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51.
American Experience (1987– )
Episode:
The Battle of the Bulge: World War II's Deadliest Battle
(1994)
TV-PG | 90 min | Documentary, Biography, History
Documentary chronicling the history of World War II's "Battle of the Bulge", when the German army launched a major surprise counteroffensive against the American forces that caught them ... See full summary »
Director: Thomas Lennon | Stars: David McCullough, Guy Franz Arend, Omar N. Bradley, Clyde Burkholder
Votes: 103
52.
Auschwitz: Inside the Nazi State (2005)
Episode:
Liberation & Revenge
(2005)
TV-14 | 48 min | Documentary, History, War
In 1945, Red Army soldiers liberate Auschwitz-Birkenau. As other liberations occur in the following months, the world is appalled. Surviving Jews face horrors as they try to return to their lives, and few SS-men are found and put on trial.
Directors: Laurence Rees, Catherine Tatge | Stars: Gert Heidenreich, Linda Hunt, Samuel West, Vasily Gromadsky
Votes: 168
53.
Auschwitz: Inside the Nazi State (2005)
Episode:
Frenzied Killing
(2005)
TV-14 | 48 min | Documentary, History, War
More people are killed in 1944 than ever before at Auschwitz. The Nazis try to sow seeds of confusion amongst the Allies in the East and Western Allies make decisions about negotiating with the Nazis about the Jews and bombing the camp.
Directors: Laurence Rees, Catherine Tatge | Stars: Gert Heidenreich, Linda Hunt, Samuel West, Peretz Revesz
Votes: 166
54.
Auschwitz: Inside the Nazi State (2005)
Episode:
Surprising Beginnings
(2005)
TV-14 | 48 min | Documentary, History, War
German commanders discover the efficiency of gassing prisoners, and Auschwitz transforms from a small backwater camp for those resisting the Nazi occupation of Poland to a large scale extermination camp for Jews.
Directors: Laurence Rees, Catherine Tatge | Stars: Gert Heidenreich, Linda Hunt, Samuel West, Dario Gabbai
Votes: 229
55.
The World at War (1973–1974)
Episode:
Alone: May 1940-May 1941
(1973)
TV-PG | 51 min | Documentary, History, War
The Battle of Britain, defeats in Greece and Crete, Tobruk and life in Britain between the evacuation at Dunkirk and Operation Barbarossa.
Director: David Elstein | Stars: Laurence Olivier, John McBeath, Bertie Good, Max Aitken
Votes: 502
56.
The World at War (1973–1974)
Episode:
Barbarossa: June-December 1941
(1973)
TV-PG | 52 min | Documentary, History, War
After dominating southeastern Europe through force or intrigue, Germany begins Operation Barbarossa, the invasion of the Soviet Union.
Stars: Laurence Olivier, Walter Warlimont, Albert Speer, Grigori Tokaty
Votes: 516
57.
The World at War (1973–1974)
Episode:
Distant War: September 1939-May 1940
(1973)
TV-PG | 52 min | Documentary, History, War
The invasions of Poland, the Winter War, the sinking of the Graf Spee, the "phony war" and Norwegian Campaign, and the elevation of Winston Churchill to Prime Minister.
Director: David Elstein | Stars: Laurence Olivier, R.A. Butler, Bernard Kops, Robert Boothby
Votes: 565
58.
The World at War (1973–1974)
Episode:
France Falls: May-June 1940
(1973)
TV-PG | 52 min | Documentary, History, War
French politics, the Maginot Line, the Saar Offensive, Blitzkrieg warfare and the Nazi invasion of France and the Low Countries.
Stars: Laurence Olivier, Edward Spears, Lawrence Durrell, Siegfried Westphal
Votes: 530
59.
The World at War (1973–1974)
Episode:
Home Fires: Britain - 1940-1944
(1974)
TV-PG | 52 min | Documentary, History, War
The war effort required total commitment from British citizens stretching their bodies and spirits to the breaking point and occasionally beyond it. As a result of grim news early in the ... See full summary »
Stars: Laurence Olivier, George Hodgkinson, Gwen Bunt, Lord Chandos
Votes: 367
60.
