World War II in Colour

Season 12009

World War II In Colour is a 13-episode television documentary miniseries recounting the events of World War II narrated by Robert Powell. The show covers the Western Front, Eastern Front, and the Pacific War. It is on syndication in America on the Military Channel. This series is in full color, combining both original and colorized footage.

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13 Episodes

E01 The Gathering Storm

Just years after World War I, Germany and other nations are in an economic depression. Leader approval ratings of Germany, Italy, Japan and Spain are shallow, giving the rise to military dictators along with their parties. Years after Adolf Hitler becomes Chancellor of Germany, he and his generals plot the invasion of Poland.

September 4, 2009

E02 Lightning War

The German Blitzkrieg allowed them to overrun both Poland and France within weeks. See how this radical military tactic caught the Allies totally unprepared.

September 4, 2009

E03 Britain at Bay

In July 1940, Britain stood alone against the Nazis. Hitler had more troops, abetter air force and the better weapons. Britain came extremely close to defeat, as its exhausted air force struggled to fight off the German Luftwaffe. However, because of critical errors by the Luftwaffe commander Hermann Goering, Britain was able to regroup. Then using its brilliant team of code crackers and specially trained spies, Britain began the fight back, working alongside the resistance movements in the occupied territories.

September 9, 2009

E04 Hitler Strikes East

When Hitler expounded his intention to invade Russia his generals looked at him in horrified silence. The Soviet Union was vast and had matchless resources. Hitler’s whole plan depended upon striking a swift and decisive knock-out blow. A long, drawn-out war would ensure a loss for Germany. Hitler was certain his forces could do it since no country had yet defeated them, but here had never been a military gamble like this. This episode covers Stalingrad and the battle of Kursk, the biggest tank battle in all history.

September 18, 2009

E05 Red Sun Rampant

December 7th 1941 is “a date that will live in infamy”proclaimed President Franklin Roosevelt. That was the day that Japan entered World War II, with its surprise attack upon theU.S. Fleet in Pearl Harbor. Japan swiftly followed this up with the defeat of a huge British army in Singapore. For a while Japan was rampant in the Pacific. But gradually, America, the sleeping giant, awoke. The war that would follow would be characterized by major innovations.

September 25, 2009

E06 The Mediterranean and North Africa

Mussolini’s ambition had always been to recreate the old Roman Empire. The trouble was, he was a disaster militarily. After failed attacks in North Africa and Greece, his armies were on the run. Hitler now faced a difficult choice. Did he divert troops needed at other fronts to support his ally, ordid he let Mussolini fall? Hitler chose to support him —a decision that would spell disaster for both of them. Hitler would lose hundreds of thousands of troops and Mussolini would lose his life. This episode tells the extraordinary story of the war in North Africa and features the heroics of the tiny island of Malta as it withstood wave after wave of Nazi assault. It ends with the Allies fighting their way up Italy and Germany in retreat.

October 2, 2009

E07 Turning the Tide

Nazi submarines tried to cut supply lines across the Atlantic, while the Allies fire-bombed German cities.

October 9, 2009

E08 The Soviet Steamroller

By July 1943, the full extent of Hitler’s failed gamble in the East had become clear. After failing to deliver knock-out blows at Stalingrad and Moscow, his army was now at the mercy of the vast Soviet war machine. With its huge resources and seemingly limitless numbers of men, the Red Army slowly pushed the Germans back out of Russia through Ukraine, Poland, the Balkans and Hungary. This was war on a monster scale, pitching armies of millions against each other. But it was also a war fought by small bands of partisans, men like Tito in Yugoslavia, leading guerrilla bands against Nazi forces.

October 16, 2009

E09 Overlord

How close did D-Day come to failure? Despite meticulous planning, deception plans and specialised equipment, its success was always balanced on a knife-edge.

October 23, 2009

E10 Closing the Ring

The Battle of the Bulge saw Hitler take his last great gamble, throwing his reserve forces against the oncoming Allies in the Ardennes.

October 30, 2009

E11 The Island War

The war in the Pacific against Japan was a savage, hand-to-hand, island-to-island struggle, fought by new specialist fighting units like the valiant Chindits.

November 6, 2009

E12 Victory in Europe

Allied forces converge on Germany, uncovering the horrors of Bergen-Belsen and Buchenwald, before pushing towards Berlin, where Hitler clings to power in his last desperate days.

November 13, 2009

E13 Victory in the Pacific

With Germany beaten, the Allies turned their attention to Japan, who made them pay for every inch of gained ground.

November 20, 2009

World War II in Colour

E01 The Gathering Storm

E02 Lightning War

E03 Britain at Bay

E04 Hitler Strikes East

E05 Red Sun Rampant

E06 The Mediterranean and North Africa

E07 Turning the Tide

E08 The Soviet Steamroller

E09 Overlord

E10 Closing the Ring

E11 The Island War

E12 Victory in Europe

E13 Victory in the Pacific

D-Day Sacrifice

Apocalypse: World War I

The Repair Shop

Off Track

World War II: The Price Of Empire

Just Shoot Me!

España dividida: la Guerra Civil en color

Criminal: Germany

The Rise of the Nazi Party

Get Out Alive with Bear Grylls

Barakamon

Greatest Events of World War II in Colour

The Vietnam War

Small Wonder

Cleopatra

Wild Wild Country

The Devil's Hour

Betty in New York

Tiger King

Caminantes

E01 The Gathering Storm

E02 Lightning War

E03 Britain at Bay

E04 Hitler Strikes East

E05 Red Sun Rampant

E06 The Mediterranean and North Africa

E07 Turning the Tide

E08 The Soviet Steamroller

E09 Overlord

E10 Closing the Ring

E11 The Island War

E12 Victory in Europe

E13 Victory in the Pacific