S01:E17 - Burma: The Forgotten Front (Spring 1943)
(2001)
·24 min
TV-14
War
The Japanese meet resistance from British forces as they advance through Burma to take India in 1944.
Season 1
S01:E01 - Dunkirk (September 1, 1939)
The near-miraculous evacuation of hundreds of thousands of stranded, surrounded British troops.
S01:E02 - Fall of Poland
As the German military stormed Poland on September 1, 1939, WWII officially began.
S01:E03 - The Battle of Norway (Early 1940)
Britain sends destroyers to end Germany's access to the Norwegian port of Narvik.
S01:E04 - The Bombing of England (Fall 1940)
Spitfire pilot George Unwin describes his experiences in the momentous Battle of Britain.
S01:E05 - Battle of Tobruk
British, New Zealand and Australian forces gathered in Tobruk to launch an all-out assault.
S01:E06 - Operation Mercury
Five thousand of Hitler's elite paratroopers landed in 1941, to complete the Nazi conquest.
S01:E07 - The Battle of Malta (June 1941)
Italy's first target in WWII became the most bombed country of the war.
S01:E08 - The Fall of Singapore (October 1941)
The British colony was considered impregnable, but the Japanese Imperial Army swept the city.
S01:E09 - Pearl Harbor (December 7, 1941)
An American turret gunner and a Japanese airman describe their experiences of December 7, 1941.
S01:E10 - Fall of the Philippines
The day after Pearl Harbor, Japanese forces destroy US military installations.
S01:E13 - Battle of Dieppe
British and Canadian forces raided the German-held Dieppe, but the Nazis proved too strong.
S01:E14 - Battle of Stalingrad
In one of the battles of WWII, the besieged Soviet Red Army turned the tables on the German Army.
S01:E15 - El Alamein
General Bernard Montgomery begins an offensive against German and Italian forces in North Africa.
S01:E16 - North Africa (November 1942)
November 1942 marks the first Allied amphibious landing of World War II.
S01:E17 - Burma: The Forgotten Front (Spring 1943)
The Japanese meet resistance from British forces as they advance through Burma to take India in 1944.
S01:E18 - Battle of Sicily
The Allies successfully invade the island of Sicily, setting up the eventual Italian withdrawal.
S01:E20 - Monte Cassino (September 3, 1943)
This ancient Italian monastery was fortified by Germans fighting to block the oncoming Allied army.
S01:E21 - The Gilbert Islands (November 1943)
American forces fought a long and bloody battle against the incumbent Japanese.
S01:E22 - Battle of Anzio
The Allied invasion of Italy met with deceptively little resistance at the town of Anzio.
S01:E23 - Kwajalein
US troops wrestle control of a tiny coral island from the Japanese, providing a military base.
S01:E24 - Battle in Palau (Summer 1944)
As the U.S. prepares for the invasion of the Philippines, the Palau Islands must be taken first.
S01:E25 - D-Day (June 6,1944)
U.S. Ranger Walter Martinez shares memories of the famous landings on June 6, 1944.
S01:E26 - Retaking France (6 Weeks After D-Day)
Allied forces push the Germans back through the Hedgerows of the French countryside.
S01:E27 - Operation Dragoon (August 1944)
The tide of war turns against the Axis powers as the Allied forces push into the French Riviera.
S01:E28 - Liberation of the Paris
Following the D-Day invasions at Normandy, Allied forces joined French Resistance fighters.
S01:E29 - Arnhem
The largest proposed airborne operation of WWII, with 30,000 Allied paratroopers, went very wrong.
S01:E30 - Liberation of the Phillipines
In 1944, American forces launched a final push to retake the islands.
S01:E33 - Battle of the Bulge (December 1944)
American forces clash with German Panzers in the Ardennes forest in December 1944.
S01:E34 - Mount Hot Rocks (February 19, 1945)
American forces landing on the shores of Iwo Jima encounter Japanese combatants.
S01:E37 - Fall of Berlin
Soviet and American troops press Hitler's armies from the west and the east.
S01:E38 - Commerce Raiders
Sneak attacks from German gunboats disguised as regular cargo ships crippled supply routes.
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