About this season
Les Grandes Batailles is a series of historical television programs by Daniel Costelle, Jean-Louis Guillaud, and Henri de Turenne, broadcast on French television in the 1960s and 1970s, depicting the major battles of World War II, as well as the Nuremberg Trials. The project for the series actually began with an official government commission for a program on the Battle of Verdun in 1966. Ten other programs about World War II followed. The writers and producers of the series were Henri de Turenne and Jean-Louis Guillaud, both journalists. They entrusted the production of the series to the young director Daniel Costelle.
Episodes (13)
1. Episode 1
Aired 19 September 1966 • 68 min
2. Episode 2
Aired 27 February 1967 • 81 min
3. Episode 3
Aired 22 January 1968 • 68 min
4. Episode 4
Aired 15 March 1969 • 88 min
5. Episode 5
Aired 6 June 1969 • 88 min
6. Episode 6
Aired 7 December 1970 • 84 min
7. Episode 7
Aired 14 December 1970 • 90 min
8. Episode 8
Aired 13 June 1971 • 94 min
9. Episode 9
Aired 28 April 1972 • 81 min
10. Episode 10
Aired 21 March 1973 • 83 min
11. Episode 11
Aired 22 March 1973 • 89 min
12. Episode 12
Aired 2 May 1974 • 110 min
13. Episode 13
Aired 12 September 1974 • 70 min