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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.

In Normandy, the 1st Canadian Parachute Battalion proved itself to be in the vanguard of the best-trained and toughest units in the Allied forces.

In mid-September 1944, the remnants of the battered 1st Canadian Parachute Battalion participated in the largest parachute drop in history, fought a successful battle.

In 1941, nearly 30,000 Jews escaped the ghettos and work camps and they joined the growing underground resistance army, actively fighting the Nazis.

On 16 November 1941, two Canadian battalions arrived in the British colony of Hong Kong. Their aim: Bolster the Empire’s defenses in the event of aggression by the restless forces of Japan, stationed only kilometres away in occupied China.

On 16 April 1945, a mere three weeks before German surrender, the submarine fired a single torpedo that sank the last Canadian naval vessel lost to enemy action.

For two months in 1944, 168 Allied airmen were shot down over occupied France, betrayed to the Gestapo by the same collaborator, transported to the Nazi concentration and slave labour camp Buchenwald.

In the longest campaign of the Second World War, from 1939 to 1945, German submarines desperately try to sever Britain’s shipping lifeline across the Atlantic Ocean. Canada plays the central role in the campaign.

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.

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.

In Normandy, June 6, 1944, a dozen Sherman tanks equipped with floats, the famous Duplex Drives (DD), leave their ship to swim to Omaha Beach... not all of them make it.

Twenty-six metres beneath the waves at the foot of the majestic Calvi Citadel in Corsica lies an American plane from the Second World War.

On June 6th 1944, Lieutenant-colonel Rudder’s Rangers company climbs the cliffs of the Pointe du Hoc in Normandy with the mission to destroy the German cannons.

On the 24th of December 1944, 2 237 American soldiers of the 66th Infantry Division are aboard the Steamer Léopoldville.

Part 1 - Key planes of the Luftwaffe in WW2 included the Messerschmitt Bf 109, a versatile and widely used fighter; the Focke-Wulf Fw 190, known for its firepower and agility; and the Junkers Ju 87 Stuka, a prominent dive bomber.

Part 2 - Key planes of the Luftwaffe in WW2 included the Messerschmitt Bf 109, a versatile and widely used fighter; the Focke-Wulf Fw 190, known for its firepower and agility; and the Junkers Ju 87 Stuka, a prominent dive bomber.

Part.1 - Major planes of the Japanese Empire in WW2 included the Mitsubishi A6M Zero, a highly maneuverable fighter; the Nakajima Ki-43 Hayabusa, a widely used fighter; and the Mitsubishi G4M Betty, a long-range bomber utilized for strategic missions.

Part 2 - Major planes of the Japanese Empire in WW2 included the Mitsubishi A6M Zero, a highly maneuverable fighter; the Nakajima Ki-43 Hayabusa, another used fighter; and the Mitsubishi G4M Betty, a long-range bomber utilized for strategic missions.

Part 1 - The Soviet air force, played a crucial role in World War II by contributing significantly to the Eastern Front's air superiority, conducting strategic bombing campaigns, and providing close air support for ground operations.

Part 2 - The Soviet air force, played a crucial role in World War II by contributing significantly to the Eastern Front's air superiority, conducting strategic bombing campaigns, and providing close air support for ground operations.

The British Royal Air Force (RAF) played a pivotal role in World War II, notably during the Battle of Britain where it successfully defended against the German Luftwaffe's aerial onslaught in 1940.

The documentary addresses a “classic” in counterfactual history-writing: a Nazi victory in the Second World War. In addition, the program pursues the question how history would have evolved if Hitler had died early.

Experience first hand "the war to end all wars." WWI was the first war in history to affect most of the globe, with battles fought on land, at sea and, for the first time, in the sky.

WW1 starts with the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria-Hungary in 1914, in Sarajevo. The assassination triggered a chain of events as Austria-Hungary declared war on Serbia, leading to a series of treaties being activated.

The conflict sawa- the development of trench warfare, with major battles such as the Battle of the Marne, the First Battle of Ypres, and the Race to the Sea, leading to a stalemate that set the stage for the prolonged and devastating nature of the war.

The conflict saw- the development of trench warfare, with major battles such as the Battle of the Marne, the First Battle of Ypres, and the Race to the Sea, leading to a stalemate that set the stage for the prolonged and devastating nature of the war.

The air war during WWI was significant as it marked the first widespread use of aircraft in combat, introducing reconnaissance, aerial dogfights, and strategic bombing.

The year 1916 was marked by significant and brutal battles on the Western Front during World War I.

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