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WWII Season 1 Episodes

Season 1 Episode Guide

Season 1

5 Episodes 2017 - 2017

Episode 1

December 1943: Hell on Bari

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.

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Episode 2

Blue Jeans and Short Skirts - American Trieste

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.

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Episode 3

Cassino: Nine Months in Hell

Sun, Oct 15, 2017 60 mins

The Allied assault on Monte Cassino in Italy, which included bombing an historic Benedictine abbey, is recalled.

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Episode 4

Mussolini 25 July 1943, The Fall

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Italian leader was deposed by a conspiracy within his regime, is recalled via testimonies, memories, filmed material, unpublished photographs, and documents from the Italian archives.

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Episode 5

Ortona 1943: A Bloody Christmas

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.

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