After their country was invaded in 1939 on two fronts, by both German and Soviet forces, those who lived in occupied Poland throughout the Second World War endured some of the most appalling living conditions and became the victims of the most horrific war crimes of the Holocaust. From the ghetto established in Warsaw by the Germans in 1940, to the horrifying extermination camps set up at sites like Treblinka later in the war, historian Alex Richie tells the harrowing story of occupied Poland in World War Two.
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Thunderbolt
Colour World War Two documentary all about the US P-47 Thunderbolt and its service in the Second World War.
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Peleliu and Iwo Jima
The fourth of five episodes documenting the history of the US Marines in WW2. This episode tells the tale of the Marines during the Peleliu and Iwo Jima campaign of World War Two, in the Pacific.
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Okinawa and Victory
The final of five episodes documenting the history of the US Marines in the Pacific theatre of WW2. This episode tells the tale of the Marines during, and after, the Okinawa campaign at the end of World War Two.