Battleline
S01:E27 - Commerce Raider
S01:É01 - S01:E01 - Iwo Jima
The Americans wanted to capture Iwo Jima to use as a base for airstrikes against Japan, but Japan fought fiercely to defend the island.
S01:É02 - S01:E02 - Attack on Pearl Harbor
Retelling of the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, told through the eyes of a Japanese flyer and an American sailor.
S01:É04 - S01:E04 - Dunkirk
German advances through Belgium into France pinned thousands of Allied troops and, ultimately, more than 30,000 troops were evacuated from Dunkirk.
S01:É05 - S01:E05 - The Fall of Poland
In September 1939, the Germans invaded Poland, marking the beginning of WWII. The Poles fought bravely, but they were no match for German blitzkrieg.
S01:É06 - S01:E06 - Ploesti
The Ploesti Raid was a combined bombing mission by the U.S. Air Force and the Royal Air Force against Axis oil refineries in Ploesti, Romania in 1943.
S01:É07 - S01:E07 - Battle for Paris
Authentic archival film footage and accounts from soldiers on both sides of the battle line combine to describe the liberation of Paris.
S01:É08 - S01:E08 - El Alamein
The Battle of El Alamein halted the advance by the Axis forces into Egypt.
S01:É09 - S01:E09 - Bridgehead on the Rhine
The March 1945 Allied capture and crossing of the bridge at Remagen over the Rhine River in Germany was both a strategic and symbolic victory.
S01:É11 - S01:E11 - Anzio
Archival film footage & accounts from soldiers on both sides explore Operation Shingle, an Allied landing against Axis forces in Anzio, Italy.
S01:É12 - S01:E12 - Operation Torch
Operation Torch—the Allied land, sea, and air invasion of North Africa—commences in June 1942, led by General Dwight D. Eisenhower.
S01:É13 - S01:E13 - Omaha Beach
June 6, 1944, the Allied landing on Omaha Beach on the Normandy coast of France is the scene of the bloodiest battle of D-Day.
S01:É14 - S01:E14 - Battle of the Gothic Line
The story of one German field marshal's last line of defense along the summits of the Apennines during the fighting retreat of German forces in Italy.
S01:É15 - S01:E15 - Battle of Midway
The islands of Midway were the focus of a brutal struggle between the Japanese Imperial Navy & the United States Pacific Fleet in the summer of 1942.
S01:É16 - S01:E16 - Dieppe
The plan was to raid the town of Dieppe, demonstrate the strength of the Allies, and take pressure off the Eastern front. But it failed tremendously.
S01:É18 - S01:E18 - Tarawa
Authentic archival film footage and accounts from soldiers on both sides of the battle line depict the Pacific battle for Tarawa.
S01:É19 - S01:E19 - The Fall of the Philippines
Although U.S. & Filipino soldiers outnumbered the invading Japanese in 1942, the inexperienced troops were no match for the enemy’s superior training.
S01:É20 - S01:E20 - The Invasion of Norway
In 1940, Hitler's plan is to occupy ports along the Norwegian coastline. It is the first combined air, land, and sea operation in history.
S01:É21 - S01:E21 - The Fall of Berlin
As the Red Army advanced towards Berlin in early 1945, Germans feared retribution for what their forces had done to the people of the Soviet Union.
S01:É22 - S01:E22 - The Fall of Crete
On Crete, the tired, ill-equipped British were helpless as German paratroopers captured key airfields & ports, putting the Mediterranean in jeopardy.
S01:É23 - S01:E23 - Arnhem
In September 1944, an ambitious two-part Allied operation was launched to secure key bridges in Holland, cross the Rhine, and advance into Germany.
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ChargementS01:É27 - S01:E27 - Commerce Raider
Authentic archival footage shows interruption to supply lines on both sides. Namely, a German Q ship conducts raids while disguised as a freighter.
