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World War II was the greatest rampage of destruction in the history of humanity - or inhumanity. Over a period of six years, 1939 to 1945, more than 50 million human beings died by violence, disease, exposure, or starvation, as a direct result of the war. In The Big Battles you'll see newsreel and combat footage combined with latter-day interviews with military personnel who experienced the war first-hand.
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S1 Ep1
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25th Sep 2001
When Germany goes head-to-head with France, no other decision can be reached: Hitler must be stopped.
S1 Ep3
25th Sep 2001
The Battle of Britain, fought entirely in the air, was a major German campaign to gain control of British airspace, crush the Royal Air Force and intimidate the country into neutrality or surrender.
S1 Ep6
25th Sep 2001
The Western Desert Campaign, a primary operation in World War II's North African Campaign, was a continual back-and-forth struggle in an unrelenting desert wasteland.
S1 Ep8
25th Sep 2001
On June 22, 1941, Germany and its Axis allies took the Soviets by surprise and invaded, eventually making their way to Moscow where the Soviets launched a massive counter-attack, leading to a morale-boosting victory.
S1 Ep9
25th Sep 2001
Described as the "bloodiest battle in human history and arguably one of the greatest come-backs in military history," the Battle of Stalingrad was a major turning point in the war - proving to be the start of the Soviet Union's liberation and the Allies' victory over Nazi Germany.
S1 Ep10
25th Sep 2001
The largest invasion by sea to date, the Battle of Normandy engaged nearly three million troops from twelve Allied nations that crossed the English Channel to Normandy in occupied France.
S1 Ep11
25th Sep 2001
After the Axis powers were defeated in North Africa, the Allies decided to invade Italy, where popular support for the war was flagging. Victory for the Allies ensued and Mussolini was removed from power.
S1 Ep14
25th Sep 2001
Death of a City reveals archival footage of the intense and destructive battle fought in Berlin - one of the final conflicts of the European theatre of World War II.
S1 Ep15
25th Sep 2001
This gripping documentary highlights the heated struggle between two of the most powerful navies across incredible expanses of the Pacific Ocean.