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Apocalypse: The Second World War, 2, Crushing Defeat
directed by Jean-Louis Guillaud, 1929-2015; produced by Jean-Louis Guillaud, 1929-2015, in Apocalypse: The Second World War, 2 (Toronto, ON: Entertainment One Ltd., 2010), 53 mins
Apocalypse brings a 21st-century perspective to the Second World War, the deadliest and most destructive conflict of all time. Using archival footage -- most of it previously unseen and now colorized -- the series takes a very human look at the enormity of the conflict through the eyes of the people who lived thro...
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directed by Jean-Louis Guillaud, 1929-2015; produced by Jean-Louis Guillaud, 1929-2015, in Apocalypse: The Second World War, 2 (Toronto, ON: Entertainment One Ltd., 2010), 53 mins
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Apocalypse brings a 21st-century perspective to the Second World War, the deadliest and most destructive conflict of all time. Using archival footage -- most of it previously unseen and now colorized -- the series takes a very human look at the enormity of the conflict through the eyes of the people who lived through it: the front-line soldiers, the victims, and the political and military leaders. Using mostly unfamiliar footage -- including home...
Apocalypse brings a 21st-century perspective to the Second World War, the deadliest and most destructive conflict of all time. Using archival footage -- most of it previously unseen and now colorized -- the series takes a very human look at the enormity of the conflict through the eyes of the people who lived through it: the front-line soldiers, the victims, and the political and military leaders. Using mostly unfamiliar footage -- including home movies shot by soldiers and civilians -- this series brings you the ultimate re-telling of an era of courage and fear, offering a comprehensive new examination of history's most devastating war.
Episode two, Crushing Defeat (1939–1940), covers the fall of Dunkirk, the Campaign of France, and the Battle of Britain.
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Field of Study
World History
Content Type
Documentary
Contributor
Jean-Louis Guillaud, 1929-2015
Author / Creator
Jean-Louis Guillaud, 1929-2015
Date Published / Released
2010
Publisher
Entertainment One Ltd.
Series
Apocalypse: The Second World War
Person Discussed
Adolf Hitler, 1889-1945
Topic / Theme
Bombardment, Invasions, Battles, Military campaigns, War, German Invasion of Netherlands, May 10-15, 1940, Battle of Britain, July-October 1940, Evacuation of Dunkirk, May-June, 1940, German Invasion of Belgium, May 10-28, 1940, German Invasion of France, May 10-June 22, 1940, Blitz, September 1940-May 1941, War and Violence, World History, 20th Century in World History (1914--2000)
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Apocalypse: The Second World War, 4, The World Ablaze
directed by Jean-Louis Guillaud, 1929-2015; produced by Jean-Louis Guillaud, 1929-2015, in Apocalypse: The Second World War, 4 (Toronto, ON: Entertainment One Ltd., 2010), 52 mins
Apocalypse brings a 21st-century perspective to the Second World War, the deadliest and most destructive conflict of all time. Using archival footage -- most of it previously unseen and now colorized -- the series takes a very human look at the enormity of the conflict through the eyes of the people who lived thro...
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directed by Jean-Louis Guillaud, 1929-2015; produced by Jean-Louis Guillaud, 1929-2015, in Apocalypse: The Second World War, 4 (Toronto, ON: Entertainment One Ltd., 2010), 52 mins
Description
Apocalypse brings a 21st-century perspective to the Second World War, the deadliest and most destructive conflict of all time. Using archival footage -- most of it previously unseen and now colorized -- the series takes a very human look at the enormity of the conflict through the eyes of the people who lived through it: the front-line soldiers, the victims, and the political and military leaders. Using mostly unfamiliar footage -- including home...
Apocalypse brings a 21st-century perspective to the Second World War, the deadliest and most destructive conflict of all time. Using archival footage -- most of it previously unseen and now colorized -- the series takes a very human look at the enormity of the conflict through the eyes of the people who lived through it: the front-line soldiers, the victims, and the political and military leaders. Using mostly unfamiliar footage -- including home movies shot by soldiers and civilians -- this series brings you the ultimate re-telling of an era of courage and fear, offering a comprehensive new examination of history's most devastating war.
Episode four, the World Ablaze (1941–1942), covers Pearl Harbor, Midway and Guadalcanal, and Operation Fall Blau.
