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Desert War, Episode 1, Tobruk
directed by Steve Westh; produced by Nutopia and Electric Pictures, in Desert War, Episode 1 (London, England: BBC Worldwide, 2012), 1 hour
The story of the siege of Tobruk and the battle of El Alamein.
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directed by Steve Westh; produced by Nutopia and Electric Pictures, in Desert War, Episode 1 (London, England: BBC Worldwide, 2012), 1 hour
Description
The story of the siege of Tobruk and the battle of El Alamein.
Field of Study
World History
Content Type
Documentary
Contributor
Nutopia, Electric Pictures, Jamie Lee
Author / Creator
Steve Westh
Date Published / Released
2012
Publisher
BBC Worldwide
Series
Desert War
Speaker / Narrator
Jamie Lee
Person Discussed
Erwin Johannes Eugen Rommel, 1891-1944
Topic / Theme
Armies, Military strategy, Soldiers, War, World War II, 1939-1945, Battle of El Alamein, October 23-November 3, 1942, Siege of Tobruk, January-December 1941, War and Violence, 20th Century in World History (1914--2000)
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Desert War, Episode 2, Alamein
directed by Steve Westh; produced by Electric Pictures and Nutopia, in Desert War, Episode 2 (London, England: BBC Worldwide, 2012), 1 hour
A brilliant Axis intelligence coup helps Erwin Rommel's Afrika Korps sweep forward.
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directed by Steve Westh; produced by Electric Pictures and Nutopia, in Desert War, Episode 2 (London, England: BBC Worldwide, 2012), 1 hour
Description
A brilliant Axis intelligence coup helps Erwin Rommel's Afrika Korps sweep forward.
Field of Study
World History
Content Type
Documentary
Contributor
Electric Pictures, Nutopia, Jamie Lee
Author / Creator
Steve Westh
Date Published / Released
2012
Publisher
BBC Worldwide
Series
Desert War
Speaker / Narrator
Jamie Lee
Person Discussed
Erwin Johannes Eugen Rommel, 1891-1944
Topic / Theme
Military strategy, Soldiers, Armies, War, Military intelligence, Battle of El Alamein, October 23-November 3, 1942, World War II, 1939-1945, War and Violence, 20th Century in World History (1914--2000)
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Gladiators of World War II, 1, The Waffen SS
directed by Charles Messenger; produced by Jonathan Martin, fl. 1990-2010, in Gladiators of World War II, 1 (London, England: BBC Worldwide, 2001, originally published 2001), 48 mins
The Waffen SS began as Hitler's elite bodyguard and grew into one of the most formidable fighting forces of Nazi Germany. Although part of the infamous SS - and indelibly linked with the excesses of the feared Gestapo, the concentration camps, and the extermination squads, the men of the SS saw themselves as comba...
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directed by Charles Messenger; produced by Jonathan Martin, fl. 1990-2010, in Gladiators of World War II, 1 (London, England: BBC Worldwide, 2001, originally published 2001), 48 mins
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The Waffen SS began as Hitler's elite bodyguard and grew into one of the most formidable fighting forces of Nazi Germany. Although part of the infamous SS - and indelibly linked with the excesses of the feared Gestapo, the concentration camps, and the extermination squads, the men of the SS saw themselves as combat soldiers, respected for their courage, feared for their ruthlessness and fanaticism. For these were political soldiers; mature men, r...
The Waffen SS began as Hitler's elite bodyguard and grew into one of the most formidable fighting forces of Nazi Germany. Although part of the infamous SS - and indelibly linked with the excesses of the feared Gestapo, the concentration camps, and the extermination squads, the men of the SS saw themselves as combat soldiers, respected for their courage, feared for their ruthlessness and fanaticism. For these were political soldiers; mature men, recruited for their physical perfection and pure Aryan ancestry. They were drilled in Nazi ideology, indoctrinated to believe in themselves as the master race and their enemies as subhuman. They became the cornerstone of the German defences, who carried on fighting, even when all hope was gone. But they are remembered for their brutality. They killed captured British, Canadian and American soldiers in cold blood, and massacred unarmed French, Belgian and Russian civilians. They were Gladiators on the battlefield, who fought on against impossible odds, but the Waffen SS will forever be tarnished by the atrocities they committed as the willing servants of an evil regime.
