World War II: Battlefield Europe - Season 1 Episode 4 The War Begins, 1939
With Germany's land grab in 1939, Britain and France reluctantly concluded that Hitler was bent on European domination. Follow the story of the Molotov-Ribbentrop Pact between Germany and the Soviet Union, the dramatic invasion of Poland in September 1939, and the rise of a new kind of German warfare called blitzkrieg (lightning war").
Year: 2020
Genre: Documentary
Country:
Studio: The Great Courses
Director: David R. Stone, PhD
Cast: David R. Stone, PhD
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First Air Date: Jan 30, 2020
Last Air date: Jan 30, 2020
Season: 1 Season
Episode: 24 Episode
Runtime: 26 minutes
IMDb: 0.00/10 by 0.00 users
Popularity: 0.22
Language: English
Keyword : germany, france, europe, world war ii, soviet union, joseph stalin, franklin delano roosevelt, benito mussolini, d-day, north africa, battle of britain, military history, blitzkrieg, world history, adolf hitler, winston churchill, nazi germany, fdr, united states, harry s. truman, holocaust, u boat, second world war, battle of moscow, fall of france, operation barbarossa, battle of stalingrad, dwight david eisenhower, charles de gaulle
Season
Season 1
Episode
The Battle of Moscow, December 1941
Anti-Semitism and the Nazis
Tearing Up the Treaty of Versailles
The War Begins, 1939
The Nazis Rise to Power, 1922-1933
The Fall of France, Spring 1940
The Battle of Britain-and the Blitz
Britain and Germany's Standoff at Sea
Hitler, Stalin, and Operation Barbarossa
Roosevelt, Isolationism, and Lend-Lease
North Africa and the Battle of el-Alamein
The Battle of Stalingrad, 1942-1943
Resistance in Nazi-Occupied Europe
The Holocaust
U-Boats and the Battle of the Atlantic
The Allies Invade Italy: Sicily to Anzio
Strategic Bombing over Germany
Allied Industry, Spying, and Wonder Weapons
Soviets, Germans, and the Eastern Front
D-Day at Last, June 1944
Hitler Runs Out of Options, Fall 1944
Soviet Push to Berlin and Yalta Power Play
Eisenhower's Endgame in Europe
War's End: Picking Up the Pieces