Road to Rome

Documentary · 2007 · 1 Season
TV-PG
Highlighting the history of Mussolini's Italy in WWII, from its early invasion of Albania and Greece to its defeats and ultimate surrender.
S01:E01 - Axis of Blood and Steel
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S01:E01 - Axis of Blood and Steel

46 min
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Benito Mussolini and the rise of the National Fascist Party is chronicled leading up to the war.

S01:E02 - North Africa
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S01:E02 - North Africa

46 min
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The British and Australian forces route the Italians in North Africa.

S01:E03 - War in the Balkans
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S01:E03 - War in the Balkans

32 min
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Benito Mussolini's appetite for building an Italian empire continued to grow with emphatic ambition as his forces invaded Albania with little resistance.

S01:E04 - Crete
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S01:E04 - Crete

44 min
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In May 1941, Nazi Germany began an airborne invasion of Crete against Greek and other Allied forces.

S01:E05 - Malta
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S01:E05 - Malta

46 min
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Details the Siege of Malta which occurred from 1940–42.

S01:E06 - El Alamein
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S01:E06 - El Alamein

46 min
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Highlights the First Battle of El Alamein which was fought in Egypt between Axis forces (Germany and Italy) of the Panzer Army Africa and Allied forces of the Eighth Army.

S01:E07 - Kasserine
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S01:E07 - Kasserine

46 min
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The Battle of Kasserine Pass took place in February 1943 in west central Tunisia. This was the first major engagement between American and Axis forces in World War II in Africa.

S01:E08 - Sicily
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S01:E08 - Sicily

46 min
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The Allied invasion of Sicily, codenamed Operation Husky, was a major campaign of World War II, in which the Allies took the island of Sicily from the Axis powers.

S01:E09 - Cassino
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S01:E09 - Cassino

46 min
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The Battle of Monte Cassino was a costly series of four assaults by the Allies against the Winter Line in Italy held by Axis forces during the Italian Campaign of World War II.

S01:E10 - Anzio
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S01:E10 - Anzio

46 min
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The Battle of Anzio condemned the Allies to another year of bloody combat in Italy, notably around the Gothic Line from August 1944 through March 1945.

S01:E11 - Battle for Rome
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S01:E11 - Battle for Rome

46 min
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Chronicles the long and arduous battles to retake Rome from the Nazi's.

S01:E12 - The Po Valley
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S01:E12 - The Po Valley

46 min
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As the war entered its final stages, the Allied troops continued to take back Italian territory from the Nazi's and were able to cross the Gothic Line.

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