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  • 2007-06-04T20:00:00Z on BBC Four
  • 1h
  • 8h (8 episodes)
  • United Kingdom
  • English
  • Documentary, War
Historian Peter Snow tells the story of the most important battles of the 20th Century. Armed with his mapcase which presents digital illustrations of his presentations, Snow tells the big picture of these clashes and their impact. Meanwhile, his son, Dan, goes into the field to explore the details of these battles and the part they played in the grand context of history

8 episodes

Series Premiere

2007-06-04T20:00:00Z

1x01 1918 Western Front

Series Premiere

1x01 1918 Western Front

  • 2007-06-04T20:00:00Z1h

Peter and Dan travel to the Western Front in France to investigate the battle that gave Britain and its allies decisive victory in World War One - Amiens.

2007-06-11T20:00:00Z

1x02 1942 Midway

1x02 1942 Midway

  • 2007-06-11T20:00:00Z1h

Peter and Dan explore a pivotal engagement in the war in the Pacific, when the fates of the US and Japanese navies were decided in just a few brief minutes.

2007-06-18T20:00:00Z

1x03 1942 Stalingrad

1x03 1942 Stalingrad

  • 2007-06-18T20:00:00Z1h

Peter and Dan go to Russia to retell one of the most epic battles of World War Two, when the German and Soviet armies fought bitterly for every inch of Stalin's city.

2007-06-25T20:00:00Z

1x04 1951 Korea

1x04 1951 Korea

  • 2007-06-25T20:00:00Z1h

Peter and Dan examine the two most important engagements of the Korean War - a fascinating but largely forgotten conflict from the earliest days of the Cold War.

2007-07-02T20:00:00Z

1x05 1968 Vietnam

1x05 1968 Vietnam

  • 2007-07-02T20:00:00Z1h

Peter and Dan explore the Tet Offensive, a turning point in the Vietnam War that precipitated a huge change in American public opinion.

2007-07-09T20:00:00Z

1x06 1973 Middle East

1x06 1973 Middle East

  • 2007-07-09T20:00:00Z1h

Of the many conflicts between Israel and the Arab nations of the Middle East, the war in October 1973 was one of the most crucial, as Peter and Dan discover.

2007-07-16T20:00:00Z

1x07 1982 Falklands

1x07 1982 Falklands

  • 2007-07-16T20:00:00Z1h

Peter and Dan travel to the Falklands to explore the last battle on British soil, twenty-five years after the war to recapture the islands from Argentina.

Season Finale

2007-07-23T20:00:00Z

1x08 1991 Gulf

Season Finale

1x08 1991 Gulf

  • 2007-07-23T20:00:00Z1h

Peter and Dan examine the United Nations-backed war to remove the forces of Saddam Hussein's Iraq from Kuwait.

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