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This program covers World War II from the invasion of Poland, soon after dawn on September 1, 1939, to the Nuremberg war trials and the hanging of the convicted Nazi war criminals. It covers the ri...
This program covers World War II from the invasion of Poland, soon after dawn on September 1, 1939, to the Nuremberg war trials and the hanging of the convicted Nazi war criminals. It covers the rise of Hitler and Mussolini, the beginning of the war, the Battle of Britain with the Blitz at its height, the occupation of Paris and the evacuation of Dunkirk, the attack on Pearl Harbor, the German invasion of the Soviet Union, the campaigns in North Africa and Sicily, the Warsaw Ghetto uprising, D-Day, the liberation of Paris, the Battle of the Bulge, the Yalta Conference, the Dresden air raids, the liberation of the Bergen-Belsen concentration camp, the Battle of Berlin, the surrender of the Germans, the war in the Pacific, the dropping of the A-bomb on Hiroshima, and the surrender of the Japanese.
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- Creator
- Reuters Television
- Format
- Videos, Slides, Films
- Language
- English
- Publication
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- New York, N.Y. : Films Media Group, [2008], c1990
- Physical Details
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- 1 streaming video file (33 min.) : sd., b&w & col., digital file
- digital
- data file
- OCLC
- ocn707972019
- Access requires authentication through Films on Demand.
- Encoded with permission for digital streaming by Films Media Group on Nov. 02, 2008.
- Films on Demand is distributed by Films Media Group for Films for the Humanities & Sciences, Cambridge Educational, Meridian Education, and Shopware.
- Mode of access: Internet.
- System requirements: FOD playback platform.
- 1939: Hitler Invades Poland (2:59) -- 1939: German Aggression in Poland (1:53) -- Rise of Hitler in the 1930s (2:26) -- France and Britain at War with Germany (2:14) -- 1940: Germany and England at War (2:17) -- "Miracle" of Dunkirk: Allied Troops Rescued (1:34) -- Pearl Harbor and German Invasion of Soviet Union (3:09) -- Fall of Mussolini and Failure of German Campaigns (2:38) -- Normandy Invasion and French Liberation 1944 (1:54) -- Hitler's Defeat in Belgium (1:30) -- 1945: Yalta Conference. Death of Hitler (2:06) -- German Surrender Across Europe (1:30) -- Nuremberg War Crimes Trials (1:21) -- WWII: War in the Pacific (3:32)