The World at War (1973–1974)
Episode:
Inside the Reich: Germany - 1940-1944
(1974)
TV-PG | 52 min | Documentary, History, War
Germany is jubilant after the surrender of France. Then the unsuccessful expansion of the war to include Russia and England gradually turns German morale from joy to fatalism. Even der ... See full summary »
Stars: Laurence Olivier, Marlene Tucking, Hans Kehrl, Christabel Bielenberg
Votes: 391
61.
The World at War (1973–1974)
Episode:
Morning: June-August 1944
(1974)
TV-PG | 52 min | Documentary, History, War
Four years after France fell the Allies invade Normandy. Caught by surprise the German defenses are quickly overcome. Heading inland the Allies win major victories against fierce resistance.
Director: John Pett | Stars: Laurence Olivier, Goronwy Rees, Louis Mountbatten, Kay Summersby
Votes: 377
62.
The World at War (1973–1974)
Episode:
Nemesis: Germany - February-May 1945
(1974)
TV-PG | 52 min | Documentary, History, War
The closing weeks of the European war bring retribution for Germany in the form of carpet bombing cities like Dresden, the collapse of the Whermacht, atrocities by Soviet forces, and finally the fall of Berlin and suicide of Hitler.
Director: Martin Smith | Stars: Laurence Olivier, Ursula Gray, Albert Speer, John Seney
Votes: 373
63.
The World at War (1973–1974)
Episode:
Occupation: Holland - 1940-1944
(1974)
TV-PG | 52 min | Documentary, History, War
The Dutch are shocked when the Germans bomb Rotterdam and invade their neutral country. But Germany follows with insidious conciliatory gestures that ease tensions. Germany gradually ... See full summary »
Director: Michael Darlow | Stars: Laurence Olivier, Sieuwert Bruins Slot, T. van Ralte, Piet Nak
Votes: 362
64.
The World at War (1973–1974)
Episode:
Pincers: August 1944-March 1945
(1974)
TV-PG | 52 min | Documentary, History, War
As the Allies debate how to prosecute the the invasion of Germany, Hitler settles the question with a massive counter attack in the Ardenne. Failure of the attack leaves German defenses of ... See full summary »
Stars: Laurence Olivier, Wynford Vaughan-Thomas, Brian Horrocks, Kenneth Strong
Votes: 358
65.
The World at War (1973–1974)
Episode:
Red Star: The Soviet Union - 1941-1943
(1974)
TV-PG | 53 min | Documentary, History, War
The rise of the Red Army, mobilization of Soviet production, the Siege of Leningrad, the Soviet partisans, and the Battle of Kursk.
Director: Martin Smith | Stars: Laurence Olivier, Olga Rybakova, Vsevolod Klokov, Nikolai Volkov
Votes: 429
66.
The World at War (1973–1974)
Episode:
Stalingrad: June 1942-February 1943
(1974)
TV-PG | 52 min | Documentary, History, War
The mid-war German situation in Southern Russia resulting in the German defeat at the Battle of Stalingrad.
Director: Hugh Raggett | Stars: Laurence Olivier, Andrey Yeryomenko, Hermann Göring, Franz Halder
Votes: 473
67.
The World at War (1973–1974)
Episode:
Whirlwind: Bombing Germany - September 1939-April 1944
(1974)
TV-PG | 52 min | Documentary, History, War
While the British continue to rely on night bombing the American forces attempt to use more dangerous but more precise daylight bombing to interdict German military production and crush the national will.
Director: Ted Childs | Stars: Laurence Olivier, Hamish Mahaddie, Arthur Harris, Lore Thran
Votes: 400
68.
Battlefield (1995–2004)
Episode:
Airwar Over Germany
(2000)
Documentary, History, War
The Allied bombing campaign of Germany in World War 2.
Votes: 7
69.