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Field of Study
World History
Content Type
Documentary
Contributor
Jean-Louis Guillaud, 1929-2015
Author / Creator
Jean-Louis Guillaud, 1929-2015
Date Published / Released
2010
Publisher
Entertainment One Ltd.
Series
Apocalypse: The Second World War
Person Discussed
Charles de Gaulle, 1890-1970, Sir Winston Churchill, 1874-1965
Topic / Theme
Military campaigns, Battles, Bombardment, Battle of Guadalcanal, November 12-15, 1942, Battle of Midway, June 3-6, 1942, Bombing of Pearl Harbor, December 7, 1941, War and Violence, World History, 20th Century in World History (1914--2000)
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End of Empire
directed by Guo Fangfang; produced by Mashizan Masjum, fl. 2004, Four Square Productions and Crest Communications Production (New York, NY: Filmakers Library, 2002, originally published 2001), 1 hour 5 mins
This film tells the harrowing story of the Japanese occupation of Singapore from 1941-45. Archival film as well as fascinating interviews with two historians, Professors A. Jayathurai and Brian Farrell, relate the tragedy of this important theater of war. But it is the story of Alexander Colburn a young Scotsman w...
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directed by Guo Fangfang; produced by Mashizan Masjum, fl. 2004, Four Square Productions and Crest Communications Production (New York, NY: Filmakers Library, 2002, originally published 2001), 1 hour 5 mins
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This film tells the harrowing story of the Japanese occupation of Singapore from 1941-45. Archival film as well as fascinating interviews with two historians, Professors A. Jayathurai and Brian Farrell, relate the tragedy of this important theater of war. But it is the story of Alexander Colburn a young Scotsman who had recently signed on for a four-year stint as a pharmacist in the bustling colonial city that gives the dramatic history a persona...
This film tells the harrowing story of the Japanese occupation of Singapore from 1941-45. Archival film as well as fascinating interviews with two historians, Professors A. Jayathurai and Brian Farrell, relate the tragedy of this important theater of war. But it is the story of Alexander Colburn a young Scotsman who had recently signed on for a four-year stint as a pharmacist in the bustling colonial city that gives the dramatic history a personal dimension. Instead of enjoying a brilliant career in Singapore, Colburn witnessed its swift and violent end, as well as the symbolic end of the British Empire. In the 1930s it was widely believed that Singapore was an impregnable fortress. When the well-trained and equipped Japanese invaded Northern Malaya in 1941 shortly after Pearl Harbor, they easily defeated the under-prepared Indian, New Zealand and Australian troops who had joined the British there. When British officials realized Singapore would fall they evacuated the colonials, leaving the Chinese, Indian and Malay populations to fend for themselves. Throughout this Colburn worked as a medical volunteer, cleaning up the bodies left from Japanese bombing. Two British battleships were sunk with nine hundred British sailors lost and the British surrendered after six weeks. Under the Japanese occupation, one hundred thousand prisoners of war were arrested and imprisoned or executed in six weeks. Colburn was taken prisoner by the Japanese and spent four years in horrendous conditions, with almost no food or medicine available. He used his experience as a pharmacist to help his fellow inmates as much as he could. It is estimated that twenty to thirty thousand people perished in captivity. As Prof. Jayathurai says, "Churchill gave up Malaya for the defense of Europe. This was the end of the British Empire; everything after that was borrowed time." College Adult
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Field of Study
World History
Content Type
Documentary
Contributor
Mashizan Masjum, fl. 2004, Four Square Productions, Crest Communications Production, Eva Petryshen
Author / Creator
Guo Fangfang
Date Published / Released
2001, 2002
Publisher
Filmakers Library
Speaker / Narrator
Eva Petryshen
Topic / Theme
Air raids, Bombardment, Invasions, Massacres, Lines of defense, Military maneuvers, Military occupation, Military strategy, Prisoner of war camps, Prisoners of war, Torture, Civil defense, Japanese invasion of Singapore, February 8-15, 1942, War and Violence, World History, 20th Century in World History (1914--2000)
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Flashbacks, Episode 43
produced by World Wide Entertainment, in Flashbacks (Geelong, Victoria: World Wide Entertainment, 2007, originally published 2007), 5 mins
This video, produced by World Wide Entertainment, is about Karl Dönitz, commander of the Nazi naval fleet.
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produced by World Wide Entertainment, in Flashbacks (Geelong, Victoria: World Wide Entertainment, 2007, originally published 2007), 5 mins
Description
This video, produced by World Wide Entertainment, is about Karl Dönitz, commander of the Nazi naval fleet.
