Pluto TV Britain at War schedule

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Peak of Power: Documenting the peak of Hitler's power and his plan to invade Great Britain.

The fall of a hate-fueled and manipulative madman, and those who faithfully followed him from the invasion at Normandy, the death camps of Auschwitz-Birkenau, the military failure at Stalingrad, and the fall of Berlin.

E1 begins with a brief examination of the rationale of hatred projected by Hitler onto the Soviet-Slavic-Jewish world. Then it leaps forward, to see Hitler initiate an invasion of the USSR.

Episode 2 begins after the desperate German winter of 1941. Yet 1942 began badly for the Soviets, with more vicious Nazi campaigning seeing millions more Russians captured and starved.

We have long ignored the "intimate" relationship between Hitler and Stalin, this mixture of mistrust and mutual fascination.

With the German-Soviet pact, Stalin and Hitler put aside all political logic to let the Western democracies believe that such a rapprochement was impossible.

The protracted romance between Adolf Hitler and Eva Braun began in 1929 and ended in 1945 in the bunker under the ruins of the Chancellery.

Hitler’s fascination with propaganda was born in the trenches of the First World War. There he saw it emerge as a potent tool of psychological warfare - one that he would harness to build the Nazi movement. Witness Hitler's early propaganda tactics.

This episode explores Hitler's approach to propaganda in power; where persuasion was achieved through propaganda and terror, all in service of one goal: the creation of a state under one shared ideology. A new German power fueled by propaganda.

This episode explores the way Hitler used propaganda to justify his warmongering, reframing it as defense of Germany’s people and borders. It investigates the role propaganda played for both Hitler and the Allies to mobilize their countries for war.

This is the story of the creation of the Allied military from the small 100,000-man force of the post World War I era to the mighty military industrial complex that fought fascist forces around the world. 10 Hour Series

In the years leading up to WW2, Japan emerges as a military superpower in the Pacific, challenging America's isolationist stance.

The US Army Air Corps was still flying bi-planes in the 1930s but would darken the skies over enemy cities with its might.

From the smoldering wreckage of Pearl Harbor to final victory, this is the story of the US Navy and the two ocean war.

The Marines are America's fighting elite, a small police force that grew into one of the most feared forces in the Pacific War.

This is the story of the creation of the Allied military from the small 100,000-man force of the post World War I era to the mighty military industrial complex that fought fascist forces around the world. 10 Hour Series

The US Coast Guard was the first branch of the US military to see action in WWII.

The US Coast Guard saw extensive action throughout the Second World War, battling U-boats within sight of mainland America.

Chaim Rumkowski, leader of the Lodz ghetto during WWII, believed cooperation with the Nazis could save lives, providing labor in exchange for food. This approach kept some semblance of community and culture alive amidst unimaginable horror.

Pierre Laval, once celebrated and later reviled, faced execution in 1945 for collaboration with the Nazis during Vichy France. Originally a socialist and pacifist, he fell into collaboration for power and to navigate the horrors of occupation.

Viktor Arajs, a Latvian, played a significant role in the Holocaust, collaborating with the Nazis to eliminate Jews. Leading the Arajs Kommando, he orchestrated the killings of around 30,000 Jews. Arajs justified his actions as patriotic defense.

Leon Degrelle, a charismatic Belgian leader, joined the Nazis and led Die Wallonien on the Eastern Front. Despite no military background, he earned the Knight's Cross for valor. He recruited 4000 more for the SS, defending Berlin until April 1945.

Croatia grapples with its fascist past through figures like Dinko Sakic, once hailed as a hero but later convicted of war crimes. Leading the notorious Jasenovac camp, Sakic oversaw brutal atrocities against inmates.

Vidkun Quisling, once honored for diplomacy, turned traitor by collaborating with Nazis. His bid for power in Norway failed, relegated by Germans. Despite being named "fuehrer," his reign led to repression until his hanging post-Nazi defeat.

During WWII, the IRA's "S Plan" aimed to bomb Britain, drawing German support to weaken the British. "Operation Green" and "Plan Kathleen" envisioned IRA aiding a German invasion of Northern Ireland, but both failed due to bungling and infighting.

The controversy surrounding Mohammad Amin al-Husayni, stems from his Nazi collaboration. He recruited Bosnian Muslims and advocated for a Palestinian homeland with Nazi help. His diaries reveal awareness of the Holocaust and anti-Semitic sentiments.

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