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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
2001
Publisher
BBC Worldwide
Series
Gladiators of World War II
Speaker / Narrator
Robert Powell, 1944-
Person Discussed
Adolf Hitler, 1889-1945, Sepp Dietrich, 1892-1966, Heinrich Himmler, 1900-1945
Topic / Theme
Battles, Invasions, Nazism, Soldiers, War, War crimes, German Invasion of Soviet Union, June 1941-1945, German Invasion of Yugoslavia, April 6-17, 1941, World War II, 1939-1945, Battle of Berlin, 1945, Political and Social Movements, War and Violence, World History, 20th Century in World History (1914--2000)
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Greatest Escapes of History, 6, Escape from Dunkirk
directed by Jonathan Martin, fl. 1990-2010; produced by Jonathan Martin, fl. 1990-2010, in Greatest Escapes of History, 6 (London, England: BBC Worldwide, 2003, originally published 2003), 24 mins
It was the biggest escape of all. In June 1940 more than 340,000 British, French, and Belgium troops were trapped on the beaches of Dunkirk, surrounded by Hitler’s triumphant Panzers. As Stukas divebombed them relentlessly they seemed doomed, and with them Britain’s chances of survival. Then, an extraordinary...
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directed by Jonathan Martin, fl. 1990-2010; produced by Jonathan Martin, fl. 1990-2010, in Greatest Escapes of History, 6 (London, England: BBC Worldwide, 2003, originally published 2003), 24 mins
Description
It was the biggest escape of all. In June 1940 more than 340,000 British, French, and Belgium troops were trapped on the beaches of Dunkirk, surrounded by Hitler’s triumphant Panzers. As Stukas divebombed them relentlessly they seemed doomed, and with them Britain’s chances of survival. Then, an extraordinary armada of little craft was assembled to save them from capture.
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
Greatest Escapes of History
Speaker / Narrator
Robert Powell, 1944-
Topic / Theme
Battlefields, Boats and ships, Bombardment, Military withdrawals, Soldiers, Evacuation of Dunkirk, May-June, 1940, War and Violence, World History, 20th Century in World History (1914--2000)
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How to Go to War, Episode 1, Staying Alive
directed by Anthony Barwell, fl. 2007; produced by Cameron Balbirnie, fl. 1998 and Anthony Barwell, fl. 2007, British Broadcasting Corporation, in How to Go to War, Episode 1 (London, England: BBC Worldwide, 2011), 52 mins
How to keep an army fed and housed.
Disease has killed more men than any other enemy. Saul sees how amazingly similar today’s Camp Bastion in Afghanistan is to Roman military bases in England, and discovers how the introduction of canned food changed everything. From dysentery in medieval Agincourt to the hideo...
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directed by Anthony Barwell, fl. 2007; produced by Cameron Balbirnie, fl. 1998 and Anthony Barwell, fl. 2007, British Broadcasting Corporation, in How to Go to War, Episode 1 (London, England: BBC Worldwide, 2011), 52 mins
Description
How to keep an army fed and housed.
Disease has killed more men than any other enemy. Saul sees how amazingly similar today’s Camp Bastion in Afghanistan is to Roman military bases in England, and discovers how the introduction of canned food changed everything. From dysentery in medieval Agincourt to the hideous tropical illnesses of the 19th century, Saul comes face to face with the physical and psychological devastation that disease can wre...
How to keep an army fed and housed.
Disease has killed more men than any other enemy. Saul sees how amazingly similar today’s Camp Bastion in Afghanistan is to Roman military bases in England, and discovers how the introduction of canned food changed everything. From dysentery in medieval Agincourt to the hideous tropical illnesses of the 19th century, Saul comes face to face with the physical and psychological devastation that disease can wreak.
