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Stacja:BBC Two

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S01E04 - "Arnhem"

Wyemitowany Oct 16, 2001, 11:00 AM

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Opis

British military historian professor Richard Holmes gives you an insight of four major battles in World War II. The battle of Cassino, El Alamein, Arnhem (Operation Market Garden) & RAF Bomber Command.

Szczegóły

Status
Zakończony
Język
English
Czas trwania
50 min
Premiera
September 25, 2001
Zakończony
October 16, 2001
Harmonogram
Tuesday o 0:00

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Odcinki (1 Sezony · 4 Odcinków)

Alamein

Montgomery's victory over Rommel, Germany's commander in North Africa, in October 1942 was a brilliant success but was not without great human cost.

Sep 25, 2001

50 min

Cassino

The battle for Cassino in 1944 saw the Allies' attempting to breakthrough a German fortified mountain pass without damaging the world-famous Benedictine monastery that dominated the landscape. The men suffered terribly, as a combination of hostile terrain, atrocious winter weather and poor leadership frustrated every attack.

Oct 2, 2001

50 min

Bomber

Archive film footage, dramatised reconstructions and the accounts of aircrew veterans are used in this examination of the terrifying missions undertaken by the men of Bomber Command. Although enemy targets were heavily defended, the bombers became an awesome force, capable of destroying an entire city in a single night

Oct 9, 2001

50 min

Arnhem

Professor Richard Holmes revisits the bridges over the Rhine which the Western Allies seized in September 1944 in their daring airborne bid to shorten the Second World War. Featuring archive film footage, eyewitness accounts from veterans of the battle, and dramatised reconstruction.

Oct 16, 2001

50 min

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