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Battlefront

Battlefront

2001 ★ 5.0 1 Seasons Documentary War & Politics

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Overview

The fiercest battles of WWII come to life as never seen before in this stunning collection of one of the most powerful epics of history. Actual footage from all sides of the war in color. This documentary series takes you behind enemy lines and to the front lines of the tumultuous campaigns of the Atlantic, Mediterranean and Pacific theatres where the soldiers, sailors and airmen fought in the most defining time in the history of the modern world.

Episodes

Seasons 1

Seasons 1

Dunkirk

S01E01 2001-09-25

Dunkirk

British and Allied forces are pushed back by an overwhelming German Army. 400,000 Allied troops are...

Fall of Poland

S01E02 2001-10-02

Fall of Poland

German tanks roll into Poland in September 1939.

Battle for Norway

S01E03 2001-10-09

Battle for Norway

Early in the war, the Germans decide they need to guarantee access to the Norwegian port of Narvik...

Bombing of England

S01E04 2001-10-16

Bombing of England

Hitler has taken France and has his sights set on England. At a heavy toll, the Royal Air Force swi...

Battle of Tobruk

S01E05 2001-10-23

Battle of Tobruk

German field marshal Erwin Rommel scores a major victory at the Libyan seaport of Tobruk.

Operation Mercury: Fall of Crete

S01E06 2001-10-30

Operation Mercury: Fall of Crete

After British forces withdrew in defeat from Greece to the island of Crete in early 1941, they were...

Battle of Malta

S01E07 2001-11-06

Battle of Malta

In 1941, Mussolini desperately wants to wrest the tiny island of Malta from the British for control...

Fall of Singapore

S01E08 2001-11-13

Fall of Singapore

Before the sneak attack on Pearl Harbor, the Japanese initiate the Pacific War by firing on the Bri...

Pearl Harbor

S01E09 2001-11-20

Pearl Harbor

During a two-hour surprise attack on the American Pacific fleet anchored at Pearl Harbor, Japanese...

Fall of the Philippines

S01E10 2001-11-27

Fall of the Philippines

American and Philippine troops and Philippine scouts take on a fast advancing Japanese invasion.

Battle of Midway

S01E11 2001-12-04

Battle of Midway

Only one isolated atoll prevents an enemy invasion of Hawaii. Midway Island is where the Japanese f...

Solomon Islands

S01E12 2001-12-11

Solomon Islands

For the first time since Americans entered the war, Marines face Japanese infantrymen at Guadalcana...

Battle of Dieppe

S01E13 2001-12-18

Battle of Dieppe

The Allies launch an ill-fated attack on the German-occupied port of Dieppe, France.

Battle of Stalingrad

S01E14 2001-12-25

Battle of Stalingrad

German forces encounter Russian resistance.

El Alamein

S01E15 2002-01-01

El Alamein

Erwin Rommel battles Allied forces in North Africa in 1942.

North Africa

S01E16 2002-01-08

North Africa

In the North African desert in 1942, American fighting forces encounter the dreaded Rommel for the...

The Forgotten Front

S01E17 2002-01-15

The Forgotten Front

The Japanese meet resistance from British forces as they advance through Burma to take India in 194...

Battle of Sicily

S01E18 2002-01-22

Battle of Sicily

Fresh from victory in North Africa, the Allies successfully invade the island of Sicily, staging an...

Bombing of Ploesti

S01E19 2002-01-29

Bombing of Ploesti

Bombing of Ploesti

Monte Cassino

S01E20 2002-02-05

Monte Cassino

Allied troops are advancing through Italy and meet a stiff German defensive position in an old mona...

Gilbert Islands

S01E21 2002-02-12

Gilbert Islands

Bloody fighting erupts on a group of tiny Pacific islands in November 1943.

Battle of Anzio

S01E22 2002-02-19

Battle of Anzio

Allied armies encounter German resistance in the Italian fishing town of Anzio.

Kwajalein

S01E23 2002-02-26

Kwajalein

Examining the battle at the Kwajelein Atoll in the South Pacific during 1944. Included: operations...

Battle in Palau

S01E24 2002-03-05

Battle in Palau

American forces overtake Japanese troops on the islands of Palau on the way to the Philippines.

D-Day

S01E25 2002-03-12

D-Day

D-Day, the 6th of June--one of the most pivotal moments in world history. In a massive armada of th...

Retaking France

S01E26 2002-03-19

Retaking France

Six weeks after the D-Day invasion of the beaches of Normandy, the allied forces are pushing the Ge...

Operation Dragoon

S01E27 2002-03-26

Operation Dragoon

Allied Forces continue across France pushing the German troops back into Germany.

Liberation of Paris

S01E28 2002-04-02

Liberation of Paris

Both political and military expediency were factors in the return of the French capital to its peop...

Arnhem

S01E29 2002-04-09

Arnhem

The Allies launch an attack designed to push the Germans back to the Rhine River.

Liberation of the Philippines

S01E30 2002-04-16

Liberation of the Philippines

Gen. Douglas MacArthur's return to the Philippines, and the final push to retake the islands after...

The Last Stronghold

S01E31 2002-04-23

The Last Stronghold

American B-29 high-altitude bomber attacks Japan near the end of World War II.

Mount Belvedere

S01E32 2002-04-30

Mount Belvedere

The Battle of the Gothic Line in 1944.

Battle of the Bulge

S01E33 2002-05-07

Battle of the Bulge

The December 1944 battle pitting American forces against German Panzer divisions in the Ardennes Fo...

Mount Hot Rocks

S01E34 2002-05-14

Mount Hot Rocks

American forces landing on the shores of Iwo Jima encounter Japanese combatants willing to fight to...

Battle of Remagen

S01E35 2002-05-21

Battle of Remagen

German forces retreat across the Rhine on the Remagen bridge near the close of the war.

Battle of Okinawa

S01E36 2002-05-28

Battle of Okinawa

Kamikaze pilots guard the island of Okinawa from American forces.

Fall of Berlin

S01E37 2002-06-04

Fall of Berlin

In 1945, Soviet and American troops press Hitler's armies from the west and the east, culminating i...

Commerce Raiders

S01E38 2002-06-11

Commerce Raiders

Heavily armed vessels disguised as ordinary cargo ships patrolled allied waters, sinking supply boa...

Bombing of Germany

S01E39 2002-06-18

Bombing of Germany

The development of the B-17 bomber, which allowed American planes to reach inside Germany and bomb...

U-Boat War

S01E40 2002-06-25

U-Boat War

U-boats posed the deadliest threat to Allied convoys traveling the Atlantic.

Cast

Michael Hanks

Michael Hanks

Narrator (voice)

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