Series Two – 1996 (1996)

The Battle for North Africa
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April 1, 1996

Episode 1 of Series Two – 1996 premiered on April 1, 1996

The Battle of the Atlantic
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April 6, 1996

The longest continuous military campaign of WWII, The Battle of the Atlantic raged across the ocean from 1939 till 1945, pitting f...Read more

The Battle For Russia
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April 10, 1996

Hitler's plan for the conquest of Russia called for a classic Blitzkrieg offensive, which would be pressed ruthlessly to its concl...Read more

The Battle for Italy
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April 17, 1996

When victory in North Africa seemed assured, Allied Planners turned their attention to Italy. The objective was to seize Rome, kno...Read more

The Battle of Leyte Gulf
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April 22, 1996

To restore American prestige in the Pacific, President Franklin Roosevelt authorized an invasion of the Philippines, a former Amer...Read more

The Battle for the Rhine
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April 29, 1996

During the last months of 1944, the British and Americans pressed steadily through France and Belgium to the western frontiers of the Third Reich.