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War Files

Specials 2012

52 episodes

Special 1 The Great War (1)

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A tragedy that decimated the population of Europe and scarred a generation. This is the stark story of a conflict that is still unequaled in its ferocity and casualty rate.

Special 2 The Great War (2)

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A tragedy that decimated the population of Europe and scarred a generation. This is the stark story of a conflict that is still unequalled in its ferocity and casualty rate.

Special 3 World War Two (1)

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WWII 1939 - 1945 Part 1: From murder on the streets of Warsaw to the liberation of Europe, this lucid and engaging series provides a dramatic account of a conflict that engulfed the free world.

Special 4 World War Two (2)

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WWII 1939 - 1945 Part 2: From murder on the streets of Warsaw to the liberation of Europe, this lucid and engaging series provides a dramatic account of a conflict that engulfed the free world.

A definitive A to Z of the pictorial history of the main events, characters and equipment involved in this momentous conflict.

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A definitive A to Z of the pictorial history of the main events, characters and equipment involved in this momentous conflict.

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A definitive A to Z of the pictorial history of the main events, characters and equipment involved in this momentous conflict.

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A definitive A to Z of the pictorial history of the main events, characters and equipment involved in this momentous conflict.

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A definitive A to Z of the pictorial history of the main events, characters and equipment involved in this momentous conflict.

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What was the unique talent of this man who single-handedly rewrote the rules of tank warfare? A man who reversed the course of the North African campaign until his defeat at El Alamein.

Part 1: The Occult History of the Third Reich, traces the occult origins of the Nazi Party to the lonely death of the spectre of evil at its heart, Adolf Hitler, in the Hades-like flaming ruins of Berlin.

Part 2: The Occult History of the Third Reich, traces the occult origins of the Nazi Party to the lonely death of the spectre of evil at its heart, Adolf Hitler, in the Hades-like flaming ruins of Berlin.

Part 3: The Occult History of the Third Reich, traces the occult origins of the Nazi Party to the lonely death of the spectre of evil at its heart, Adolf Hitler, in the Hades-like flaming ruins of Berlin.

PART 4: The Enigma of the Swastika: The SS - Blood and Soil:Heinrich Himmler and finally Adolf Hitler this chilling series traces the occult origins of the Nazi party to the lonely death of the spectre of evil at its heart, Adolf Hitler, in the Hades-like flaming ruins of Berlin. Rare archive footage gives a unique insight into this sinister and often mesmerising component in the Nazi dream.

What persuaded these young pilots to turn themselves into human shells for their Emperor? This programme captures the heroic spirit of Japan's Kamikaze pilots, who took on the status of heroes - their lives shrouded in honour and mysticism. Were they ever a real threat to the outcome of the war?

From the moment it failed to achieve a crushing and total victory at Pearl Harbour, defeat was inevitable for Japan. But turning that inevitability into reality was to take a heavy toll in human lives, for the Japanese were tenacious fighters. Battles raged between the carrier fleets, at sea between Midway and the Marianas, until the Japanese were driven to Kamikaze suicide pilots ñ a last desperate throw of the dice of war.

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Special 43 The Boer War

Special 43 The Boer War

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When Britain went to war against the Boers in October 1899, the British public expected the fighting to be over by Christmas. As it turned out, the Boer war, in Kipling's famous phrase, gave the British "no end of a lesson."

Using accounts of the soldiers who fought in this bitter and bloody clash of arms and remarkable contemporary photographs, this programme tells the story of Britain's last great Imperial War.

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