World War Two
★ 8 · 2018 · Documentary · War & Politics
Follow the deadliest conflict in human history in real time, week by week, blow by blow.
Episodes
1. Week 001 -The Polish-German War - WW2 - September 1, 193912m · When Germany invades Poland on September 1 1939, the world is already at the brink of a new world war…
2. Week 002 - World War Two Begins - WW2 - September 8, 193912m · The German-Polish war is the match that ignites the flames that finally burn British Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain's appeasement efforts to the ground.
3. Week 003 - Poland on Her Own - WW2 - September 15, 193911m · When the Wehrmacht and the SS continue devastating Poland and her people in the first weeks of September, her last chance is her western allies.
4. Week 004 - The Russians are Coming! - The Soviet Invasion of Poland - WW2 -September 22, 193912m · When the USSR crushes the plans of the Allies for Poland and the Japanese plans in China in the same week, it is Germany that benefits.
5. Week 005 - Poland is Crushed - WW2 - 29 September, 19311m · Facing two enemies at once, Poland finds itself in a crushing vice after less than a month of war and the Polish forces must flee their own country to live to fight another day.
6. Week 006 - Poland Falls and China Rises - WW2 - October 6, 193911m · In the West, the sun sets on Poland as the last forces surrender, but her defenders are already regrouping abroad. In the East, the sun rises on China as Japan meets yet another defeat.
7. Week 007 - The Baltic in Stalin's Squeeze - WW2 - 13 October, 193910m · While the Third Reich and USSR consolidate their Polish conquest, their leaders are wary of each other but turn the attention to the next prize. Stalin moves to the North and Hitler pushes for an attack in the West.
8. Week 008 - The Submarine War - WW2 - October 20, 193911m · For the men in the navies of the warring nations in Europe, there was nothing phony about WW2 in October 1939 - mortal danger was immediately under the cold surface at the receiving end of a torpedo or a depth charge...
9. Week 009 - Stalin's Murderous Adventures - Occupation of Poland - WW2 - October 27, 193911m · The persecution, incarceration, enslavement and murder of the Polish people in occupied Poland is driven by ideological hatred for both Nazi Germany and Soviet Russia, but it's also a personal matter for Joseph Stalin.
10. Week 010 - Molotov's Heel on Finland and the Phoney War - WW2 - 3 November, 193910m · Ten weeks into World War Two, and the Allied ground forces are bored in France. In North-Eastern Europe, Poland's suffering has no end and Finland is in the crosshairs of the USSR.
11. Week 011 - Hitler Almost Killed - WW2 - 10 November, 193910m · As Hitler drives for a fast invasion he faces covert and open resistance, even an assassination attempt. In the background British and German agents and double agents play a game of betrayal and counter-betrayal.
12. Week 012 - The Mysterious Threat to the Royal Navy - Magnetic Mines - WW2 - 17 November, 193911m · While the Finnish and the Soviets seem to be moving ever closer to war, the Royal Navy is losing ships at a frightening rate to an explosive threat not yet understood.
13. Week 013 - Will the Kriegsmarine Rule the Waves? - WW2 - 24 November, 193910m · The European Allies seek a countermeasure to the mysterious German mines, in China the Japanese advance, and in Poland it is the beginning of the Warsaw Ghetto.
14. Week 014 - The Winter War - WW2 - December 1, 193910m · On the last day of November 1939 the Red Army of the USSR invades Finland and the Winter War begins.
15. Week 015 - The Invasion of Finland - WW2 - 8 December 193911m · When the Red Army invades Finland they get a cold reception and a pretty nasty surprise. It looks like team Stalin might just be skating on some very thin ice.
16. Week 016 - Perkele! Finland Strikes Back - WW2 - 15 December 193911m · In the second week of the Winter War, during multiple counteroffensives, including the famous Sausage War, the Finnish Defence Forces dash any hopes of a quick victory that the Red Army and Stalin might have had.
17. Week 017 - Trouble in China - WW2 - 22 December 193911m · While the Winter War continues with a Soviet armoured attack at Summa and the Lähde Road and the British attack the Germans from the skies in the first official aerial battle of World War Two, there's trouble in China. Chiang Kai Shek is looking for ways to gain a new advantage on the Japanese.
18. Week 018 - Stalin’s Unexpected Bedfellows - Soviet Relations in East Asia - WW2 - 29 December 193912m · The Chinese Nationalists under command of Chiang Kai Shek is desperately looking to make new or restore old, allies to aid them in their fight against the Japanese. Meanwhile, the Soviets are still struggling to turn the Winter War against the Finnish in their favor.More Like This
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