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In the summer of 1942, the Germans advance to seize the rich oilfields of the Caucasus. In their path, the city of Stalingrad, its Soviet defenders personally ordered by Stalin to “take not one step back".

Royal Canadian Air Force bombing operations play a crucial role in disrupting German infrastructure ahead of the Normandy invasion of June 1944. In the process, dozens of Canadian airmen are forced to bail out over occupied Belgium and France.

From D-Day, Tactical Air Force fighter-bombers played a pivotal role in Allied battlefield success; Canadian soldiers knew they could always “whistle for a Tiffy”.

The Dieppe assault of 19 August 1942 is the worst day in Canadian military history: in just 8 hours, 907 Canadians were killed. For 2,000 of their comrades, nearly three years of incarceration in German prison camps followed.

'ANZACS In the Face of War' presents an historical profile of Australia and new Zealand at the outbreak of war. The legacy of WWI the shared experiences and expectations of WWII.

Discover the riveting true events of World War II that inspired the gripping Netflix TV series. Delve into the historical backdrop and real-life experiences that shaped the narrative, offering a fascinating glimpse into the origins of this acclaimed show.

Hitler unveils his military plans: annex Austria, seize the Sudetenland, and eventually invade Poland and the Soviet Union. By March 1938, Austria falls bloodlessly. By September 1939, he invades Poland, sparking World War Two.

Hitler rules Europe triumphantly, hailed as a hero in Germany. Hitler invades the Soviet Union, promising swift victory over communism, but progress stalls. As Germany faces setbacks, Hitler retreats to his bunker in Poland, increasingly reliant on drugs.

The Canadian stand against the 12th SS Panzer Division Hitlerjugend immediately after D-Day allowed the Allies to switch to the offensive and truly begin the liberation of Europe.

The Canadian army played the pivotal role in closing the Falaise Gap and ensuring Allied victory in the Normandy Campaign in August 1944.

The Allies liberated Antwerp, the world’s largest deep-water port, on 4 September 1944, but it could only be accessed via the Scheldt Estuary, the perfect place for the Germans to make a stand.

In April and May 1945, the long-suffering Dutch people, enduring the German-imposed Hongerwinter famine, enthusiastically welcomed their Canadian liberators, establishing the intense connection sustained for 70 years.

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.

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.

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.

The series begins before WWI when military commanders struggled to understand what uses aviation might have. The Wright Brothers had been the first to fly a powered aircraft in controlled flight in 1903, but even by 1914 aircraft were still underpowered.

The 1920s and 30s were uncertain times for the RAF as well as all other armed services. With peace came cuts in spending on new aircraft development.

By the end of the war the RAF had aircraft that could escort bombers to targets deep inside Germany and back. With the Gloster Meteor, the RAF had also entered the ‘Jet Age’. Aircraft like the Hawker Hunter and F-86 Sabre took the RAF supersonic.

By the end of the First World War the RAF had bombers that could fly to Berlin and back. For the first time in a thousand years British civilians found themselves under direct attack - by Zeppelin airships and Gotha bombers.

The RAF’s maritime role is often overlooked. Between the wars the RAF operated elegant flying boats to patrol the far flung corners of the Empire.

After the war, RAF transports helped keep Berliners alive during the Soviet blockade of the city in 1948/49. As well as flying round-the-clock operations into the airport, Sunderland flying boats delivered supplies by landing on Lake Havel near the city.

In this programme we bring the RAF story into the modern era. Another aircraft to have extended the RAF’s capabilities is the C130 Hercules. This aircraft has proved its capabilities in countless environments from resupply, to dropping paratroopers.

In Britain during World War Two, thousands of men over the age of 18 were conscripted into the army, but among them were hundreds of underage boys, some as young as 15, who lied about their age so that they could join up.

With interviews and archive footage showing the sheer amount of devastation – from the loss of life to the immense damage caused to buildings across the country - The Aftermath looks at how the Blitz changed the face of Britain's cities and lives.

The Battle for the Bulge was the last major German offensive move on the Western Front during the Second World War.

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.

28th January 1945: The total war, propagated by Goebbels, strikes back at the Fatherland in all its drama and reaches its climax on German soil.

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