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World at War

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Genre: Documentary, History, War


Summary

A documentary series gives a historical account of the events of World War II.
World at War

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Americans, Britons and Canadians attack on five Normandy beaches in history's largest amphibious invasion, on D-Day -- June 6, 1944.
  • Mon 5/20
  • 6:00AM-7:00AM
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The Nazis kill 6 million Jews in specially created death camps in their determination to create a purified Aryan race.
  • Mon 5/20
  • 7:00AM-8:00AM
  • Military
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Early victories led the Japanese to believe they would be victorious against the West, but severe supply shortages and increased Allied victories dimmed this hope.
  • Mon 5/20
  • 8:00AM-9:00AM
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Japan strikes at Pearl Harbor and sweeps forward to capture Hong Kong, Burma, Malaya, Singapore, the Dutch East Indies and the Philippines.
  • Mon 5/20
  • 4:00PM-5:00PM
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Germany turns against Russia, but fatal German delays hold the advance a few kilometers outside Moscow in the mud and cold.
  • Mon 5/20
  • 5:00PM-6:00PM
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U-boat attacks on U.S. supply ships nearly starve Britain despite convoys, escorts and underwater detection devices.
  • Mon 5/20
  • 6:00PM-7:00PM
  • Military
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Hitler offers hope to economically troubled Germany.
  • Mon 5/20
  • 7:00PM-8:00PM
  • Military
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  • Tue 5/21
  • 2:00AM-3:00AM
  • Military
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Japan strikes at Pearl Harbor and sweeps forward to capture Hong Kong, Burma, Malaya, Singapore, the Dutch East Indies and the Philippines.
  • Tue 5/21
  • 3:00AM-4:00AM
  • Military
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Germany turns against Russia, but fatal German delays hold the advance a few kilometers outside Moscow in the mud and cold.
  • Tue 5/21
  • 4:00AM-5:00AM
  • Military
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U-boat attacks on U.S. supply ships nearly starve Britain despite convoys, escorts and underwater detection devices.
  • Tue 5/21
  • 5:00AM-6:00AM
  • Military
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British morale plunges as 350,000 allied troops are barely rescued at Dunkirk and the RAF battles the Luftwaffe over London skies.
  • Mon 5/27
  • 6:00AM-7:00AM
  • Military
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Germany turns against Russia, but fatal German delays hold the advance a few kilometers outside Moscow in the mud and cold.
  • Mon 5/27
  • 7:00AM-8:00AM
  • Military
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Germany attacks the Soviet Union in June 1941, unsuccessfully laying siege to Leningrad from September 1941 until January 1944.
  • Mon 5/27
  • 8:00AM-9:00AM
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Arthur ``Bomber'' Harris takes over Bomber Command with the demand for revenge sorties as a means to defeat Germany.
  • Mon 5/27
  • 9:00AM-10:00AM
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Churchill staunchly supports an Allied invasion of Italy, which he sees as the ``soft underbelly'' of Europe.
  • Mon 5/27
  • 10:00AM-11:00AM
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The neutral Netherlands live under increasingly harsh Nazi rule for four years, dividing citizens' loyalties.
  • Mon 5/27
  • 11:00AM-12:00PM
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The RAF and the USAF attack night and day; Goering and Himmler betray Hitler, who marries Eva Braun and commits suicide.
  • Mon 5/27
  • 12:00PM-1:00PM
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Gen. MacArthur sweeps upward from the Solomons and New Guinea, as rival Adm. Nimitz begins an offensive in the Gilberts.
  • Mon 5/27
  • 1:00PM-2:00PM
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(First Aired: 
At Yalta, the four armies of occupation agree to supervise Germany's recovery and divide the country into different zones.
  • Mon 5/27
  • 2:00PM-3:00PM
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(First Aired: 
Survivors relate memories of World War II and remember the millions of combatants and civilians killed.
  • Mon 5/27
  • 3:00PM-4:00PM
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