4, 2008
No description available.
Carl Spaatz to Georgi Zhukov
Mar 4, 2008
No description available.
