Menasha Public Library (Elisha D. Smith)

The world at war, Thames ; Fremantle Media ; The History Channel ; directed by Sir Jeremy Isaacs

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The world at war

DVD

55859339

Thames ; Fremantle Media ; The History Channel ; directed by Sir Jeremy Isaacs

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An extraordinary collection of newsreel, propaganda, and home-movie footage drawn from the archives of 18 nations, including color close-ups of Adolf Hitler taken by his mistress, that present an unvarnished prespective of the war's pivotal events. Penetrating interviews with eyewitness participants - from Hitler's secretary to Alger Hiss to ordinary citizens who stood outside the battle lines - and spine-tingling, first-hand accounts to an already unforgettable experience

v. 1 A new Germany 1933-39 ; Distant war: September 1939-May 1940 ; France falls: May-June 1940 ; The making of the series -- v. 2. Alone: May 1940-May 1941 ; Barbarossa: June-December 1941 ; Banzai !: Japan 1931-1942 ; On our way: U.S.A. 1939-1942 -- v. 3. Desert: North Africa 1940-1943 ; Stalingrad: June 1942-February 1943 ; Wolf pack: U-boats in the Atlantic 1939-1944 ; Red star: the Soviet Union 1941-1943 -- v. 4. Whirlwind: bombing Germany September 1939-April 1944 ; Tough old gut: Itlay November 1942-June 1944 ; It's a lovely day tomorrow: Burma 1942-1944 ; Home fires: Britain 1940-1944 -- v. 5. Inside the Reich: Germany 1940-44 ; Morning: June-August 1944 ; Occupation: Holland 1940-1944 ; Pincers: August 1944-March 1945 -- v. 6. Genocide: 1941-1945 ; Nemesis: Germany February-May 1945 ; Japan: 1941-45 ; Pacific: February 1942-July 1945 -- v. 7. The bomb: February-September 1945 ; Reckoning: 1945...and after ; Remember -- v. 8. Hitler's Germany: the people's community 1933-1939 ; Total war 1939-1945 ; The two deaths of Adolf Hilter -- v. 9. Secretary to Hitler ; Warrior ; From war to peace -- v. 10. The final solution pt.1-pt.2 -- v. 11. Making the series: a 30th anniversary retrospective ; Experiences of war

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