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WW2: War and Words Episodes

  1. WW2: War and Words - Welcome

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  2. The Spanish Civil War and beyond

    The 1930s drumbeat of war through the burgeoning reporting skills of the 成人快手's reporters.

  3. The Phoney War

    WW2 begins quietly with little actual fighting: telling the story of 鈥榯he Phoney War鈥�.

  4. The Battle of Britain and Pearl Harbor

    How the conflict spread to North Africa, Russia andthe Far East.

  5. Singapore besieged and Lidice massacred

    The Axis powers strengthen their hold on the Far East and Europe

  6. Paris Liberated; Allied defeat at Arnhem

    The defeat at Arnhem in the Netherlands is a major setback for the Allies.

  7. North Africa wavers but Stalingrad stands firm

    The Axis powers strengthen their hold on the Far East and Europe.

  8. Leningrad and El Alamein

    More good news for the Allies as the siege of Leningrad by the Germans is lifted.

  9. From Hiroshima to Cold War

    The annihilation of Hiroshima ends the war with Japan.

  10. Dunkirk and the Fall of Paris

    The German army forces the epic retreat of Dunkirk as Paris falls to Hitler鈥檚 forces.

  11. D-Day and the Liberation of Normandy

    1944鈥檚 hush-hush Allied plans to invade occupied France bring success.

  12. Burma, Berlin and Belsen

    The Allied advance through Germany recaptures Berlin.

  13. Allied victories in North Africa and Italy

    With Benghazi and Tripoli in Allied hands, the North African campaign ends with defeat.