Pluto TV Britain at War schedule

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In 1945, Soviet and American troops press Hitler's armies from the west and the east, culminating in the fall of Berlin.

Heavily armed vessels disguised as ordinary cargo ships patrolled allied waters, sinking supply boats and stealing their content.

The development of the B-17 bomber, which allowed American planes to reach inside Germany and bomb its cities.

U-boats posed the deadliest threat to Allied convoys traveling the Atlantic.

Heroism was not unique to US commanders, these generals battled the Nazis on all fronts. A look at Bernard Law Montgomery, Georgi Zhukov, and Sir Arthur Harris.

The commanders of World War II who led on the high seas and on the homefront. Charles Nimitz, George Marshall, and Joseph Stillwell are seen in profile.

From Island-hopping to thirty seconds over Tokyo, this is a look at the battles of Douglas MacArthur, Hap Arnold, and James Doolittle.

The battles of the first world war were battles of attrition and trenches; the battles of the second world war were vastly different. In this episode we study tank battles, blitzkrieg, commando raids, amphibious landings, and mobile warfare in the desert.

The second world war was conflict on an unprecedented scale. Its battles set new marks for the sheer size of forces deployed and for the power of their weapons. In this episode we study the first battle at sea, and the largest army to have ever marched.

A war that reached every continent and touched every sort of terrain demanded every sort of strategy. In this episode we examine battles fought at sea, and in the jungle, in city streets, invasions from the air, and retreats from the land.

Battles are almost always about territory. Advancing the front line, seizing the port, the city, the oil field. The fate of nations in the war rose and fell on battles that took territory. Singapore, Monte Casino, Stalingrad...all about territory.

The activities of nations after World War I that lead to World War II.

Country after European country falls before the unstoppable German blitzkrieg.

Germany makes critical errors during the bombing of Britain.

The German invasion of Russia from Operation Barbarossa on 22 June 1941 to Kursk on 5 July 1943.

Japan attacks the USA on 7 Dec 1941. For the next 6 months, they continue to have successful attacks.

Every war seized new tactics; some inspired, some desperate, all attempting to influence the course of battles. Campaigns waged against non military targets to demoralize. Suicide missions launched when traditional weapons failed. Rules were rewritten.

A world war is a patchwork of actions. Land. Sea. Air. Massive, or small scale. The stories of these actions, are just as varied. This episode describes battles of amphibious forces, climate, geography, and the problems of supply.

Through history, armies marched to face each other on favored ground and clashed to decide a campaign, a war, an empire. With the 20th century that changed. The battles of the WWII happened anywhere and everywhere, in every weather and climate.

Some words transcend their origins as humble place names. They are carved into history as turning points which influenced the course of WWII, the fate of nations, and the make-up of our world. El Alameine, Okinawa, and Pearl Harbor.

Italy's failed attacks in the Mediterranean region draw in the Germans.

Allies turn the tide in the Atlantic, where initially German U-Boats harass freely convoys to supply Britain. The route to bring American soldiers who will land on D-Day is clear.

Their attack on the Soviet Union having failed, the German Army suffers a series of counter-offensives on the Eastern Front. Wehrmacht's losses are huge as the Soviets advance West.

After a careful campaign of disinformation that throws the German defenders off-guard, the Western Allies finally land on Normandy.France is liberated.

The Treaty of Versailles and the Weimar Republic: Explores the signing of the Treaty of Versailles and its relation to the rise of Adolf Hitler.

Supreme Commander: Explores the Berlin Olympic Games and the rise of Adolf Hitler as the Supreme Commander of the German Reich.

The Western Allies secure supply routes that will allow them to enter Germany, and the Ardennes counter-offensive fails. The Red Army advances rapidly. The SS implements the Holocaust.

The Marines succeed in the "island hopping" strategy against suicidal resistance. The US Navy establishes supremacy, cutting off Japan.

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