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The July 20 plot of 1944 was a failed
attempt by members of Germanys High Command to assassinate Adolf
Hitler.
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Operation
Valkyrie
The July 20 plot of 1944 was a failed
attempt by members of Germanys High Command to assassinate Adolf
Hitler, the leader of Nazi Germany, and to take power by means of a
plan called Operation Walküre. The key role in this drama, was
played by Wehrmacht Heer officer Claus von Stauffenberg who was in
charge of the German Reserve Army's Walküre, a role which allowed him
direct access to Hitler. On 20th July 1944, Stauffenberg placed a
briefcase packed with explosives in Hitler's private bunker. Despite
the bunker being totally destroyed, the Nazi Leader managed to
escape. The failure of this assassination attempt, which could have
brought an end to the war, led to the arrest of more than 5,000
people and to subsequent execution of about 200, including
Stauffenberg. Through reconstructed interviews, taken from the
diaries of the key participants, including von Stauffenberg
and Adolf Heusinger, along with rare archive footage, this
documentary is a fascinating insight into one of the little
known chapters of World War Two.
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Great
Battles of WW2
Kursk:The Battle of Kursk, the
greatest tank battle in history, when in 1943 almost 6,000 Soviet
and German tanks and 2,000,000 men clashed near the Russian town of
Kursk.
Crete:The Battle of Crete, the
invasion of Crete by almost 20,000 of Germany's elite parachute
troops, fighting hand to hand against the British, was one of
Germany's most successful battles of the war..
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Great Naval Battles of
WW2
This fascinating documentary is a visual
encyclopaedia of the fierce battles that were fought on the high
seas between the Allied and Axis Forces during the Second World War.
Including the Royal Navy’s determined efforts to systematically
destroy the entire German Fleet of Battleships, the battle against
the submarines and the protection of the shipping lanes in the
Atlantic; and the Japanese attack on the US Pacific Fleet at Pearl
Harbour, resulting in the mighty carrier battles of Leyte Gulf and
Midway.
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Bombers of WW2
The bombers in World War II changed the face of
warfare forever. This documentary features footage of many of the
aircraft that flew during the war, including the Lancaster,
Wellington, Blenheim, Liberator, Flying Fortress, Heinkel HE 111,
Stuka, Mitchell, Superfortress, Heinkel HE 177 Greif, Marauder,
Whitley, Halifax, Hampden, Stirling, Arado Blitz and more.
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