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Episodes

Season 1, 40 episodes

Episode 1: Dunkirk
- Now playing
- Sep 25, 2001
British and Allied forces are pushed back by an overwhelming German Army. 400,000 Allied troops are trapped in the French town of Dunkirk. After several failed attempts at rescue, the British Navy was able to rescue 330,000 troops.
Episode 2: Fall of Poland
- Oct 2, 2001
German tanks roll into Poland in September 1939.
Episode 3: Battle for Norway
- Oct 9, 2001
Early in the war, the Germans decide they need to guarantee access to the Norwegian port of Narvik to ensure their supplies of Swedish iron ore. The British, however, send destroyers to up-end the German plan.
Episode 4: Bombing of England
- Oct 16, 2001
Hitler has taken France and has his sights set on England. At a heavy toll, the Royal Air Force swings into action to stop Hitler from crossing the Channel.
Episode 5: Battle of Tobruk
- Oct 23, 2001
German field marshal Erwin Rommel scores a major victory at the Libyan seaport of Tobruk.
Episode 6: Operation Mercury: Fall of Crete
- Oct 30, 2001
After British forces withdrew in defeat from Greece to the island of Crete in early 1941, they were soon fighting German invasion armies again. This time, 5,000 of Hitler's elite paratroopers landed to complete their conquest in the Mediterranean.
Episode 7: Battle of Malta
- Nov 6, 2001
In 1941, Mussolini desperately wants to wrest the tiny island of Malta from the British for control of the Mediterranean. When his inadequate air force fails to bomb the Maltese into submission, Hitler's Luftwaffe joins the campaign.
Episode 8: Fall of Singapore
- Nov 13, 2001
Before the sneak attack on Pearl Harbor, the Japanese initiate the Pacific War by firing on the British in Malaya. Their route to the rubber-rich nation takes them into Singapore, the World's most armed fortress.
Episode 9: Pearl Harbor
- Nov 20, 2001
During a two-hour surprise attack on the American Pacific fleet anchored at Pearl Harbor, Japanese navy pilots score a near-complete victory.
Episode 10: Fall of the Philippines
- Nov 27, 2001
American and Philippine troops and Philippine scouts take on a fast advancing Japanese invasion.
Episode 11: Battle of Midway
- Dec 4, 2001
Only one isolated atoll prevents an enemy invasion of Hawaii. Midway Island is where the Japanese fleet converges on a tiny American base with a massive strafing and bombing attack.
Episode 12: Solomon Islands
- Dec 11, 2001
For the first time since Americans entered the war, Marines face Japanese infantrymen at Guadalcanal. In the jungles, two powerful armies clash in a six month battle that claims nearly 30,000 lives.
Episode 13: Battle of Dieppe
- Dec 18, 2001
The Allies launch an ill-fated attack on the German-occupied port of Dieppe, France.
Episode 14: Battle of Stalingrad
- Dec 25, 2001
German forces encounter Russian resistance.
Episode 15: El Alamein
- Jan 1, 2002
Erwin Rommel battles Allied forces in North Africa in 1942.
Episode 16: North Africa
- Jan 8, 2002
In the North African desert in 1942, American fighting forces encounter the dreaded Rommel for the first time to stop the German war machine.
Episode 17: The Forgotten Front
- Jan 15, 2002
The Japanese meet resistance from British forces as they advance through Burma to take India in 1944.
Episode 18: Battle of Sicily
- Jan 22, 2002
Fresh from victory in North Africa, the Allies successfully invade the island of Sicily, staging an eventual Italian withdrawal from the war.
Episode 19: Bombing of Ploesti
- Jan 29, 2002
Bombing of Ploesti
Episode 20: Monte Cassino
- Feb 5, 2002
Allied troops are advancing through Italy and meet a stiff German defensive position in an old monastery Monte Cassino.
Episode 21: Gilbert Islands
- Feb 12, 2002
Bloody fighting erupts on a group of tiny Pacific islands in November 1943.
Episode 22: Battle of Anzio
- Feb 19, 2002
Allied armies encounter German resistance in the Italian fishing town of Anzio.
Episode 23: Kwajalein
- Feb 26, 2002
Examining the battle at the Kwajelein Atoll in the South Pacific during 1944. Included: operations by the Seabees.
Episode 24: Battle in Palau
- Mar 5, 2002
American forces overtake Japanese troops on the islands of Palau on the way to the Philippines.
Episode 25: D-Day
- Mar 12, 2002
D-Day, the 6th of June--one of the most pivotal moments in world history. In a massive armada of thousands of ships, 3,000,000 allied troops land at Three Beaches in Normandy, France.
Episode 26: Retaking France
- Mar 19, 2002
Six weeks after the D-Day invasion of the beaches of Normandy, the allied forces are pushing the Germans back through the French countryside. Town by town is won back as Panzer divisions retreat back to the Meuse River.
Episode 27: Operation Dragoon
- Mar 26, 2002
Allied Forces continue across France pushing the German troops back into Germany.
Episode 28: Liberation of Paris
- Apr 2, 2002
Both political and military expediency were factors in the return of the French capital to its people.
Episode 29: Arnhem
- Apr 9, 2002
The Allies launch an attack designed to push the Germans back to the Rhine River.
Episode 30: Liberation of the Philippines
- Apr 16, 2002
Gen. Douglas MacArthur's return to the Philippines, and the final push to retake the islands after two years of Japanese occupation.
Episode 31: The Last Stronghold
- Apr 23, 2002
American B-29 high-altitude bomber attacks Japan near the end of World War II.
Episode 32: Mount Belvedere
- Apr 30, 2002
The Battle of the Gothic Line in 1944.
Episode 33: Battle of the Bulge
- May 7, 2002
The December 1944 battle pitting American forces against German Panzer divisions in the Ardennes Forest.
Episode 34: Mount Hot Rocks
- May 14, 2002
American forces landing on the shores of Iwo Jima encounter Japanese combatants willing to fight to the death.
Episode 35: Battle of Remagen
- May 21, 2002
German forces retreat across the Rhine on the Remagen bridge near the close of the war.
Episode 36: Battle of Okinawa
- May 28, 2002
Kamikaze pilots guard the island of Okinawa from American forces.
Episode 37: Fall of Berlin
- Jun 4, 2002
In 1945, Soviet and American troops press Hitler's armies from the west and the east, culminating in the fall of Berlin.
Episode 38: Commerce Raiders
- Jun 11, 2002
Heavily armed vessels disguised as ordinary cargo ships patrolled allied waters, sinking supply boats and stealing their content.
Episode 39: Bombing of Germany
- Jun 18, 2002
The development of the B-17 bomber, which allowed American planes to reach inside Germany and bomb its cities.
Episode 40: U-Boat War
- Jun 25, 2002
U-boats posed the deadliest threat to Allied convoys traveling the Atlantic.

