WWII in Color: Road to Victory

Episode 1

Dunkirk

52 mins

In the aftermath of Germany's devastating offensive against the Allies, their army prepares to capture the entire British army trapped at the port at Dunkirk. However, at the pivotal moment Hitler delays making the final killer blow allowing Prime Minister Churchill and his commanders to devise a daring strategy to bring back the entire British army. As the German army creeps closer and the Luftwaffe strike from overhead Churchill faces a battle back home to convince the politicians, and the public that the war is not over yet. Meanwhile hundreds of thousands of British troops on the beaches of Dunkirk are struggling to survive. They work together to devise ingenious methods for getting the troops off the deadly beaches. Even enlisting British civilian 'little ships' to help in the evacuation, will they get off in time?

Episode 2

The Battle of the Atlantic

51 mins

In September 1939 a German U-boat fires its first torpedo setting in motion the longest continuous battle of the war. German Admiral Doenitz is innovating U-boat technology and tactics and now has the opportunity to enact his vision: control and cut off allied supply lines from below in a brutal war of attrition. A cat and mouse game of epic proportions ensues as German U-boats and allied forces engage in a 5-year battle for supremacy in the Atlantic. The U-boats hunting for merchant vessels are able to inflict huge losses and Churchill himself speaks of how the U-boat peril brought fear to his heart. However as combating this new hidden enemy becomes a top allied priority, new tactics and technologies allow them to turn the tides and with the cracking of the infamous German 'enigma' naval codes the hunter soon becomes the hunted.

Episode 3

The Invasion of North Africa

50 mins

In late 1942, America enters the war in North Africa, where the British have been battling the Germans and Italians for control of the Suez Canal.

Episode 4

The Battle of Kursk

51 mins

Desperate for a victory in the East, Germany attacks toward Kursk in the summer of 1943 and triggers a monumental tank battle with the Soviet Union.

Episode 5

The Invasion of Italy

51 mins

Hoping for a swift victory, Allied armies invade Italy in September 1943, but the fighting quickly grinds down to a bloody, months long campaign.

Episode 6

The Liberation of Paris

50 mins

Paris suffers under German occupation throughout the war, until Resistance fighters within the city rise up to drive them out in August 1944.

Episode 7

The Battle of the Philippine Sea

In June 1944, a monumental battle between American and Japanese aircraft carriers in the Philippine Sea turns the tide in the Pacific.

Episode 8

Iwo Jima

50 mins

In early 1945, US Marines invade Iwo Jima and face an appallingly bloody battle for control of the island, to the dismay of the public back home.

Episode 9

The Race for Berlin

50 mins

Angling for power in the postwar world, Stalin tricks the Allies - and his own generals - to ensure the Red Army wins the race to Berlin in April 1945.

Episode 10

Okinawa

50 mins

US forces invade Okinawa and face a fierce Defense and kamikaze attacks. Atom Bomb ends war.