The War Begins, 1939 S01E04
With Germany's land grab in 1939, Britain and France reluctantly concluded that Hitler was bent on European domination. Follow the story of the Molotov-Ribbentrop Pact between Germany and the Soviet Union, the dramatic invasion of Poland in September 1939, and the rise of a new kind of German warfare called blitzkrieg (lightning war").
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The Battle of Moscow, December 1941
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Anti-Semitism and the Nazis
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Tearing Up the Treaty of Versailles
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The War Begins, 1939
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The Nazis Rise to Power, 1922-1933
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The Fall of France, Spring 1940
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The Battle of Britain-and the Blitz
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Britain and Germany's Standoff at Sea
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Hitler, Stalin, and Operation Barbarossa
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Roosevelt, Isolationism, and Lend-Lease
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North Africa and the Battle of el-Alamein
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The Battle of Stalingrad, 1942-1943
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Resistance in Nazi-Occupied Europe
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The Holocaust
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U-Boats and the Battle of the Atlantic
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The Allies Invade Italy: Sicily to Anzio
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Strategic Bombing over Germany
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Allied Industry, Spying, and Wonder Weapons
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Soviets, Germans, and the Eastern Front
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D-Day at Last, June 1944
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Hitler Runs Out of Options, Fall 1944
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Soviet Push to Berlin and Yalta Power Play
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Eisenhower's Endgame in Europe
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War's End: Picking Up the Pieces
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