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Attack on the WXYZ Complex Two US paratroopers wipe out a whole German company WW2 Docuumentary
Attack on the WXYZ Complex Two US paratroopers wipe out a whole German company WW2 Docuumentary
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Battle of Pointe du Hoc: Operation Overlord
This video provides a detailed account of the daring mission carried out by Lieutenant Colonel James E. Rudder's Second Ranger Battalion to eliminate a fortified German coastal battery at Point Du Arc during the D-Day invasion of...
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Why Bombs Make a Whistling Sound When They Fall Through the Air
You may have noticed in movies and tv shows that when a bomb falls through the sky, it makes a whistling sound. This has to do with the fighter planes and bomber planes of world war 2. During the second world war, German air force...
Jack Rackam
Tragedy on the USS West Virginia
Days after the attack on Pearl Harbor, one soldier on patrol hears… a distant tapping. He looks around for the source of the noise, but he can’t quite place where it’s coming from, this muffled metallic pounding… and then he looks down...
Jack Rackam
Poland's Drinking, Smoking, Soldier Bear | The Life & Times of Wojtek
Love weird and wacky history?
Cerebellum
Emergence Of Modern America: The Depression - American Enter WW2
Just the Facts: The Emergence of Modern America: The Depression uses fascinating historical footage to explore six decades that shaped modern America. The series examines the Gilded Age in the late 19th century, the Progressive Era of...
The Telegraph
Bomber Harris was a war hero not a war criminal
Arthur ‘Bomber’ Harris has been compared to Stalin, Pol Pot and even Hitler. However author Jeremy Black defends Harris against accusations of committing war crimes via his carpet-bombing strategy in the latest episode of History Defended.
History Hit
Voices of the Victims: Ruth Becker
Dan interviews Ruth Becker, a Jewish refugee in France during the Second World War. This episode is part of a series of films revealing the experiences of children during the Holocaust.
AllTime 10s
10 Little Known Battles That Changed The Course Of History
History could have been written very differently had these battles not gone the way they did!
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Endsieg: Germany's Final Plan to Win WW2 1943-45 | Animated History
In this episode, we will attempt to plumb the depths of desperation and fanaticism that were the final days of The Second World War in the panic-stricken minds of both Hitler and his High Command. The grinding days of 1943-1945 were an...
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D-Day From the German Perspective | Animated History
The story of D-Day and its accompanying airborne and partisan operations is well known… from the Allied perspective. But seldom is this critical juncture of the Second World War looked at through the eyes of those defending the Atlantic...
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Biggest Encirclement in History: Battle of Kiev | Animated History
During the German invasion of the Soviet Union in 1941, heavy fighting occurred in the Soviet Republic of Ukraine. It was there, in the ancient Ukrainian capital city of Kiev, that the Germans conducted the largest encirclement in...
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Battle of Kursk from the Aerial Perspective | Animated History
In today’s video we will be taking a closer look at the air engagements that took place during the Battle of Kursk. During this climactic battle, thousands of German troops clashed with over twice as many Soviet forces in an attempt to...
History Hit
10 Steps to World War Two
After the Great War of 1914-18, European powers were desperate to avoid another conflict of that scale. But just 20 years later, they found themselves plunged into catastrophe on an even greater scale. The outbreak of World War Two has...
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Virginia Hall: Nazi Nemesis
They called her the Limping Lady. The Allied spy who topped the Nazis’ most wanted list. This is the story of Virginia Hall – one of the most decorated special agents of the Second World War.
History Hit
Interview with Romeo Vecht, holocaust survivor
Dan interviews Romeo Vecht, a Jewish refugee captured and imprisoned in Spa, Belgium during the Second World War. This episode is part of a series of films revealing the experiences of children during the Holocaust.Voices of the Victims:...
Press Association
Politics daily briefing: February 29
Daily politics briefing for February 29, as shadow chancellor Rachel Reeves says Labour would inherit the worst economic situation of any government "since the Second World War" if it wins power in a general election.
Bridgeman Arts
Cadets gather to listen to the radio in their camp. Meetings with officers. France, 1944
Clip 5 from the 1940s French documentary Les Cadets du Conservatoire (The Conservatory Cadets), about the story of the Cadets of National Conservatoire in Paris under German occupation in WWII. All cadets are in the Head of School...
Bridgeman Arts
Men leaving their families and moving into work camps. France, 1943
Clip 3 from the 1940s French documentary Les Cadets du Conservatoire (The Conservatory Cadets), about the story of the Cadets of National Conservatoire in Paris under German occupation in WWII. Men getting their work cards, kissing their...
Bridgeman Arts
Band rehearsal in a big hall at the Paris Conservatoire, France, 1943
Clip 2 from the 1940s French documentary Les Cadets du Conservatoire (The Conservatory Cadets), about the story of the Cadets of National Conservatoire in Paris under German occupation in WWII. An orchestra rehearses in a big music hall...
Bridgeman Arts
Cadets plan to escape occupation and meet with their director in secret. France, 1944
Clip 7 from the 1940s French documentary Les Cadets du Conservatoire (The Conservatory Cadets), about the story of the Cadets of National Conservatoire in Paris under German occupation in WWII. The director meets with his cadets, and...
Bridgeman Arts
Cadets take the train to Berlin. France, 1948
Clip 8 from the 1940s French documentary Les Cadets du Conservatoire (The Conservatory Cadets), about the story of the Cadets of National Conservatoire in Paris under German occupation in WWII. 1948. The Cadets take the train to occupied...
Bridgeman Arts
Cadets escaping from work camp, France, 1944
Clip 6 from the 1940s French documentary Les Cadets du Conservatoire (The Conservatory Cadets), about the story of the Cadets of National Conservatoire in Paris under German occupation in WWII. Cadets prepare for escape. They eventually...
Bridgeman Arts
Musicians play for three German officers. France, 1944
Clip 4 from the 1940s French documentary Les Cadets du Conservatoire (The Conservatory Cadets), about the story of the Cadets of National Conservatoire in Paris under German occupation in WWII. April 1944. "Rue du Conservatoire" sign....