Battlefield (1995–2004)
Episode:
Operation Market Garden
(2001)
Documentary, History, War
Operation Market Garden was an attempt by the allies to use airborne units to seize key bridges and short-cut the slog into northern Germany thereby shortening the war. This is a look at the plan, the leaders and the equipment involved.
Directors: Andrew Aitken, Dave Flitton, James Wignall | Stars: Jonathan Booth, Wilhelm Bittrich, Omar N. Bradley, Lewis H. Brereton
Votes: 7
70.
Battlefield (1995–2004)
Episode:
Scandinavia: The Forgotten Front
(2004)
Documentary, History, War
This episode take a closer look at the Russian aggression against Finland, and the German occupation of Norway.
Star: Jonathan Booth
Votes: 22
71.
Battlefield (1995–2004)
Episode:
The Battle for Caen
(2001)
Documentary, History, War
Stars: Jonathan Booth, Dwight D. Eisenhower, Bernard L. Montgomery, Erwin Rommel
Votes: 15
72.
Battlefield (1995–2004)
Episode:
The Battle for the Crimea
(2002)
Documentary, History, War
Stars: Jonathan Booth, Adolf Hitler, Joseph Stalin
Votes: 6
73.
Battlefield (1995–2004)
Episode:
The Battle of Kursk
(2000)
Documentary, History, War
In the summer of 1943 more than 2,000,000 men of the German and Russian Armies and over 6,000 tanks were gathered together near the Russian town of Kursk. The scene was set for one of the ... See full summary »
Stars: Heinz Guderian, Hermann Göring, Adolf Hitler, Ivan Konev
Votes: 8
74.
Battlefield (1995–2004)
Episode:
The Siege of Leningrad
(2000)
Documentary, History, War
Tim Pigott-Smith narrates the story of one of the Second World War's most harrowing episodes - the 890-day siege of the Soviet Union's second city Leningrad which was not liberated until January 1944.
Stars: Tim Pigott-Smith, Rolf Carls, Karl Dönitz, Joseph Goebbels
Votes: 7
75.
Battlefield (1995–2004)
Episode:
The West Wall
(2001)
Documentary, History, War
Star: Jonathan Booth
Votes: 5
76.
Battle Honours (2021– )
Episode:
Big Red One
(2021)
Documentary, History, War
The story of the longest serving infantry division in the US Army, who fought in every major campaign in Western Europe in which American forces were engaged.
Directors: Adam Luria, Ian Bremner | Stars: Harley Reynolds, Flint Whitlock, Jon Trigg, Benjamin Hilton
77.
Battle Honours (2021– )
Episode:
Red Devils
(2021)
Documentary, History, War
From the moment British airborne was formed after Churchill noted the impressive feats of Germany's elite Falschirmjaeger paratroopers, Britain's Airborne would be an elite fighting force.
Directors: Adam Luria, Ian Bremner | Stars: Chip Chapman, Tony Hibbert, Jim Knox, Jon Trigg
78.
Battle Honours (2021– )
Episode:
Desert Rats
(2021)
Documentary, History, War
The story of the armoured units who landed in Normandy to spearhead the Allied advance into Nazi occupied Europe and break open the Third Reich's defences.
Directors: Adam Luria, Ian Bremner | Stars: Dick Taylor, Jon Trigg, Rodney Scott, Cecil Newton
79.
Battle Honours (2021– )
Episode:
Screaming Eagles
(2021)
Documentary, History, War
The 101st Airborne parachuted into their first battle on D-Day, swiftly proving their worth as one of the most accomplished combat formations ever fielded by the US army.
Directors: Adam Luria, Ian Bremner | Stars: John O'Brien, Ed Shames, Carl Beck, Jon Trigg
80.
Battle Honours (2021– )
Episode:
Rangers
(2021)
Documentary, History, War
America's first true Special Forces units, specially selected and trained with the help of British commandos, Rangers became the first US ground forces to see action in Europe.
Directors: Adam Luria, Ian Bremner | Stars: Edwin Roth, George Sabine, Flint Whitlock, Jon Trigg
81.
