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WW2 - Battles for Europe

WW2 - Battles for Europe (2019)

July. 05,2019

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WW2 - Battles for Europe

Eye-witness veteran testimony from men who served under fire on the frontline

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WW2 - Battles for Europe

2019

Eye-witness veteran testimony from men who served under fire on the frontline

Seasons & Episode

Seasons 1 : 2019

8 Episode

Episode 1 - D-Day: The Normandy Landings

July. 05,2019

In June 1944, the combined British, Canadian and American armies make up the most powerful invasion force ever. They plan to establish a bridgehead in Normandy, storming beaches along a 50 mile front while airborne troops secure targets inland.

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Episode 2 - Battle for Caen

July. 12,2019

This edition examines the efforts of the British and Canadians who fought elite German divisions to capture the city of Caen, the key to breaking out of Normandy.

Episode 3 - Breakout of Normandy

July. 19,2019

Examining the work of the American forces who launched a huge offensive to blast a gap in the German lines and break through to liberate France.

Episode 4 - Market Garden

July. 26,2019

Field Marshal Montgomery's daring airborne plan to end the war by Christmas, which went a bridge too far at Arnhem.

Episode 5 - Battle for the Scheldt

August. 02,2019

As the Allies' advance stalls, the Canadians had to seize Hitler's island fortress to open up the vital port of Antwerp and keep the war moving.

Episode 6 - Battle for the Siegfried Line

August. 09,2019

The Allies entered Germany and ran into the Siegfried Line. American troops fought to a gruelling, bloody standstill in the Huertgen Forest at a terrible cost.

Episode 7 - Battle of the Bulge

August. 16,2019

Hitler's launch of his great counter-offensive against the unsuspecting Allies in the Ardennes. This was the Nazis' last gamble in the West to turn the tide of the war.

Episode 8 - Crossing the Rhine

August. 23,2019

The Allies reached the last great natural barrier between their forces and the German heartland. If they could get across the River Rhine, the war would be won.

Eye-witness veteran testimony from men who served under fire on the frontline