A quick review of the various campaigns and calamitous occurrences that happened from the start to the end of World War II.
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38min
May 31, 1983
2. North Africa... the Desert War
The birth of the Afrika Korps and it's leader Erwin Rommel who was to earn the pseudonym Desert Fox.
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23min
June 6, 1983
3. The Beachhead at Anzio
Beginning with Operation Shingle, the allies obtained a foothold in Italy while the Germans were determined to make the allies job a difficult one starting with the Gustav line.
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22min
June 13, 1983
4. D-Day... The Normandy Invasion
Operation Overlord began on Jun 6, 1944, with parachutists, deception tactics, and Mulberry harbors so as to ensure a successful invasion in France.
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23min
June 20, 1983
5. Pursuit to the Rhine
Once the Normandy invasion was concluded it was a cacophony of multiple allied drives to silence the German offensives with having to deal with some strong defensive fronts and offensive attacks.
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21min
June 27, 1983
6. The Bomber Offensive: Air War in Europe
In 1943, Britain began bomber offensives over Germany's war production sites, some without fighter protection because of limited fuel capacity. Bombing targets and improved fighter protection would soon occur.
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23min
July 4, 1983
7. The Battle of the Bulge
Adolf Hitler is desperate to stop the allies advance onto German soil and pushes a number of his military forces through the Ardennes and begins what has come to be known as the Battle of the Bulge. The allies had a number of clues that something was going to happen but ignored them.
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21min
July 11, 1983
8. The Battle of Germany
A more detailed overview of the causes of the German assault through the Ardennes and the battle in Bastogne. The German line fell apart on the 25th after the weather cleared on the 23rd of December 1944. The allies then continued to drive toward the Rhine.
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23min
July 18, 1983
9. Island Hopping: The Road Back
Beginning with the battle on Tarawa, the Gilbert's, Marshall's, and Mariana's island groups were next in the island hopping strategy.
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22min
July 25, 1983
10. Jungle Warfare: New Guinea to Burma
The jungle campaigns in New Guinea and Burma were necessary. This was more easily accomplished by attacking the weaker Japanese defenses.
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23min
August 2, 1983
11. Air War In The Pacific
Chronicling the war’s first days through the suicidal Kamikaze attacks and the bombing missions that
brought the war to the Japanese homeland, this documentary utilizes extensive air combat footage.
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23min
August 9, 1983
12. The Bloody Ridges of Peleliu
From the opening Naval bombardment, to the hand-to-hand combat and vicious guerrilla warfare, this is the complete story of this brutal and historic battle.
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23min
August 16, 1983
13. The Return To The Philippines
From MacArthur's strategy to the heroics of the ground
troops, the 7th Fleet’s naval forces, and the pilots
of the Air Force, the heroic saga of the Philippines is a stunning story of unstoppable determination.
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21min
August 23, 1983
14. Okinawa... The Last Battle
Winston Churchill described it as the most intense and famous battle in military history. Witness the desperate, suicidal resistance of the Japanese in the final battle of the Pacific campaign.