Battlefront

2001 to present
1 season
Documentary
War & Politics

5.0TMDB(1)

Overview

The fiercest battles of WWII come to life as never seen before in this stunning collection of one of the most powerful epics of history. Actual footage from all sides of the war in color. This documentary series takes you behind enemy lines and to the front lines of the tumultuous campaigns of the Atlantic, Mediterranean and Pacific theatres where the soldiers, sailors and airmen fought in the most defining time in the history of the modern world.

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1 season and 40 episodes so far
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Status: Returning Series
Seasons: 1
Episodes: 40
First aired: September 25, 2001
Last aired: June 25, 2002
Original language: English
Countries: United States of America

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Production

Dynacs Digital Studios

Cast

Michael HanksNarrator (voice)

Episodes

Season 1, 40 episodes

Episode 1: Dunkirk
- Now playing
- Sep 25, 2001
British and Allied forces are pushed back by an overwhelming German Army. 400,000 Allied troops are trapped in the French town of Dunkirk. After several failed attempts at rescue, the British Navy was able to rescue 330,000 troops.
Episode 2: Fall of Poland
- Oct 2, 2001
German tanks roll into Poland in September 1939.
Episode 3: Battle for Norway
- Oct 9, 2001
Early in the war, the Germans decide they need to guarantee access to the Norwegian port of Narvik to ensure their supplies of Swedish iron ore. The British, however, send destroyers to up-end the German plan.
Episode 4: Bombing of England
- Oct 16, 2001
Hitler has taken France and has his sights set on England. At a heavy toll, the Royal Air Force swings into action to stop Hitler from crossing the Channel.
Episode 5: Battle of Tobruk
- Oct 23, 2001
German field marshal Erwin Rommel scores a major victory at the Libyan seaport of Tobruk.
Episode 6: Operation Mercury: Fall of Crete
- Oct 30, 2001
After British forces withdrew in defeat from Greece to the island of Crete in early 1941, they were soon fighting German invasion armies again. This time, 5,000 of Hitler's elite paratroopers landed to complete their conquest in the Mediterranean.
Episode 7: Battle of Malta
- Nov 6, 2001
In 1941, Mussolini desperately wants to wrest the tiny island of Malta from the British for control of the Mediterranean. When his inadequate air force fails to bomb the Maltese into submission, Hitler's Luftwaffe joins the campaign.
Episode 8: Fall of Singapore
- Nov 13, 2001
Before the sneak attack on Pearl Harbor, the Japanese initiate the Pacific War by firing on the British in Malaya. Their route to the rubber-rich nation takes them into Singapore, the World's most armed fortress.
Episode 9: Pearl Harbor
- Nov 20, 2001
During a two-hour surprise attack on the American Pacific fleet anchored at Pearl Harbor, Japanese navy pilots score a near-complete victory.
Episode 10: Fall of the Philippines
- Nov 27, 2001
American and Philippine troops and Philippine scouts take on a fast advancing Japanese invasion.
Episode 11: Battle of Midway
- Dec 4, 2001
Only one isolated atoll prevents an enemy invasion of Hawaii. Midway Island is where the Japanese fleet converges on a tiny American base with a massive strafing and bombing attack.
Episode 12: Solomon Islands
- Dec 11, 2001
For the first time since Americans entered the war, Marines face Japanese infantrymen at Guadalcanal. In the jungles, two powerful armies clash in a six month battle that claims nearly 30,000 lives.
Episode 13: Battle of Dieppe
- Dec 18, 2001
The Allies launch an ill-fated attack on the German-occupied port of Dieppe, France.
Episode 14: Battle of Stalingrad
- Dec 25, 2001
German forces encounter Russian resistance.
