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This is the story of how Hitler orchestrated the genocide of 6 million Jews. Hitler portrayed Jews as a societal threat, using Goebbels' propaganda. Deportations were masked as resettlements while Auschwitz-Birkenau became a death factory.

By 1944, Hitler's image as a victorious leader is crumbling. He faces a bomb plot led by Stauffenberg and Tresckow, intending to kill him and overthrow the regime. Hitler survives the bombing, triggering a brutal reprisal against conspirators.

In January 1945, Nazi Germany faces defeat as Allied armies close in. Hitler, aged 55 and in poor health, remains defiant in his Berlin bunker. On April 30th, 1945, Hitler commits suicide, and days later, Germany surrenders, ending World War II.

In WWII's final months, Allies discover Nazi death camps, prompting a sweeping denazification of Germany post-war. Nuremberg trials convict top Nazis. Former Nazis are employed by the West in the Cold War struggle against the Soviet Union.

It’s a sinister truth that the British upper class would rather forget...

At last here is the definitive story of heroism and hardship of a people uniquely and collectively awarded the George Cross 'for gallantry', and told by some of the heroic survivors.

In this program we look at the development of the Bf 109 which flew in all theaters of conflict in which the Luftwaffe was involved. More Bf 109s were built than any other fighter of the era.

Experience this groundbreaking film, the story of the greatest sea disaster in U.S. Navy History, told for the first time by only the men who lived it.

Tells the stories of those who experienced the end of the war in all its many forms. It features a wide range of interviews from children who remember the street parties, to the servicemen who remember not having to buy a single drink that day.

In the early hours of June 6th, 1944 Allied forces began the greatest military assault ever attempted. They came to Normandy by both air and sea with one objective.

For nearly five years, Hitler's Third Reich has dominated Europe. Germany braces for an Allied invasion, fortifying the Atlantic Wall with steel, concrete, and advanced weaponry.

After 18 months of preparation, the Allied Expeditionary Force launches the largest amphibious landing in history, with 160,000 troops storming the Normandy coast.

Germany's retreat continues as the Allies liberate France and Belgium. Montgomery's ambition to end the war risks more than his reputation as the push toward the Netherlands begins.

Eisenhower approves a plan to break German lines by Christmas. With just seven days to prepare, Monty ignores warnings, rushes the largest airborne assault ever, and pushes ahead despite rising risks.

Airborne troops flood the Netherlands as 50,000 tanks surge from Belgium. However, stronger-than-expected German forces resist fiercely, causing the ambitious operation to falter.

Market Garden stalls with tragedy at Arnhem, stalemate at Nijmegen, and chaos elsewhere. Outnumbered 4 to 1 in places, even Montgomery's gamble can't overcome the mounting odds.

Eisenhower halts Monty's costly gamble as British forces retreat before destruction. Heavy casualties and strategic failures haunt the Allies, with lasting effects for the war's remainder.

After six months of retreat across Northern Europe, Adolf Hitler's forces on the Western Front are back behind Germany's borders.

American forces reel from the impact of massive surprise attack along an 80-mile front in The Ardennes Forest.

As the last Nazi offensive of the war develops, the vicious SS Panzer resort to murder, a dangerous fifth column slips into the American camp causing chaos and confusion, and the desperate defense of a key Belgian town seems doomed.

Eisenhower brings in the Airborne Divisions to reinforce the Allied front lines, a legendary US General leads a furious charge up country to relieve the surrounded town of Bastogne, and Hitler panics as the German offensive begins to stall.

The Germans launch a last desperate attack while improved flying conditions enable the US air forces to bring added strength to the battle. The troops on the ground continue to suffer the effects of the coldest Belgian winter in history.

With fuel and supplies all but depleted, the Germans withdraw and end up back where they started. With the battle won, hard questions are asked as to how such a bitter and bloody battle could catch the Allies off-guard.

The beginning of 1945 sees millions of troops assembled in central Europe.

The leaders of the world's future superpowers hold a conference in the Crimea to agree a post-war framework for Europe, and must overcome deep political division to do so.

The great rivers of the Rhineland along Germany's western border must be crossed to take the fight to the enemy's home turf.

General Bradley's army group launch operations to get over the Roer and Rhine Rivers in the centre and the south of Germany's western border.

As the allies in the west move deeper into the fatherland, they discover a vast network of concentration and forced labor camps.

The Soviet forces on Germany's eastern border, now refreshed and resupplied, are given a challenge by premiere Stalin.

The final battle of the war begins as Russian forces advance rapidly into Berlin smashing its defenders back towards an ever-shrinking last stand.

After surviving the German bombing campaign of British cities, RAF Bomber Command struck back against Germany. The devastating consequences of raids, for both for the young men in the skies and the people on the ground, are portrayed in this film.

In this film, Bomber Command personnel and a Luftwaffe pilot take the viewer through the frightening reality of fighting in the skies as they try to get a damaged bomber home.

During the Second World War, 250,000 Canadian women helped to build the arsenal of democracy. These young women met the challenges of factory work and helped to win the Second World War, and by doing so, paved the way for future generations.

The Sicily Campaign began with the largest seaborne invasion in history on 9-10 July 1943. The Allied forces of Britain, Canada, and the United States sought to knock Italy out of the war and attack Germany from the south.

The War Inside is a personal retelling of one of the fiercest battles of the Italian Campaign from the searing points of view of Canadian infantrymen, a tanker, a stretcher bearer, and a German paratrooper.

The Road to Rome examines the incredible experiences of Canadian veterans, the victories and horrors of armoured combat, and the pivotal value, far too often neglected, of the overall Italian Campaign.

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