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Field of Study
World History
Content Type
Documentary
Contributor
Cameron Balbirnie, fl. 1998, Anthony Barwell, fl. 2007, British Broadcasting Corporation
Author / Creator
Anthony Barwell, fl. 2007
Date Published / Released
2011
Publisher
BBC Worldwide
Series
How to Go to War
Topic / Theme
Soldiers, General medical conditions, Military life, Canning foods, Military casualties
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The Men and Machines That Beat Hitler, Part 1
directed by Francis Whately, fl. 2000; produced by Francis Whately, fl. 2000, British Broadcasting Corporation (London, England: BBC Worldwide, 2013), 50 mins
This is the story of the veterans who fought in the 5th Royal Tank Regiment - a team of ordinary men who faced the frontline in both Europe and beyond. Their involvement in the Second World War spanned the humiliating defeat at Dunkirk, victory in the deserts of North Africa and finally saw resentment and revolt b...
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directed by Francis Whately, fl. 2000; produced by Francis Whately, fl. 2000, British Broadcasting Corporation (London, England: BBC Worldwide, 2013), 50 mins
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This is the story of the veterans who fought in the 5th Royal Tank Regiment - a team of ordinary men who faced the frontline in both Europe and beyond. Their involvement in the Second World War spanned the humiliating defeat at Dunkirk, victory in the deserts of North Africa and finally saw resentment and revolt before D-Day.
Based on the unpublished diaries and memoirs of the men who were thrust together in extraordinary circumstances to fight...
This is the story of the veterans who fought in the 5th Royal Tank Regiment - a team of ordinary men who faced the frontline in both Europe and beyond. Their involvement in the Second World War spanned the humiliating defeat at Dunkirk, victory in the deserts of North Africa and finally saw resentment and revolt before D-Day.
Based on the unpublished diaries and memoirs of the men who were thrust together in extraordinary circumstances to fight Hitler and his forces, this program uses drama and documentary to bring their stories to life.
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Field of Study
World History
Content Type
Dramatized scene, Documentary
Contributor
Francis Whately, fl. 2000, British Broadcasting Corporation
Author / Creator
Francis Whately, fl. 2000
Date Published / Released
2013
Publisher
BBC Worldwide
Person Discussed
Bernard Law Montgomery, 1887-1976, Erwin Johannes Eugen Rommel, 1891-1944
Topic / Theme
Battles, Military tanks, War, Soldiers, World War II, 1939-1945, War and Violence, 20th Century in World History (1914--2000)
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The Men and Machines That Beat Hitler, Part 2
directed by Graham Cooper, 1971-; produced by Graham Cooper, 1971-, British Broadcasting Corporation (London, England: BBC Worldwide, 2013), 52 mins
This is the story of the veterans who fought in the 5th Royal Tank Regiment - a team of ordinary men who faced the frontline in both Europe and beyond. Their involvement in the Second World War spanned the humiliating defeat at Dunkirk, victory in the deserts of North Africa and finally saw resentment and revolt b...
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directed by Graham Cooper, 1971-; produced by Graham Cooper, 1971-, British Broadcasting Corporation (London, England: BBC Worldwide, 2013), 52 mins
Description
This is the story of the veterans who fought in the 5th Royal Tank Regiment - a team of ordinary men who faced the frontline in both Europe and beyond. Their involvement in the Second World War spanned the humiliating defeat at Dunkirk, victory in the deserts of North Africa and finally saw resentment and revolt before D-Day.
Based on the unpublished diaries and memoirs of the men who were thrust together in extraordinary circumstances to fight...
This is the story of the veterans who fought in the 5th Royal Tank Regiment - a team of ordinary men who faced the frontline in both Europe and beyond. Their involvement in the Second World War spanned the humiliating defeat at Dunkirk, victory in the deserts of North Africa and finally saw resentment and revolt before D-Day.
Based on the unpublished diaries and memoirs of the men who were thrust together in extraordinary circumstances to fight Hitler and his forces, this program uses drama and documentary to bring their stories to life.
