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An extraordinary collection of newsreel, propaganda, and home-movie footage drawn from the archives of 18 nations, including color close-ups of Adolf Hitler taken by his mistress, that present an unvarnished perspective of the war's pivotal events. Penetrating interviews with eyewitness partici...

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Bibliographic Details
Corporate Authors: Thames Television, ltd, Freemantle Media (Firm), History Channel (Television network), A & E Home Video (Firm), New Video Group
Other Authors: Isaacs, Jeremy, 1932-, Olivier, Laurence, 1907-1989, Junge, Gertraud, Fuchida, Mitsuo, 1902-1976, Hiss, Alger
Format: Video DVD
Language:English
Subjects:
World War, 1939-1945 > Campaigns > France.
World War, 1939-1945 > Campaigns > Great Britain.
World War, 1939-1945 > Campaigns > Pacific Ocean.
World War, 1939-1945 > Campaigns > Africa, North.
Germany > History > 1933-1945.
Pearl Harbor (Hawaii), Attack on, 1941.
Stalingrad, Battle of, Volgograd, Russia, 1942-1943.
Genocide.
Japan > History > 1926-1945.
Hiroshima-shi (Japan) > History > Bombardment, 1945.
Documentary television programs.
Nonfiction films.
Table of Contents:
  • v. 1 New Germany 1933-39 ; Distant war: September 1939-May 1940 ; France falls: May-June 1940 ; Making of the series
  • v. 2. Alone: May 1940-May 1941 ; Barbarossa: June-December 1941 ; Banzai!: Japan 1931-1942 ; On our way: U.S.A. 1939-1942
  • v. 3. Desert: North Africa 1940-1943 ; Stalingrad: June 1942-February 1943 ; Wolf pack: U-boats in the Atlantic 1939-1944 ; Red star: the Soviet Union 1941-1943
  • v. 4. Whirlwind: bombing Germany September 1939-April 1944 ; Tough old gut: Italy November 1942-June 1944 ; It's a lovely day tomorrow: Burma 1942-1944 ; Home fires: Britain 1940-1944
  • v. 5. Inside the Reich: Germany 1940-44 ; Morning: June-August 1944 ; Occupation: Holland 1940-1944 ; Pincers: August 1944-March 1945
  • v. 6. Genocide: 1941-1945 ; Nemesis: Germany February-May 1945 ; Japan: 1941-45 ; Pacific: February 1942-July 1945
  • v. 7. Bomb: February-September 1945 ; Reckoning: 1945...and after ; Remember
  • v. 8. Hitler's Germany: the people's community 1933-1939 ; Total war 1939-1945 ; y Two deaths of Adolf Hitler
  • v. 9. Secretary to Hitler ; Warrior ; From war to peace
  • v. 10. Final solution pt.1-pt.2
  • v. 11. Making the series: a 30th anniversary retrospective ; Experiences of war.