The World at War

A New Germany (1933-1939)- http://goo.gl/siHn1
Germany – a nation stricken by the humiliating defeat in the First World War and emerging from crippling economic depression looks to one man for a resurgence of hope and dignity. That man is Adolf Hitler. 
Distant War (September 1939 – May 1940)- http://goo.gl/C9VUF
In Eastern Europe, the full force of the Nazi machine rolls on – but in Britain, an uneasy calm settles on the nation. It is the “phoney” war, with the sound of distant guns thundering ominously on the horizon. 
France Falls (May – June 1940)- http://goo.gl/TsTbv
France discovers it is woefully unprepared for modern warfare as the Nazi war machine easily skirts around the Maginot Line. Britain retreats and prepares to be invaded
Alone (May 1940 – May 1941)- http://goo.gl/FIR8t
After Dunkirk, Britain faces the German onslaught. Although the RAF wins the Battle of Britain, the cities are blitzed and on the continent the last Allies are conquered. The outlook is grim. 
Barbarossa (June – December 1941)-http://goo.gl/nL989
Hitler at last turns his tanks towards Russia. After a succession of devastating victories, the Germans delay and the fierce Russian winter takes a grip.
Banzai Japan (1931–1942)- http://goo.gl/E4eZJ
Having been at war since 1931 with the Chinese, the Japanese hope for easy victories over the British and Dutch. Then on December 7th 1941, Japan makes their infamous attack on Pearl Harbour. 
On Our Way U.S.A. (1939–1942)- http://goo.gl/q6zEI
America is divided as to whether to fight the Japanese and the Nazis or not. Hitler solves the problem by declaring war on the USA.
The Desert North Africa (1940–1943)- http://goo.gl/bCl8K
For 2 years the 8th Army and Rommel’s Afrika Corps fight in the deserts of North Africa. Finally the tide turns at El Alamein. 
Stalingrad (June 1942 – February 1943)- http://goo.gl/6VF7A
Hitler’s early successes in Russia make him reckless and he resolves to capture Stalingrad. The battle lasts six months with the Russians emerging as victorious. The Wehrmacht never recovers.
Wolf Pack U-Boats in the Atlantic (1939–1943)- http://goo.gl/rqrHY
The effectiveness of U-Boats was hindered by the swift introduction of the convoy system by the Allies until the “wolf-pack tactic of U-Boats travelling in packs was instigated. 
Red Star The Soviet Union (1941–1943)- http://goo.gl/zp48G
Germany – a nation stricken by the humiliating defeat in the First World War and emerging from crippling economic depression looks to one man for a resurgence of hope and dignity. That man is Adolf Hitler. 
Whirlwind: Bombing Germany (September 1939 – April 1944)- http://goo.gl/wr8P0
Germany – a nation stricken by the humiliating defeat in the First World War and emerging from crippling economic depression looks to one man for a resurgence of hope and dignity. That man is Adolf Hitler. 
Tough Old Gut Italy (1943–1944)- http://goo.gl/W9X6P
After driving the Germans from North Africa the Allies turn their sites on Italy.
It's A Lovely Day Tomorrow Burma (1942–1944)- http://goo.gl/3o26N
Vera Lynn sang of a “lovely day tomorrow” but the war in Burma was mud and monsoon. Britain’s largest army learned to master the jungle and fought the Japanese to a standstill. 
Home Fires Britain (1940–1944)- http://goo.gl/k8cjU
It was a time of gas masks, Winston Churchill, Dig for Victory, evacuation, George Formby, the Land Army, “It’s That Man Again” radio show, the Squander Bug and the Beveridge Report. 
Inside the Reich Germany (1940–1944)- http://goo.gl/jVtD1
German’s initial victory in Europe turns sours after the defeat at Stalingrad, yet they prepare to fight to the end – even after an assassination attempt on the Fuhrer.
Morning (June-August 1944)- http://goo.gl/iAwiJ
The Western Allies resolve to invade Europe. England becomes a floating supply dump and the British and Americans assemble the largest invasion fleet in history. It is June 6th 1944, D-Day. 
Occupation Holland (1940–1944)- http://goo.gl/f8RLX
Though a neutral country, Holland is attacked by Germany without warning in 1940. During the next four years, life carries on seemingly without incident but underneath resistance never dies.
Pincers (August 1944 – March 1945)- http://goo.gl/9oCZy
As the Allies debate how to prosecute the the invasion of Germany, Hitler settles the question with a massive counter attack in the Ardenne. 
Genocide (1941–1945)- http://goo.gl/8xHKY
The Nazis are racist, the Aryans are a master race, others, particularly the Jews are sub-human. Himmler’s SS sets about ridding Europe of millions of Jews. 
Nemesis: Germany (February – May 1945)- http://goo.gl/GpDd1
Hitler retreats to the Fuhrer bunker in Berlin as Germany crumbles around him and his lieutenants abandon him to a fate of suicide. Meanwhile the Russians raise the Red Flag in Berlin. 
Japan (1941–1945)- http://goo.gl/PLZR5
Initially apprehensive about the outcome of declaring war, the Japanese quickly turn to celebration with early victory. In the end, their worst fears are unimaginably exceeded.
Pacific (February 1942 – July 1945)- http://goo.gl/ZmW83
The Americans fight their way across the Pacific towards Japan and the Philippines. Perhaps the bloodiest campaign of all, each island has to be taken by storm and the Japanese fight to the last man. 
The Bomb (February – September 1945)- http://goo.gl/jkZNM
Western scientists have developed a new, immensely powerful weapon – the atomic bomb. On August 6th 1945, the Enola Gay delivers the world’s first atomic bomb to Hiroshima. The world would be forever altered.
Reckoning (April 1945)- http://goo.gl/rXkfP
The war ends slowly and messily. Britain is victorious but exhausted and the super-powers confront each other as they decide the fate of Europe. 

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