Fight for Freedom – The Major Battles of WWII
March 16, 2011Fight for Freedom – The Major Battles of WWII – 10-Part Documentary Series
Call Number: DVD00847
by: Mill Creek Entertainment.;
Format: DVD
Language: English
Publisher: Mill Creek Entertainment, 2010.
Notes: Originally released in 2010[?] (523 mins.);
Chapters: PROGRAM 1: The Decline of Fascism – Invasion of Sicily, Mussolini’s downfall, Ploesti, Invasion of the Italian Peninsula.
PROGRAM 2: The Slow Italian Campaign – Cassino, Anzio, Liberation of Rome, The Gothic Line, Liberation of Italy.
PROGRAM 3: The Road to Tokyo – The battles for Guadalcanal, Munda, Bougainville and the South-Pacific area launch the thrust to the Japanese Empire’s capital city.
PROGRAM 4: The Pacific in Flames – The Central Pacific areas, with its huge distance ranges, rekindle the war between the Japanese and the Americans.
PROGRAM 5: D-Day – Allied invasion of Normandy, Liberation of Paris.
PROGRAM 6: The Battle of Kursk – The greatest armored cars’ battle in history eased the way for the Soviet troops on the road to Berlin.
PROGRAM 7: The Battle for Germany – Eastern and Western offensives of the Allied and Soviet armies in their way to Berlin, Operation Market Garden.
PROGRAM 8: The Agony of the Third Reich – The Battle of the Ardennes (the Battle of the Bulge), Conquest of Berlin, Hitler’s death, Surrender and end of the war in Europe.
PROGRAM 9: Leyte, Imperial Destiny – Several naval clashes in the Gulf of Leyte led to the liberation of the Philippines. Along with the British victory in Burma, they opened the way to Tokyo.
PROGRAM 10: The Peace of the Atomic Bomb – Iwo Jima, Okinawa, Atomic bombs and the surrender of the Japanese army bring to a close the greatest disaster so far known to mankind – World War II.
PROGRAM 2: The Slow Italian Campaign – Cassino, Anzio, Liberation of Rome, The Gothic Line, Liberation of Italy.
PROGRAM 3: The Road to Tokyo – The battles for Guadalcanal, Munda, Bougainville and the South-Pacific area launch the thrust to the Japanese Empire’s capital city.
PROGRAM 4: The Pacific in Flames – The Central Pacific areas, with its huge distance ranges, rekindle the war between the Japanese and the Americans.
PROGRAM 5: D-Day – Allied invasion of Normandy, Liberation of Paris.
PROGRAM 6: The Battle of Kursk – The greatest armored cars’ battle in history eased the way for the Soviet troops on the road to Berlin.
PROGRAM 7: The Battle for Germany – Eastern and Western offensives of the Allied and Soviet armies in their way to Berlin, Operation Market Garden.
PROGRAM 8: The Agony of the Third Reich – The Battle of the Ardennes (the Battle of the Bulge), Conquest of Berlin, Hitler’s death, Surrender and end of the war in Europe.
PROGRAM 9: Leyte, Imperial Destiny – Several naval clashes in the Gulf of Leyte led to the liberation of the Philippines. Along with the British victory in Burma, they opened the way to Tokyo.
PROGRAM 10: The Peace of the Atomic Bomb – Iwo Jima, Okinawa, Atomic bombs and the surrender of the Japanese army bring to a close the greatest disaster so far known to mankind – World War II.
OCLC #: [Additional information taken form publisher website]
Added: March 16, 2011
This item is part of the Ralph H. Wolfe Collection
