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Nu de hele geschiedenis van de Tweede Wereldoorlog op 5 dubbel DVD's met in totaal meer dan 30 uur materiaal!
U wordt getuige van de opkomst van de nazi's tot en met de overwinning op Japan. In dit complete overzicht ziet u in beeld en geluid alle feiten en gebeurtenissen in deze boeiende periode van de wereldgeschiedenis.
De gehele serie heeft een 9.9 rating op IMDB.com en is verder alom geroemd om de volledigheid, objectiviteit en punctualiteit van deze documentaire. De gehele serie wordt van commentaar voorzien van Sir Laurence Olivier.

DVD Extra's: Elke afzonderlijke DVD is voorzien van bewegende menuschermen, een fotogalerie van het Imperial War Museum; Biografieen, Kort overzicht van de Tweede Wereld Oorlog;samenvatting van de verschillende afleveringen, Toespraken, Songs, Nieuwsberichten en Overzichtskaarten.

Product Informatie DVD: Ondertiteling Nederlands, Audio Materiaal: Engels 2.0, Dolby Digital, 4:3

Season 1, Episode 8: The Desert: North Africa - 1940-1943
In 1940 Mussolini deploys a massive army to invade British held Egypt, to capture the Suez Canal and most of all to establish an Italian empire to rival Germany\'s. So begins a multi-year campaign over a meaningless stretch of desert involving forces from a dozen nations and characterized by persistent attackers, stubborn defenders and ultimately controlled by supply line challenges.

Season 1, Episode 9: Stalingrad: June 1942-February 1943
Germany is dealt a crushing defeat when the Russians\' stubborn defense of Stalingrad delays the German offensive giving the Russians time to mass their forces for a counter attack that surrounds then destroys the German Sixth Army and its supporting forces.

Season 1, Episode 10: Wolf Pack: U-Boats in the Atlantic - 1939-1944
For three years German u-boats ravage transatlantic convoys. Despite the critical need for the supplies and materiel British leadership give scant attention to the matter for two years. Finally in 1943 the allies begin introducing new tactics and weapons while Germany continues to focus on the numbers game
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Season 1, Episode 11: Red Star: The Soviet Union - 1941-1943
Bent on fulfilling Hilter\'s policy of colonizing Russia, German forces invade subjecting inhabitants of occupied lands to servitude or death. Russians respond with a mass evacuation and scorched earth policy, reestablishing their industrial capacity far to the east. After German forces fail to break Lenigrade or to capture Kursk and the surrounding Russian forces Russia goes on the offensive with its military production at full capacity.