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Battlefields

Season 1 2001

  • 2001-09-24T23:00:00Z on BBC Two
  • 50m
  • 3h 20m (4 episodes)
  • United Kingdom
  • English
  • Documentary, War
British military historian Professor Richard Holmes takes the viewer through four major battles of world war two. The Battles of Cassino, El Alamein, Arnhem (Operation Market Garden), & the RAF Bomber Command. An insightful overview of each of these diverse campaigns is given in each of the four episodes.
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4 episodes

Series Premiere

2001-09-24T23:00:00Z

1x01 El Alamein

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Series Premiere

1x01 El Alamein

  • 2001-09-24T23:00:00Z — 50m

Montgomery's victory over Rommel, Germany's commander in North Africa, in October 1942 was a brilliant success but was not without great human cost.

2001-10-01T23:00:00Z

1x02 Cassino

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1x02 Cassino

  • 2001-10-01T23:00:00Z — 50m

Professor Richard Holmes CBE presents a detailed account of the battle of Cassino featuring archive footage, evidence and interviews with surviving soldiers who fought there.

2001-10-08T23:00:00Z

1x03 Bomber

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1x03 Bomber

  • 2001-10-08T23:00:00Z — 50m

Professor Richard Holmes CBE presents a detailed account of the RAF Bomber Command featuring archive footage, evidence and interviews with surviving pilots and crew.

2001-10-15T23:00:00Z

1x04 Arnhem

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1x04 Arnhem

  • 2001-10-15T23:00:00Z — 50m

Professor Richard Holmes CBE presents a detailed account of Operation Market Garden featuring archive footage, evidence and interviews with surviving soldiers who fought there.

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