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Series
Weapons of war volume 16
Pub. Date
2007
Language
English
Description
At the outbreak of World War II, Germany boasted one of the world's most effective air defense systems. Discover the unique tactics employed by the Reich air defense to defeat the RAF by night and how US bombers fought back by day.
2) Blitzkrieg
Series
Weapons of war volume 12
Publisher
International Masters Publishers
Pub. Date
c2007
Language
English
Description
When Hitler's Germany invaded Poland in 1939, the world was stunned by the use of a new and fast-moving form of warfare - Blitzkrieg, or lightning war. Follow the story of Blitzkrieg's initial successes in campaigns in France and Poland, and discover the weapons and tactics employed in these early victories.
Series
Weapons of war volume 51
Pub. Date
2007
Language
English
Description
The battles fought against Japan in China, Burma and India may be less well known, but were just as vital to the course of World War II. Discover the conditions by troops fighting in the dense jungles of Southeast Asia and some of the key weapons utilized.
Series
Weapons of war volume 19
Publisher
International Masters Publishers
Pub. Date
c2007
Language
English
Description
The D-Day landings at Normandy, France, was the largest seaborne invasion in history. Follow the Allied campaign from the first bloody landings on the beaches, to the pursuit of the defending German forces through Normandy. Learn how soldiers fought through unforgiving terrain, in a series of tank battles and rapid infantry offensives that opened the way to liberation.
Series
Publisher
A & E Television Networks
Pub. Date
c2005
Language
English
Description
In World War II, two historic Allied invasions played key roles in the defeat of the Axis powers. In this gripping DVD, witness the magnificent D-Day invasion of Normandy, when 150,000 brave soldiers stormed ashore to begin their march across Europe. Then discover the details surrounding another great invasion, the Beachhead at Anzio, in Italy. Here, a daring and aggressive maneuver cut the German lines between Rome and Cassino, and the Allied heroics...
Series
Publisher
A & E Television Networks
Pub. Date
2004
Language
English
Description
Intense passion, unwavering courage and the highest sense of honor came together in one man, George Washington, who changed the course of history. He led a rag-tag array of farmers and woodsmen to victory over the greatest army in the world ... and then oversaw the formation of a new nation. And instead of being crowned king, he became president under the idea that people can govern themselves.
9) Dunkirk
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
Formats
Description
France, 1940: Hundreds of thousands of Allied troops are trapped on the beaches of Dunkirk with enemy troops closing in. While Spitfires engage the enemy in the skies above the Channel, a flotilla of small boats--both military and civilian--mount a desperate rescue effort.
Publisher
Timeless Media Group
Pub. Date
c2006
Language
English
Description
Tried by fire: Two part epic that shows the role of the 84th Infantry Division in the breakthrough of the former impregnable Siegfried Line and the dramatic conflict known as the Battle of the Bulge. Also includes the crossing of the Roer and Rhine rivers.
Bridge at Remagen: Watch the events surrounding the capture of the important bridge at Remagen by American troops March 7, 1945. This gave the U.S. troops the first bridgehead on the Rhine River....
Series
Publisher
A & E Television Networks
Pub. Date
c2006
Language
English
Description
"Though one of the largest calvary engagements of the entire war, the Battle of Mine Creek in Kansas is often overlooked. On October 25, 1864, only one half hour and 2800 Union soldiers were needed to defeat a Confederate calvary of 7,000. How did the Union army succeed despite the overwhelming odds? Why is this battle excluded from the historical records? Discover new information about the weapons, soldiers and tactics through archival letters,...
Series
Publisher
A & E Television Networks
Pub. Date
c2006
Language
English
Description
"The Union was aiming to draw the curtain on the war while the Confederacy was hoping to rekindle its dying flame, Confederate General John Bell Hood turned toward Nashville, hoping to wrest it from Union control. But overt aggressiveness, crippling pain, and maybe even lost love, sealed the fate of his army."
Series
Publisher
A & E Television Networks
Pub. Date
c2006
Language
English
Description
"Journey back to July 21, 1861 along Bull Run Creek in Manassas Junction, Virginia. As two opposing armies meet, watch as the bloodiest single day of war our country has ever seen unfolds before your eyes. Learn all the details of that fateful day, including the turbulent political climate, the Union's military mistakes, the blunders of Washington socialites and the role of Confederate General T. Jonathan Jackson, who earned the name 'Stonewall'...
Series
Publisher
A & E Television Networks
Pub. Date
c2006
Language
English
Description
"In one month, Richmond fell, General Lee embared on his harrowing retreat, the Confederate States surrendered at Appomattox and president lincoln was assassinated. April 1865 examines the extraordinary series of events that changed the course of history in 30 brief days."--Container.
Bonus "The tragedy at Cold Harbor": "In 1864 General Grant ordered an attack on Confederate defenders at a crossroads near Richmond. See how Cold Harbor hastened the...
Series
Publisher
A & E Television Networks
Pub. Date
c2006
Language
English
Description
"The Civil War pitted countryman against countryman in the most brutal and bloody chapter in American history. This commemorative DVD tells the story--why the war started and how it was fought--then explores one of the factors that finally helped bring it all to a close: the revolutionary new artillery weapon of the day. This in-depth documentary uses period photographs, factual re-enactments, first-person accounts and interviews with noted historians...
18) Lone survivor
Publisher
Universal Studios Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
c2014
Language
English
Description
Four Navy SEALs are ambushed by Taliban forces in Afghanistan while trying to neutralize a igh-level operative.
19) Dunkirk
Publisher
Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
Description
A World War II thriller about the evacuation of Allied troops from the French city of Dunkirk before Nazi forces can take hold.
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