Episode 15: El Alamein
- Jan 1, 2002
Erwin Rommel battles Allied forces in North Africa in 1942.
Episode 16: North Africa
- Jan 8, 2002
In the North African desert in 1942, American fighting forces encounter the dreaded Rommel for the first time to stop the German war machine.
Episode 17: The Forgotten Front
- Jan 15, 2002
The Japanese meet resistance from British forces as they advance through Burma to take India in 1944.
Episode 18: Battle of Sicily
- Jan 22, 2002
Fresh from victory in North Africa, the Allies successfully invade the island of Sicily, staging an eventual Italian withdrawal from the war.
Episode 19: Bombing of Ploesti
- Jan 29, 2002
Bombing of Ploesti
Episode 20: Monte Cassino
- Feb 5, 2002
Allied troops are advancing through Italy and meet a stiff German defensive position in an old monastery Monte Cassino.
Episode 21: Gilbert Islands
- Feb 12, 2002
Bloody fighting erupts on a group of tiny Pacific islands in November 1943.
Episode 22: Battle of Anzio
- Feb 19, 2002
Allied armies encounter German resistance in the Italian fishing town of Anzio.
Episode 23: Kwajalein
- Feb 26, 2002
Examining the battle at the Kwajelein Atoll in the South Pacific during 1944. Included: operations by the Seabees.
Episode 24: Battle in Palau
- Mar 5, 2002
American forces overtake Japanese troops on the islands of Palau on the way to the Philippines.
Episode 25: D-Day
- Mar 12, 2002
D-Day, the 6th of June--one of the most pivotal moments in world history. In a massive armada of thousands of ships, 3,000,000 allied troops land at Three Beaches in Normandy, France.
Episode 26: Retaking France
- Mar 19, 2002
Six weeks after the D-Day invasion of the beaches of Normandy, the allied forces are pushing the Germans back through the French countryside. Town by town is won back as Panzer divisions retreat back to the Meuse River.
Episode 27: Operation Dragoon
- Mar 26, 2002
Allied Forces continue across France pushing the German troops back into Germany.
Episode 28: Liberation of Paris
- Apr 2, 2002
Both political and military expediency were factors in the return of the French capital to its people.
Episode 29: Arnhem
- Apr 9, 2002
The Allies launch an attack designed to push the Germans back to the Rhine River.
Episode 30: Liberation of the Philippines
- Apr 16, 2002
Gen. Douglas MacArthur's return to the Philippines, and the final push to retake the islands after two years of Japanese occupation.
Episode 31: The Last Stronghold
- Apr 23, 2002
American B-29 high-altitude bomber attacks Japan near the end of World War II.
Episode 32: Mount Belvedere
- Apr 30, 2002
The Battle of the Gothic Line in 1944.
Episode 33: Battle of the Bulge
- May 7, 2002
The December 1944 battle pitting American forces against German Panzer divisions in the Ardennes Forest.
Episode 34: Mount Hot Rocks
- May 14, 2002
American forces landing on the shores of Iwo Jima encounter Japanese combatants willing to fight to the death.
Episode 35: Battle of Remagen
- May 21, 2002
German forces retreat across the Rhine on the Remagen bridge near the close of the war.
Episode 36: Battle of Okinawa
- May 28, 2002
Kamikaze pilots guard the island of Okinawa from American forces.
Episode 37: Fall of Berlin
- Jun 4, 2002
In 1945, Soviet and American troops press Hitler's armies from the west and the east, culminating in the fall of Berlin.
Episode 38: Commerce Raiders
- Jun 11, 2002
Heavily armed vessels disguised as ordinary cargo ships patrolled allied waters, sinking supply boats and stealing their content.
Episode 39: Bombing of Germany
- Jun 18, 2002
The development of the B-17 bomber, which allowed American planes to reach inside Germany and bomb its cities.
Episode 40: U-Boat War
- Jun 25, 2002
U-boats posed the deadliest threat to Allied convoys traveling the Atlantic.