Battle Honours (2021– )
Episode:
The Mighty Eighth
(2021)
Documentary, History, War
The 8th United States Army Air Force flew some of WW2's most daring raids and sorties over Germany and mainland Europe.
Director: Adam Luria | Stars: Robert Ricks, Bill Toombs, Flint Whitlock, Henry Hughey
82.
1945-1953: From World War to Cold War (2018)
Episode:
Yalta, the Twilight of the Big Three
56 min | Documentary, History, War
Hear how the Yalta Conference of 1945 - in which Franklin D Roosevelt, Winston Churchill and Joseph Stalin met to discuss Europe's post-war reorganization - led to enmity.
Director: Emilie Lançon | Stars: Curtis Roosevelt, Robert Franck, François Kersaudy, André Kaspi
83.
1945-1953: From World War to Cold War (2018)
Episode:
The Dawn of the Cold War
56 min | Documentary, History, War
For the past four years, the top scientists on the planet had been perfecting what was to become the absolute weapon: the atomic bomb.
Director: Emilie Lançon | Stars: François Kersaudy, Clifton Truman Daniel, Curtis Roosevelt, Yuri Borko
84.
The U.S. and the Holocaust (2022)
Episode:
Yearning to Breathe Free (1938-1942)
(2022)
TV-14 | 138 min | Documentary, History
As WWII begins, Americans are divided over whether to intervene against Germany. Some individuals and organizations work tirelessly to help refugees escape. Germany invades the USSR and secretly begins the mass murder of European Jews.
Directors: Sarah Botstein, Ken Burns, Lynn Novick | Stars: Peter Coyote, Daniel Mendelsohn, Guy Stern, Peter Hayes
Votes: 157
85.
The U.S. and the Holocaust (2022)
Episode:
The Homeless, The Tempest-Tossed (1942-)
(2022)
TV-14 | 131 min | Documentary, History
A group of government officials supports and finances rescue operations. Allied soldiers begin to liberate concentration camps and find mass graves. The public sees the sheer scale of the Holocaust.
Directors: Sarah Botstein, Ken Burns, Lynn Novick | Stars: Peter Coyote, Daniel Mendelsohn, Deborah Lipstadt, Eva Geiringer
Votes: 146
86.
World War II in Colour (2009)
Episode:
The Soviet Steamroller
(2009)
TV-MA | 51 min | Documentary, History, War
Their attack on the Soviet Union having failed, the German Army suffers a series of counter-offensives on the Eastern Front. Hitler's constant orders to stand ground backfire, and the ... See full summary »
Stars: Robert Powell, Adolf Hitler, Erich von Manstein, Walter Model
Votes: 243
87.
World War II in Colour (2009)
Episode:
Hitler Strikes East
(2009)
TV-MA | 51 min | Documentary, History, War
The German invasion of Russia from Operation Barbarossa on 22 June 1941 to Kursk on 5 July 1943.
Stars: Robert Powell, Adolf Hitler, Winston Churchill, Vyacheslav Molotov
Votes: 287
88.
World War II in Colour (2009)
Episode:
Lightning War
(2009)
TV-MA | 51 min | Documentary, History, War
Country after European country falls before the unstoppable German blitzkrieg.
Stars: Robert Powell, Adolf Hitler, Wladyslaw Sikorski, Karl Dönitz
Votes: 345
89.
World War II in Colour (2009)
Episode:
Closing the Ring
(2009)
TV-MA | 51 min | Documentary, History, War
The Western Allies secure supply routes that will allow them to enter Germany, and the Ardennes counter-offensive fails. The Red Army advances rapidly, and Stalin shows uses the war for Empire-building. The SS implements the Holocaust.
Stars: Robert Powell, Joseph Stalin, Charles de Gaulle, Adolf Hitler
Votes: 222
90.
World War II in Colour (2009)
Episode:
Overlord
(2009)
TV-MA | 51 min | Documentary, History, War
After a careful campaign of disinformation that throws the German defenders off-guard, the Western Allies finally land on Normandy. After fierce fighting, they establish a foothold in Europe. France is liberated.
