About this season
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.
Episodes (10)
1. Afrika Korps to Claude Auchinleck
Aired 4 March 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.
2. B-Series Aircraft to Burma
Aired 4 March 2008
3. Battle of Cassino to Jean Francois Darlan
Aired 4 March 2008
4. Charles de Gaulle to Frock-Wulf
Aired 4 March 2008
5. Fall of France to Heinrich Himmler
Aired 4 March 2008 • 51 min
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
6. Adolf Hitler to Wilhelm List
Aired 4 March 2008
7. Low Countries to Benito Mussolini.
Aired 4 March 2008
8. Chuichi Nagomo to Arthur Percival
Aired 4 March 2008
9. Henri Philippe Petain to Soviet Union
Aired 4 March 2008
10. Carl Spaatz to Georgi Zhukov
Aired 4 March 2008