Field of Study
World History
Content Type
Documentary
Contributor
World Wide Entertainment
Date Published / Released
2007
Publisher
World Wide Entertainment
Series
Flashbacks
Person Discussed
Karl Dönitz, 1891-1980
Topic / Theme
Telecommunications, Merchant marine, Military maneuvers, Military personnel, Military strategy, War, Submarines, Battle of the Atlantic, February-May 1941, Science and Technology, War and Violence, World History, 20th Century in World History (1914--2000)
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Gladiators of World War II, The Anzacs
directed by Charles Messenger; produced by Jonathan Martin, fl. 1990-2010, in Gladiators of World War II (London, England: BBC Worldwide, 2002, originally published 2002), 49 mins
The Anzacs – the Australian and New Zealand Army Corps, first saw active service in Libya with the British, when they forced an Italian army to surrender. The real test came when Rommel and his Afrika Korps entered the desert arena. At Tobruk, the largely Australian garrison, known as ‘the rats of Tobruk’, h...
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directed by Charles Messenger; produced by Jonathan Martin, fl. 1990-2010, in Gladiators of World War II (London, England: BBC Worldwide, 2002, originally published 2002), 49 mins
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The Anzacs – the Australian and New Zealand Army Corps, first saw active service in Libya with the British, when they forced an Italian army to surrender. The real test came when Rommel and his Afrika Korps entered the desert arena. At Tobruk, the largely Australian garrison, known as ‘the rats of Tobruk’, held out against overwhelming odds to repel the Axis forces. Initial defeats in the Mediterranean in Greece and Crete against the German...
The Anzacs – the Australian and New Zealand Army Corps, first saw active service in Libya with the British, when they forced an Italian army to surrender. The real test came when Rommel and his Afrika Korps entered the desert arena. At Tobruk, the largely Australian garrison, known as ‘the rats of Tobruk’, held out against overwhelming odds to repel the Axis forces. Initial defeats in the Mediterranean in Greece and Crete against the German Blitzkrieg might have disillusioned lesser troops, but not the indomitable Anzacs. The war took on new meaning for them after the bombing of Pearl Harbor, when the Japanese invaded Malaya, and Australians and New Zealanders suddenly found their own territory under direct threat. A typical Anzac victory occurred in the jungle of Papua New Guinea. Half trained Australian troops fought a desperate battle against superior Japanese forces on the 150 mile long Kokoda Trail, both sides suffered from disease and supply line problems, but against all the odds, the Australians emerged triumphant. The contribution made by the Anzacs to ultimate victory in World War II was out of all proportion to the size of the populations of Australia and New Zealand, but the cost had been high.
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Field of Study
World History
Content Type
Documentary
Contributor
Jonathan Martin, fl. 1990-2010, Robert Powell, 1944-
Author / Creator
Charles Messenger
Date Published / Released
2002
Publisher
BBC Worldwide
Series
Gladiators of World War II
Speaker / Narrator
Robert Powell, 1944-
Topic / Theme
Battles, Military campaigns, Military maneuvers, Military medals, Battle for Crete, May 20-31, 1941, Battle of El Alamein, October 23-November 3, 1942, German-Soviet Nonagression Pact Signed, August 23, 1939, Japanese invasion of Singapore, February 8-15, 1942, Papua-New Guinea Campaign, 1942, Siege of Tobruk, January-December 1941, War and Violence, World History, New Zealanders, Australians
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Great Raids of World War II, 5, Cockleshell Raiders
directed by Jonathan Martin, fl. 1990-2010; produced by Jonathan Martin, fl. 1990-2010, in Great Raids of World War II, 5 (London, England: BBC Worldwide, 2003, originally published 2003), 24 mins
The French port of Bordeaux was vital to Hitler’s war machine.Through it came many of the vital raw materials from the Far East, essential to keep the Nazi armies fighting. But Bordeaux was 90 miles up the heavily-guarded Gironde river and seemingly unassailable.Then Royal Marine Major ‘Blondie’ Hasler came...