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Field of Study
World History
Content Type
Dramatized scene, Documentary
Contributor
Graham Cooper, 1971-, British Broadcasting Corporation
Author / Creator
Graham Cooper, 1971-
Date Published / Released
2013
Publisher
BBC Worldwide
Topic / Theme
Soldiers, War, Military tanks, Battles, D-Day Invasion, June 6, 1944, World War II, 1939-1945, War and Violence, 20th Century in World History (1914--2000)
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Our World War, Season 1, Episode 1, The First Day
directed by Bruce Goodison, fl. 1997-2016; produced by Susan Horth, fl. 2003-2016, British Broadcasting Corporation, in Our World War, Season 1, Episode 1 (London, England: BBC Worldwide, 2014), 59 mins
August 1914, two weeks after the First World War was declared. 80,000 British troops have arrived in southern Belgium, but they have yet to engage the enemy. Among these professional soldiers are the 4th Battalion, Royal Fusiliers, some of the best-trained gunners in the British Army.
Lieutenant Maurice Dease and...
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directed by Bruce Goodison, fl. 1997-2016; produced by Susan Horth, fl. 2003-2016, British Broadcasting Corporation, in Our World War, Season 1, Episode 1 (London, England: BBC Worldwide, 2014), 59 mins
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August 1914, two weeks after the First World War was declared. 80,000 British troops have arrived in southern Belgium, but they have yet to engage the enemy. Among these professional soldiers are the 4th Battalion, Royal Fusiliers, some of the best-trained gunners in the British Army.
Lieutenant Maurice Dease and his friend, Australian Lieutenant Fred Steele, command two companies of riflemen and machine gunners who find themselves camping overn...
August 1914, two weeks after the First World War was declared. 80,000 British troops have arrived in southern Belgium, but they have yet to engage the enemy. Among these professional soldiers are the 4th Battalion, Royal Fusiliers, some of the best-trained gunners in the British Army.
Lieutenant Maurice Dease and his friend, Australian Lieutenant Fred Steele, command two companies of riflemen and machine gunners who find themselves camping overnight at Nimy Bridge, the northernmost point of the Mons-Conde Canal. The canal, surrounding the town of Mons, supports 18 bridges stretched along 20 miles of water - but everyone, including Private Sid Godley and his mate Private William Holbrook, expects to be crossing those bridges in the morning. Overnight, however, intelligence reports the Germans may be closer than the British think, and the Royal Engineers, including Lance Corporal Charles Jarvis and his sapper, Private Neary, are ordered to start preparing the bridges for demolition.
What happens next, on Sunday 23 August, tests the soldiers' skill, courage and ingenuity to the absolute limit, leading to the first Victoria Crosses of the First World War. Not everyone will make it through the First Day.
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Field of Study
Drama
Content Type
Diary/Memoir/Autobiography, Performance
Contributor
Stuart Bentley, fl. 2008, Susan Horth, fl. 2003-2016, British Broadcasting Corporation
Author / Creator
Bruce Goodison, fl. 1997-2016
Date Published / Released
2014
Publisher
BBC Worldwide
Series
Our World War
Topic / Theme
Recorded history, War, Soldiers, World War I, 1914-1918, War and Violence, British, 20th Century in World History (1914--2000)
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Our World War, Season 1, Episode 2, Pals
directed by Ben Chanan, fl. 2003-2016; produced by Susan Horth, fl. 2003-2016, British Broadcasting Corporation, in Our World War, Season 1, Episode 2 (London, England: BBC Worldwide, 2014), 58 mins
1916, and Britain's armed forces are decimated. Across the country, friends join up to fight together, in new battalions known as 'Pals'. Paddy Kennedy, a warehouse clerk from Manchester, joins the Manchester Pals Battalion alongside his friends Henry, Andy and Jim. They soon discover that the whole of their neigh...
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directed by Ben Chanan, fl. 2003-2016; produced by Susan Horth, fl. 2003-2016, British Broadcasting Corporation, in Our World War, Season 1, Episode 2 (London, England: BBC Worldwide, 2014), 58 mins
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1916, and Britain's armed forces are decimated. Across the country, friends join up to fight together, in new battalions known as 'Pals'. Paddy Kennedy, a warehouse clerk from Manchester, joins the Manchester Pals Battalion alongside his friends Henry, Andy and Jim. They soon discover that the whole of their neighborhood has joined up, including a nearby factory foreman, now their sergeant, Mitchell, and their friend Lizzie, who has become a volu...
