WW2 - Battles for Europe(2019)

2019-07-05 · 45m

In June 1944, the combined British, Canadian and American armies make up the most powerful invasion force ever. They plan to establish a bridgehead in Normandy, storming beaches along a 50 mile front while airborne troops secure targets inland.

2019-07-12 · 45m

This edition examines the efforts of the British and Canadians who fought elite German divisions to capture the city of Caen, the key to breaking out of Normandy.

2019-07-19 · 45m

Examining the work of the American forces who launched a huge offensive to blast a gap in the German lines and break through to liberate France.

2019-07-26 · 45m

Field Marshal Montgomery's daring airborne plan to end the war by Christmas, which went a bridge too far at Arnhem.

2019-08-02 · 45m

As the Allies' advance stalls, the Canadians had to seize Hitler's island fortress to open up the vital port of Antwerp and keep the war moving.

2019-08-09 · 45m

The Allies entered Germany and ran into the Siegfried Line. American troops fought to a gruelling, bloody standstill in the Huertgen Forest at a terrible cost.

2019-08-16 · 45m

Hitler's launch of his great counter-offensive against the unsuspecting Allies in the Ardennes. This was the Nazis' last gamble in the West to turn the tide of the war.

2019-08-23 · 45m

The Allies reached the last great natural barrier between their forces and the German heartland. If they could get across the River Rhine, the war would be won.