Stars: Robert Powell, Winston Churchill, Franklin D. Roosevelt, Adolf Hitler
Votes: 228
91.
World War II in Colour (2009)
Episode:
Britain at Bay
(2009)
TV-MA | 51 min | Documentary, History, War
Germany makes critical errors during the bombing of Britain.
Stars: Robert Powell, Winston Churchill, Adolf Hitler, Erich Raeder
Votes: 312
92.
World War II in Colour (2009)
Episode:
Turning the Tide
(2009)
TV-MA | 51 min | Documentary, History, War
Allies turn the tide in the Atlantic, where initially German U-Boats harass freely convoys to supply Britain. The Kriegsmarine calls off their submarines. The route to bring American soldiers who will land on D-Day is clear.
Stars: Robert Powell, Winston Churchill, Arthur Harris, Adolf Hitler
Votes: 244
93.
World War II in Colour (2009)
Episode:
Victory in Europe
(2009)
TV-MA | 51 min | Documentary, History, War
In 1945, Germany is crumbly on both fronts. The Western Allies cross the Rhine and take most of Germany, while the Red Army quickly advances into Berlin. After Hitler's suicide, Germany surrenders and is divided among the allied powers.
Stars: Adolf Hitler, Gerd von Rundstedt, Albert Kesselring, Bernard L. Montgomery
Votes: 213
94.
Traitor/Patriot (2022)
Episode:
The Gentleman Spy: George Blake
(2022)
Documentary, History, War
While a prisoner in North Korea, George Blake was recruited by the Soviets to spy on the British. He was caught and sentenced to prison but escaped to the Soviet Union.
Directors: Maria Berry, Marek Bures | Stars: Roger Hermiston, Mark Stout, David Major, Mark Kelton
95.
The 100 Days: That Defined Modern History (2022–2023)
Episode:
World War II: Blitzkrieg - 1940
(2023)
Documentary, History
In May 1940, Churchill became Prime Minister and Germany launched its offensive. By mid-July, the Battle of Britain had begun.
Directors: Edmund Duff, Mike Kenneally | Stars: Steven P. Remy, Jonathon Riley, Peter Lieb, Richard John Evans
Votes: 5
96.
The 100 Days: That Defined Modern History (2022–2023)
Episode:
World War II: D-Day - 1944
(2023)
Documentary, History
On June 6th 1944, the largest amphibious invasion in military history commenced targeting the coast of Normandy in France.
Directors: Edmund Duff, Mike Kenneally | Stars: David Ulbrich, Ian Gooderson, Adrian Lewis, Adrian Gilbert
97.
How to Lose a War (2023)
Episode:
The Men Who Gave the Orders
(2023)
Documentary, History, War
Explore the men in charge whose rampant egos and misguided belief in their own abilities led to their country making fatal mistakes in the war.
Director: Tim Bosanquet | Stars: Tim Benbow, Russell A. Hart, Alexander Henry, Giuseppe Finaldi
98.
How to Lose a War (2023)
Episode:
The Best Laid Plans
(2023)
Documentary, History, War
Explore how the seeds of Japan's defeat in 1945 were sown a decade earlier with the occupation of Manchuria in China.
Director: Tim Bosanquet | Stars: Rana Mitter, Sandra Wilson, Yuma Totani, Guy Walters
99.
How to Lose a War (2023)
Episode:
Conquering Heroes
(2023)
Documentary, History, War
Explore how the Axis Powers' ruthless, brutal occupation and exploitation of other countries contributed to their demise.
Director: Tim Bosanquet | Stars: Alexander Henry, Sandra Wilson, Ken Kotani, Gregg Huff
100.
Military Masterminds (2022)
Episode:
Combat Power
(2022)
52 min | Documentary, History, War
Combined arms operations use the force of different military corps to increase combat power. Combining these forces needs incredible planning and authority.
Director: Roberto Irwin | Stars: Dan Hill, Jenny Grant, Daniel L. Davis, Christopher Hickey