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directed by Jonathan Martin, fl. 1990-2010; produced by Jonathan Martin, fl. 1990-2010, in Great Raids of World War II, 5 (London, England: BBC Worldwide, 2003, originally published 2003), 24 mins
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The French port of Bordeaux was vital to Hitler’s war machine.Through it came many of the vital raw materials from the Far East, essential to keep the Nazi armies fighting. But Bordeaux was 90 miles up the heavily-guarded Gironde river and seemingly unassailable.Then Royal Marine Major ‘Blondie’ Hasler came up with the idea of a sending a special raiding force in canoes.
Field of Study
World History
Content Type
Documentary
Contributor
Jonathan Martin, fl. 1990-2010, Robert Powell, 1944-
Author / Creator
Jonathan Martin, fl. 1990-2010
Date Published / Released
2003
Publisher
BBC Worldwide
Series
Great Raids of World War II
Speaker / Narrator
Robert Powell, 1944-
Person Discussed
Herbert George Hasler, 1914-1987, William Edward Sparks, 1922-2002
Topic / Theme
Bombardment, Military raids, Military strategy, Weapons and ordnance, Sabotage, Seaports, Canoes and kayaks, Operation Frankton, Bordeaux, France, December 7–12 1942, War and Violence, World History, 20th Century in World History (1914--2000)
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Great SAS Missions, 1, The Birth of the SAS
directed by Jonathan Martin, fl. 1990-2010; produced by Jonathan Martin, fl. 1990-2010, in Great SAS Missions, 1 (London, England: BBC Worldwide, 2003, originally published 2003), 24 mins
As the Panzers of Rommel’s Afrika Korps swept the British back into Egypt in 1941, a young commando lieutenant, David Stirling, persuaded his superiors to allow him to set up a special deep-penetration unit which could cause havoc
behind enemy lines. Its first mission was a disaster but soon Stirling and the mav...
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directed by Jonathan Martin, fl. 1990-2010; produced by Jonathan Martin, fl. 1990-2010, in Great SAS Missions, 1 (London, England: BBC Worldwide, 2003, originally published 2003), 24 mins
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As the Panzers of Rommel’s Afrika Korps swept the British back into Egypt in 1941, a young commando lieutenant, David Stirling, persuaded his superiors to allow him to set up a special deep-penetration unit which could cause havoc
behind enemy lines. Its first mission was a disaster but soon Stirling and the mavericks he had gathered proved that they had a valuable covert role to play.
Field of Study
World History
Content Type
Documentary
Contributor
Jonathan Martin, fl. 1990-2010, Robert Powell, 1944-
Author / Creator
Jonathan Martin, fl. 1990-2010
Date Published / Released
2003
Publisher
BBC Worldwide
Series
Great SAS Missions
Speaker / Narrator
Robert Powell, 1944-
Person Discussed
David Stirling, 1915-1990
Topic / Theme
Bombardment, Military personnel, Military raids, Military strategy, Military units, Sabotage, Guerrilla warfare, Paratroops, Axis Surrender North Africa to Allies, May 13, 1943, War and Violence, World History, 20th Century in World History (1914--2000)
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Great SAS Missions, 2, Destroying Hitler's Airfields
directed by Jonathan Martin, fl. 1990-2010; produced by Jonathan Martin, fl. 1990-2010, in Great SAS Missions, 2 (London, England: BBC Worldwide, 2003, originally published 2003), 24 mins
After its initial and near-fatal problems the SAS changed its tactics - using its own heavily-armed jeeps to strike deep behind enemy lines attacking German and Italian airfields and supply lines. By the time the fighting in North Africa ended, the exploits of the unit were fast becoming legend, but it had lost it...
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directed by Jonathan Martin, fl. 1990-2010; produced by Jonathan Martin, fl. 1990-2010, in Great SAS Missions, 2 (London, England: BBC Worldwide, 2003, originally published 2003), 24 mins
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After its initial and near-fatal problems the SAS changed its tactics - using its own heavily-armed jeeps to strike deep behind enemy lines attacking German and Italian airfields and supply lines. By the time the fighting in North Africa ended, the exploits of the unit were fast becoming legend, but it had lost its founder and was again struggling to survive. After its initial and near-fatal problems the SAS changed its tactics - using its own he...
After its initial and near-fatal problems the SAS changed its tactics - using its own heavily-armed jeeps to strike deep behind enemy lines attacking German and Italian airfields and supply lines. By the time the fighting in North Africa ended, the exploits of the unit were fast becoming legend, but it had lost its founder and was again struggling to survive. After its initial and near-fatal problems the SAS changed its tactics - using its own heavily-armed jeeps to strike deep behind enemy lines attacking German and Italian airfields and supply lines. By the time the fighting in North Africa ended, the exploits of the unit were fast becoming legend, but it had lost its founder and was again struggling to survive.
