Secret History Of WW2

Name: Secret History Of WW2
Released: 2020-06-12T00:00:00.000Z

TV Show · Documentary · History

Exploring some of the incredible stories and key events that took place during the devastating and turbulent WWII. First-hand accounts, recreations and expert interviews unveil moving stories buried by the victors or lost in the fog of war.

2020 · 44m

Director Nick Mavroidakis

EPISODE 1

The Miracle of Dunkirk

Poignant first-hand accounts, recreations and expert interviews of the Dunkirk battle, and how soldiers were trapped on the French beach by German forces.
EPISODE 2

D-Day

Poignant, first-hand accounts, re-creations and expert interviews of D-day in 1944, where the Allied Forces of Britain, America, Canada, and France attacked German forces on the coast of Normandy, France.
EPISODE 3

Pearl Harbor

Examining the surprise aerial attack by the Japanese on the US naval base at Pearl Harbour in Hawaii, 1941, which led to the United States entering World War II.
EPISODE 4

The Battle of Britain

The successful defence of Great Britain against air raids conducted by the German Luftwaffe from July through September 1940, which became known as The Battle of Britain.
EPISODE 5

The Blitz

For eight months, the Germans bombarded Britain from above in an attempt to squash the Allied war effort. The country pulled together and stayed strong as the bombs rained down but the Germans could not break the spirit of the nation.
EPISODE 6

Behind Enemy Lines

Exploring the many battles fought out on the banks of the Rhine in 1944 and the secrets behind the lines of the battleground.