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Eternal Pompeii

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Spies of War

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The D-Day Spies (eps. 1) (1 × 50′)

June 6th, 1944: nearly 130,000 Allied soldiers storm Normandy's beaches, initiating the liberation of France from the Nazis. Behind the scenes of this major event of WWII, British MI-5’s double...

The Soldier Who Never Was (eps. 2) (1 × 50′)

July 10th, 1943: The Allied troops land in Sicily and open a new breach in the Nazi empire....

The Spy Who Prevented The War (eps. 3) (1 × 50′)

October 1962: The world holds its breath under the threat of a nuclear war during the Cuban missile crisis. Behind the scenes, one of the greatest spies of the century plays a crucial role to help...

The Atomic Spies (eps. 4) (1 × 50′)

August 29th, 1949: four years after the U.S. drops the first atomic bomb, the Soviets drop one. No one expected it so soon. Behind the scenes of this major event of the cold war, the Soviets...

World War II - Battles for Europe

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D-Day: The Normandy Landings (eps. 1) (1 × 50′)

June 1944 – The combined American, British and Canadian armies make up the most powerful invasion force ever assembled. They plan to establish a bridgehead in Normandy, storming beaches along a 50...

The Battle of Caen (eps. 2) (1 × 50′)

June 1944 - The Allies are bogged down in bitter fighting amid the hedgerows of Normandy. The British and Canadians are still short of the objective they planned to capture on D-Day: the city of...

Normandy Breakout (eps. 3) (1 × 50′)

July 1944 – American forces plan a major offensive codenamed Operation Cobra. They would attack near St. Lo, achieve a breakthrough, then unleash General Patton and US Third Army to exploit the...

Market Garden (eps. 4) (1 × 50′)

September 1944 – Montgomery proposes a bold plan to cross the Rhine and encircle Germany’s industrial heartland. Operation Market Garden begins as thousands of Allied paratroopers seize key bridges...

Battle of the Scheldt (eps. 5) (1 × 50′)

October 1944 – The Allies face a major supply crisis. Vital fuel and ammunition still has to be landed at the D-Day beaches 300 miles to the rear. When the Belgian port of Antwerp falls into Allied...

Battle for the Siegfried Line (eps. 6) (1 × 50′)

November 1944 – As the Allies advance into Germany they run into formidable concrete bunkers, pillboxes, minefields, and tank traps. German soldiers fight tenaciously to defend their homeland. We...

Battle of the Bulge (eps. 7) (1 × 50′)

December 1944 – Hitler has picked the Ardennes sector for a major offensive – a last gamble to turn the tide of the war. The surprise attack, spearheaded by elite divisions, initially sends...

Crossing the Rhine (eps. 8) (1 × 50′)

March 1945 – The Allies have reached the River Rhine, which Hitler is counting on to stall their advance. Field Marshal Montgomery plans a giant operation to cross the river in the north, but luck...
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