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Field of Study
World History
Content Type
Documentary
Contributor
Jonathan Martin, fl. 1990-2010, Robert Powell, 1944-
Author / Creator
Jonathan Martin, fl. 1990-2010
Date Published / Released
2003
Publisher
BBC Worldwide
Series
Great SAS Missions
Speaker / Narrator
Robert Powell, 1944-
Person Discussed
David Stirling, 1915-1990
Topic / Theme
Bombardment, Espionage, Military maneuvers, Military personnel, Military raids, Military strategy, Military units, Guerrilla warfare, Allied Invasion of Sicily, July 9-August 17, 1943, Battle of El Alamein, October 23-November 3, 1942, War and Violence, World History, 20th Century in World History (1914--2000)
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Great SAS Missions, 3, Deception on D-Day
directed by Jonathan Martin, fl. 1990-2010; produced by Jonathan Martin, fl. 1990-2010, in Great SAS Missions, 3 (London, England: BBC Worldwide, 2003, originally published 2003), 24 mins
As the Allies landed on D-Day to begin the liberation of Europe, the SAS used the skills it had honed in the desert in this new theatre of war. On the night before the landings, teams were parachuted in to create havoc and distract the German defenders. Then the armed jeeps ranged deep behind the enemy’s lines a...
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directed by Jonathan Martin, fl. 1990-2010; produced by Jonathan Martin, fl. 1990-2010, in Great SAS Missions, 3 (London, England: BBC Worldwide, 2003, originally published 2003), 24 mins
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As the Allies landed on D-Day to begin the liberation of Europe, the SAS used the skills it had honed in the desert in this new theatre of war. On the night before the landings, teams were parachuted in to create havoc and distract the German defenders. Then the armed jeeps ranged deep behind the enemy’s lines attacking reinforcements and communications.
Field of Study
World History
Content Type
Documentary
Contributor
Jonathan Martin, fl. 1990-2010, Robert Powell, 1944-
Author / Creator
Jonathan Martin, fl. 1990-2010
Date Published / Released
2003
Publisher
BBC Worldwide
Series
Great SAS Missions
Speaker / Narrator
Robert Powell, 1944-
Person Discussed
David Stirling, 1915-1990
Topic / Theme
Military company, Military maneuvers, Military personnel, Military raids, Military strategy, Sabotage, Guerrilla warfare, Paratroops, D-Day Invasion, June 6, 1944, War and Violence, World History, 20th Century in World History (1914--2000)
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Great SAS Missions, 4, Hunting Hitler's Terror Weapons
directed by Jonathan Martin, fl. 1990-2010; produced by Jonathan Martin, fl. 1990-2010, in Great SAS Missions, 4 (London, England: BBC Worldwide, 2003, originally published 2003), 25 mins
As the Allies broke out of their Normandy beachhead and swept towards the German border, the SAS continued its deep penetration role. But the regiment was also called on for other vital tasks: tracking down Hitler’s mobile and
elusive V-2 rocket launchers, and then hunting the Nazi war criminals that had killed...
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directed by Jonathan Martin, fl. 1990-2010; produced by Jonathan Martin, fl. 1990-2010, in Great SAS Missions, 4 (London, England: BBC Worldwide, 2003, originally published 2003), 25 mins
Description
As the Allies broke out of their Normandy beachhead and swept towards the German border, the SAS continued its deep penetration role. But the regiment was also called on for other vital tasks: tracking down Hitler’s mobile and
elusive V-2 rocket launchers, and then hunting the Nazi war criminals that had killed members of the SAS in cold blood.
Field of Study
World History
Content Type
Documentary
Contributor
Jonathan Martin, fl. 1990-2010, Robert Powell, 1944-
Author / Creator
Jonathan Martin, fl. 1990-2010
Date Published / Released
2003
Publisher
BBC Worldwide
Series
Great SAS Missions
Speaker / Narrator
Robert Powell, 1944-
Topic / Theme
Military maneuvers, Military personnel, Military raids, Military strategy, Military units, Weapons and ordnance, Prisoners of war, War crimes, Guerrilla warfare, Paratroops, World War II, 1939-1945, War and Violence, World History, 20th Century in World History (1914--2000)
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