1916, and Britain's armed forces are decimated. Across the country, friends join up to fight together, in new battalions known as 'Pals'. Paddy Kennedy, a warehouse clerk from Manchester, joins the Manchester Pals Battalion alongside his friends Henry, Andy and Jim. They soon discover that the whole of their neighborhood has joined up, including a nearby factory foreman, now their sergeant, Mitchell, and their friend Lizzie, who has become a volunteer nurse.
These pals are set to become part of the largest offensive ever mounted by the British Army, the Battle of the Somme. But after a successful first day, they are ordered to seize control of Trones Wood, a thickly forested copse riddled with enemy soldiers and impossible to navigate. Through all this, they survive shellfire and ambush, evade capture by the Germans and encounter the mysterious Private William Hunt, whose fate will become forever entwined with the life of Paddy Kennedy.
Paddy's journey leads to the deadliest mission of all - the execution by firing squad of one of his pals. How will Paddy survive becoming a soldier?
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Field of Study
Drama
Content Type
Diary/Memoir/Autobiography, Performance
Contributor
Stuart Bentley, fl. 2008, Susan Horth, fl. 2003-2016, British Broadcasting Corporation
Author / Creator
Ben Chanan, fl. 2003-2016
Date Published / Released
2014
Publisher
BBC Worldwide
Series
Our World War
Topic / Theme
Recorded history, War, Soldiers, British
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Our World War, Season 1, Episode 3, War Machine
directed by Bruce Goodison, fl. 1997-2016; produced by Susan Horth, fl. 2003-2016, British Broadcasting Corporation, in Our World War, Season 1, Episode 3 (London, England: BBC Worldwide, 2014), 58 mins
1918, and after four years of combat the British invent a new weapon designed to break the stalemate. Private Chas Rowland, determined to bring the war to an end and return home, joins the Tank Corps under the command of Lieutenant Mould, entering the extraordinary world of the Niveleur, a Mark V tank.
Primed to...
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directed by Bruce Goodison, fl. 1997-2016; produced by Susan Horth, fl. 2003-2016, British Broadcasting Corporation, in Our World War, Season 1, Episode 3 (London, England: BBC Worldwide, 2014), 58 mins
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1918, and after four years of combat the British invent a new weapon designed to break the stalemate. Private Chas Rowland, determined to bring the war to an end and return home, joins the Tank Corps under the command of Lieutenant Mould, entering the extraordinary world of the Niveleur, a Mark V tank.
Primed to take part in a major offensive against the Germans just outside the French town of Amiens, the crew of the Niveleur include Fred Firth,...
1918, and after four years of combat the British invent a new weapon designed to break the stalemate. Private Chas Rowland, determined to bring the war to an end and return home, joins the Tank Corps under the command of Lieutenant Mould, entering the extraordinary world of the Niveleur, a Mark V tank.
Primed to take part in a major offensive against the Germans just outside the French town of Amiens, the crew of the Niveleur include Fred Firth, a father-of-two desperate to see his children again, Private Dodds, a tough warrior scarred by the loss of his brothers and Mike Weston, a civilian mechanic conscripted into the tanks. The crew will only survive four grueling days behind enemy lines if they can learn to work together. Can they bring the war to an end and make it home?
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Field of Study
Film
Content Type
Performance
Contributor
Stuart Bentley, fl. 2008, Susan Horth, fl. 2003-2016, British Broadcasting Corporation
Author / Creator
Bruce Goodison, fl. 1997-2016
Date Published / Released
2014
Publisher
BBC Worldwide
Series
Our World War
Topic / Theme
Recorded history, War, Correspondence, Military tanks, Soldiers, World War I, 1914-1918, War and Violence, British, 20th Century in World History (1914--2000)
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