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BBC History of World War II

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BBC History of World War II (1989–2005) is a 30-hour, 12-disc collection of 10 BBC television films about World War II. The films include documentaries, docudramas, and "dramatized documentaries" (inter-cutting of historical footage with dramatic recreations).

The films

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1. The Nazis: A Warning from History (1997,[1] 6 Episodes, 290 minutes, 4:3 Full screen, 2 Discs)
  • Documentary on the reasons behind the rise and fall of the Nazis and of Nazi Germany.
2. The Road to War: Great Britain, Italy, Japan, USA (1989, 2 Episodes, 190 minutes, 4:3 Fullscreen, 1 Disc)
  • Documentary on how Germany, Britain, France, Canada, Italy, the Soviet Union, Japan and the USA entered the war. Narrator is Charles Wheeler.
3. Dunkirk (2004, 3 Episodes, 176 minutes, 16:9 Anamorphic, 1 Disc)
4. War of the Century: When Hitler Fought Stalin (1999, 4 Episodes, 190 minutes, 4:3 Fullscreen, 1 Disc)
5. Battle of the Atlantic (2002, 3 Episodes, 146 minutes, 16:9 Anamorphic, 1 Disc)
6. Horror in the East: Japan and the Atrocities of World War II (2000, 2 Episodes, 98 minutes, 4:3 Fullscreen, 1 Disc)
7. Battlefields (2001, 4 Episodes, 194 minutes, 16:9 Anamorphic, 1 Disc)
8. D-Day 6.6.1944 (2004, 2 Episodes, 90 minutes, 16:9 Anamorphic, 1 Disc)
  • Docudrama on the events surrounding D-Day.
9. D-Day to Berlin (2004, 3 Episodes, 150 minutes, 16:9 Anamorphic, 1 Disc)
10. Auschwitz: The Nazis and the 'Final Solution' (2005,[2] 6 Episodes, 300 minutes, 16:9 Anamorphic, 2 Discs)
  • "Dramatized documentary" on the Nazis' conceptualisation and implementation of the Final Solution.

See also

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References

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  1. ^ Bruzzi, Stella (2000). New Documentary: A Critical Introduction. Psychology Press. p. 44. ISBN 9780415182959.
  2. ^ Gray, Ann; Bell, Erin (2013). History on Television. Routledge. p. 86. ISBN 9780415580380.