War

D-Day

2020 History

The Allies plan for years how to break through Hitler’s Atlantic Wall in France. The deception operations are some of the most elaborate of the war, including a huge inflatable army in Kent. The D-Day fleet is the biggest assembled in history, with over 160,000 men crossing the channel to land on five Normandy beaches, each with differing suc ...cess. But landing is just the beginning, what follows is one of the bloodiest and most extraordinary battles of WWII. Show More

Series: Greatest Events of WWII in Colour

Battle of the Bulge

2020 History

High on cocaine, Hitler hatches an audacious plan to turn the tide of the war. He has been prescribed the drug for injuries sustained when Stauffenberg tried to kill him.
Colourised archive depicts the Germans’ opening salvo artillery barrage and George Patton’s arrival in Bastogne to break the German siege. The film also looks at the ro ...le played by commando Otto Skorzeny, who put English-speaking German soldiers behind the lines to sow confusion, spreading the rumour that they try to kill or capture Eisenhower. Show More

Series: Greatest Events of WWII in Colour

Dresden Firestorm

2020 History

As World War II drags on into another bitter winter the Allies become desperate to end the conflict. Winston Churchill turns to his formidable bomber force to break the deadlock.
The population of an eastern German city is caught in a devastating firestorm and harnessed by the Nazis; the controversy turns the Allies on themselves. ... Show More

Series: Greatest Events of WWII in Colour

Liberation of Buchenwald

2020 History

Hitler’s rise to power was a unique moment in history. Germany suffered a humiliating defeat in WWI; now it's crippled by massive war reparations. Hitler offers a scapegoat: the Jews. The Nazis are quick to institute anti-Semitic laws and stoke distrust of the Jews. Anyone deemed 'undesirable,' from political opponents, to the handicapped, gy ...psies and Jews are sent to camps. There they are either worked to death, starved or executed. But just how much did the rest of the world know of what was going on? Show More

Series: Greatest Events of WWII in Colour

Cyber Warfare

2022 Technology

The way that wars are fought is constantly evolving. In the warfare of today and the future, it's the push of a button rather than the pull of a trigger, bringing disorder without a single soldier setting foot on the ground. The real-world battlefield has morphed from the bloody trenches of the front line into an age of cyber warfare. From co ...llapsing all the infrastructure of a country to changing minds for elections, any threat you can imagine can be done. Show More

Series: Future Warfare

Special Operations

2021 Technology

We learn as much from victory as we do from loss. We employ strategies to gain the advantage, unconventional methods to overwhelm adversaries. One dedicated force steeped in mystique has always been part of war. Special operations, elite and unseen. Their presence felt by lethal attack. From the biblical era to the future of warfare, the batt ...le environment is reshaped and redefined by special operations. Special Operations soldiers have come out of the trenches and are entering new domains of warfare. Show More

Series: Future Warfare

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