Series 1
Series Summary
As the 70th anniversary of the end of the Second World War approaches, year by year the number of surviving soldiers is sadly diminishing. This six-part series is the story of their war, not the war as written by generals and historians.
Produced by the team behind the highly-acclaimed Blitz Street, the series starts with the D-Day Landings and ends with street fights in Berlin, bringing to life the story of the campaign to take Europe back from the Nazis.
It recreates actual battlefield scenarios using real bombs and real ammunition to illustrate the extraordinary first-hand testimonies from Allied soldiers.
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Episodes (6)
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The series opens with the optimistic anticipation and the grim realities of the D-Day Landings. It is easy to appreciate how frightened the…
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Across northern France British and German tanks go head to head. The Allies soon discovered that the Sherman tank 'brewed up' when it was…
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British and Canadian troops come under intense fire from determined Germans ready to fight to the death on Hill 112 - an area of raised…
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As the British and Canadians sweep through Holland they are greeted with open arms by the Dutch. Taking the port at Antwerp is crucial to…
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The US airborne enters the Hurtgen Forest in Germany in the autumn of 1944 and are soon facing the coldest winter on record. Troops start…
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The Allies finally reach the River Rhine, the last obstacle between them and the German heartland and their ultimate goal - Berlin.
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