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Saksalaissotilaat odottavat peloissaan vihollisen hyökkäystä Ranskassa vuonna 1944. He tietävät, että liittoutuneet hyökkäävät vielä jonakin päivänä, mutta on vielä arvoitus milloin ja minne. Lopulta Normandiassa, Ranskan pohjoisrannikolla alkaa tapahtua. Kuudentena kesäkuuta näkyviin lipuu satojen pienten maihinnousualusten joukko, ja taaempana siintää taistelu- ja kuljetuslaivoja, tykkejä sekä panssarivaunuja. Alkaa Normandian maihinnousu, yksi toisen maailmansodan verisimmistä ja keskeisimmistä taisteluista.

Hyytävä viima piiskaa sotilaiden kasvoja 2900 kilometrin pituisella rintamalla vuonna 1941. Hitler on antanut heidän tehtäväkseen valloittaa Neuvostoliitto, mutta rintamalla sääolosuhteet osoittautuvat pahaksi viholliseksi. Kylmyys kangistaa sotilaitten jäseniä ja hyydyttää aseet sekä ajoneuvot, eivätkä huoltolinjat toimi. Saksan nälkäiset joukot uhmaavat säätä ja etenevät kohti Moskovaa, jota Neuvostoliitto puolustaa säästelemättä sotilashenkiä. Luftwaffe pommittaa jo päämajoja.

Liittoutuneiden saattueet kuljettavat varusteita Murmanskiin Jäämeren halki, mutta reitti on henkeäsalpaavan vaarallinen. Arktiset kuljetukset Neuvostoliittoon sisältävät kaikkea tarpeellista purkkimuonasta panssarivaunuihin. Kun Hitler määrää joukkonsa saalistamaan saattueita, iskuja torjuvat merimiehet joutuvat taistelemaan paitsi lunta ja jäätä, myös laivoja, sukellusveneitä ja lentokoneita vastaan. Millainen oli reitti, jota Winston Churchill nimitti maailman pahimmaksi matkaksi? Tapaa saattueissa olleita merimiehiä ja tutustu heidän kertomuksiinsa.

Taistelut repivät Pohjolaa vuonna 1939. Mikko Kallionpää on tiedusteluretkellä Suomen puolella itärajaa, kun hän kohtaa neuvostosotilaan silmästä silmään. Aseen piippu osoittaa Kallionpäätä kymmenen metrin päässä, mutta hän ehtii ensin. Laukaus on talvisodan ensimmäinen. Stalin on päättänyt vallata Suomen varmistaakseen selustansa. Toisaalla norjalaiset vastustavat Hitleriä, joka pyrkii hallitsemaan Norjan länsirannikon satamia turvatakseen rautamalminsaannin Ruotsista.

On helmikuu vuonna 1941. Saksalaiset ovat päättäneet tuhota jälleen yhden brittien sukellusveneistä. Saksa ja Iso-Britannia ovat kamppailleet vuosia Atlantin herruudesta, sillä Saksa haluaa estää saattueet, joilla liittoutuneet yrittävät auttaa brittejä. Tällä kertaa voitonvarmat saksalaiset merikapteenit yllättyvät karvaasti. Paljastuu, että eräs brittien taitavimmista sukellusvenekapteeneista on mukana suojaamassa saattuetta ja hänellä on vaarallinen ässä hihassaan. Yksi kaikkien aikojen hurjimmista meritaisteluista on alkamassa.

Eletään vuotta 1940. Ranska on antautunut, Pohjola miehitetty, ja Iso-Britannia on Euroopan viimeinen toivo. Natsi-Saksan Luftwaffe on kuitenkin huimasti Britannian kuninkaallisia ilmavoimia edellä. Briteillä on vain joukko kouluttamattomia lentäjiä ja liian vähän lentokoneita, joilla on vaikea vastustaa maailman mahtavimpia ilmavoimia. Kumpi voittaa ilmaherruuden? Seuraa lentäjien huimia kaksintaisteluja kanaalin yllä ja tutustu sodan kokeneiden silminnäkijöiden kertomuksiin.

On May 2,1945, Red Army soldiers broke into Hitler’s bunker. Rzhevskaya, a young military interpreter, was with them. Almost accidentally the Soviet military found the charred remains of Hitler and Eva Braun. They also found key documents: Bormann's notes, the diaries of Goebbels and letters of Magda Goebbels. Rzhevskaya was entrusted with the proof of Hitler’s death: his teeth wrenched from his corpse by a pathologist hours earlier.

The Boys of Winter tells the true story of three young American ski champions and their brutal, heroic, and fateful transformation from athletes to infantrymen with the 10th Mountain Division. Charles J. Sanders's fast-paced narrative draws on dozens of interviews and extensive research to trace these boys' lives from childhood to championships and from training at Mount Rainier and in the Colorado Rockies to battles against the Nazis.

