S1 E1: The U-Boat War
Twenty years after Kaiser Wilhem's exile in 1919, the German navy, Kriegsmarine, had once again grown into a powerful weapon, nurtured this time by Hitler's Third Reich.
48 minutes
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Key military decisions and battles crucially impact the fate of millions during the course of World War II in the Atlantic, North Africa and Europe.
Director: Bob Carruthers
Twenty years after Kaiser Wilhem's exile in 1919, the German navy, Kriegsmarine, had once again grown into a powerful weapon, nurtured this time by Hitler's Third Reich.
48 minutes
In November 1943, at the Tehran Conference, Churchill agreed to an offensive that would once again bring his British forces to full scale combat with the Nazis.
50 minutes
The mantle of invincibility surrounding German forces had slipped and fallen since Stalingrad, with Panzer units suffering heavy losses.
48 minutes
The mantle of invisibility surrounding German forces had slipped and fallen since Stalingrad and panzer units suffering heavy losses.
48 minutes
When Hitler claimed restitution of Sudetenland, France and Britain abandoned their ally. Ignoring offers to help defend the Czechs, French leaders met with Hitler in Munich in September, 1938.
47 minutes
In an initial, failed attempt to become an equal partner with Germany in the Axis Alliance, Mussolini ordered his troops towards the British positions in Egypt in September, 1940.
48 minutes
To Adolf Hitler in 1940, Britain was no more than an irritant on the periphery to his rapidly expanding Third Reich.
48 minutes