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5 Episodes 2017 - 2017
Episode 1
Sun, Oct 1, 2017 60 mins
World War II is recalled via first-hand accounts, film footage and photos in this documentary series. First up: the December 1943 surprise aerial attack by the Germans on Allied forces at the port of Bari in southwestern Italy.
Episode 2
Sun, Oct 8, 2017 60 mins
The story of Trieste, a city in northern Italy that found itself caught in a struggle between Italy and Yugoslavia following World War II.
Episode 3
Sun, Oct 15, 2017 60 mins
The Allied assault on Monte Cassino in Italy, which included bombing an historic Benedictine abbey, is recalled.
Episode 4
Sun, Oct 22, 2017 60 mins
Operation Oak, the Nazi rescue of Benito Mussolini in 1943 after the Italian leader was deposed by a conspiracy within his regime, is recalled via testimonies, memories, filmed material, unpublished photographs, and documents from the Italian archives.
Episode 5
Sun, Oct 29, 2017 60 mins
The bloodiest battle of the Second World War in Italy, in the seaside town of Ortona in the Abruzzo region, is recalled. Germans and Canadians literally fought street by street, house by house, even room by room.