Like many Americans, as soon as Vincent J. Riccio heard about the attack on Pearl Harbor, he wanted to enlist in the military. This memoir recounts his experiences in the United States Army Air Corps as an instrument technician, aviation cadet, and flight engineer in World War II. It describes his escapades during training and deployment, the missions flown over Germany, the fateful events that led to his captivity in Stalag Luft IV, and the long road home. It reflects his impressions of military service, the people he met, and the lessons he learned along the way.

When called up to fight in yet another World War, Drum Major Jackson promised his beloved wife, Mabel, that he would return to lead his band and play for her once more. In May 1940, he was captured at Dunkirk and interned in several German forced labour camps throughout Poland. Two years later, he was transferred to Auschwitz IV. When his captors appointed Jackson their ‘Kapellmeister’ (man in charge of music), he seized the opportunity to provide entertainment for his fellow prisoners at rehearsals and cover for escapees during concerts.

In Commanding the Pacific: Marine Corps Generals in World War II, Stephen R. Taaffe analyzes the 15 high-level Marine generals who led the Corps' six combat divisions and two corps in the conflict. He concludes that these leaders played an indispensable role in organizing, training, and leading their men to victory.

A wonderful trip through time and a whild journey of trails and tribulations.

Written with vivid detail, this encouraging, life-giving audiobook is a tale of a World War II Veteran father and his daughter, who found the relationship with him she'd always longed for. Do you have a family member who served in the military, who perhaps saw war, and wondered what their experience was really like? Do you suspect there are past traumas that might be affecting their ability to open up? Do you wish you could feel closer and more connected to your mom, dad, or other family members? If yes, Flying with Dad will pull you into a real-life story that shows you how.

Much loved by America and elected President for an unprecedented four terms. Renowned for his domestic policy and paternalism in America’s darkest days of the Depression. We now deliver history’s verdict on Roosevelt’s involvement in World War II. Starting in the 1930s, we analyse how Roosevelt offered aid to the Allies and eventually became embroiled in the Second World War despite America's strict neutrality laws. We also examine the darker side of Roosevelt’s character and the controversy surrounding the Japanese bombing of Pearl Harbour. Were the Japanese provoked?

A magnificent script, newly declassified revelations, testimony from the world's greatest historians and thinkers, and the chilling words of the Fuhrer himself and those of his closest henchmen to deliver History’s Verdict on Hitler. Opening with an astonishing series of insights into the formative years of the future dictator, we trace how the unremarkable son of a provincial bully experienced failure in love and art to then find happiness in the midst of a bloodbath. How Germany's defeat in the Great War catalysed his anti-Semitism and sense of destiny.

Ike’s public image is frequently overshadowed by more attention-grabbing colleagues. Cases in point: General Patton, his World War II subordinate; and JFK, his successor as President of the United States of America. But we reveal that there is far more to Ike than the myth of his being an uncharismatic conservative in everything he did. We examine his rise from humble origins in Kansas. His loving family relationships - including a pacifist mother - that led to his concern for the well-being of those he was responsible for.

He was a US Army general who was also the only ever Field Marshal of the Philippine Army, and this symbolizes MacArthur’s visionary belief that Asia would dominate the future of the world. How did he turn initial disasters in the Pacific War against Japan to a famous comeback that would make him a national hero? How did his occupation of Japan help transform the ancient nation into a modern peaceful rich society? Why did he spare Emperor Hirohito from near-certain trial for war crimes?

He remains the most famous Allied general of the Second World War thanks to George C Scott’s unforgettable performance in the Oscar winning movie. But our remarkable documentary reveals there was vastly more to Patton than his so-called lust for glory. We provide a concise and comprehensive overview of the great battlefield commander the Wehrmacht’s generals most feared. The son of a rich, distinguished family, the young Patton loved the classics and history, was an Olympic athlete and “master of the sword”.

Heaven's emperor; man of science; survivor. Brilliant writing, the latest declassified information, witnesses from among the greatest historians, and the hitherto unknown words of the Emperor himself deliver History’s Verdict on Hirohito, the Second World War's most enigmatic leader. Opening with the fateful attack on Pearl Harbor and his role in it, we trace how this great admirer of the Western world had overseen his country's march to war with both the United States of America and the British Empire.

La Segunda Guerra Mundial se alza en su inmensidad y complejidad sobre el resto de la historia humana. Un número de víctimas difícil de concebir, jamás superado por ningún otro con?icto; las masas de hombres, mujeres y recursos movilizados en una guerra que sacudió hasta los con?nes más remotos del planeta; la batalla ideológica entre el totalitarismo y la democracia, entre el fascismo y el comunismo, las pasiones y odios que despertó; el horror inimaginable y el fanatismo del holocausto; los juegos geopolíticos...