Episodes

E1 Episode 1: Dunkirk

E2 Episode 2: Fall of Poland

E3 Episode 3: Battle for Norway

E4 Episode 4: Bombing of England

E5 Episode 5: Battle of Tobruk

E6 Episode 6: Operation Mercury: Fall of Crete

E7 Episode 7: Battle of Malta

E8 Episode 8: Fall of Singapore

E9 Episode 9: Pearl Harbor

E10 Episode 10: Fall of the Philippines

E11 Episode 11: Battle of Midway

E12 Episode 12: Solomon Islands

E13 Episode 13: Battle of Dieppe

E14 Episode 14: Battle of Stalingrad

E15 Episode 15: El Alamein

E16 Episode 16: North Africa

E17 Episode 17: The Forgotten Front

E18 Episode 18: Battle of Sicily

E19 Episode 19: Bombing of Ploesti

E20 Episode 20: Monte Cassino

E21 Episode 21: Gilbert Islands

E22 Episode 22: Battle of Anzio

E23 Episode 23: Kwajalein

E24 Episode 24: Battle in Palau

E25 Episode 25: D-Day

E26 Episode 26: Retaking France

E27 Episode 27: Operation Dragoon

E28 Episode 28: Liberation of Paris

E29 Episode 29: Arnhem

E30 Episode 30: Liberation of the Philippines

E31 Episode 31: The Last Stronghold

E32 Episode 32: Mount Belvedere

E33 Episode 33: Battle of the Bulge

E34 Episode 34: Mount Hot Rocks

E35 Episode 35: Battle of Remagen

E36 Episode 36: Battle of Okinawa

E37 Episode 37: Fall of Berlin

E38 Episode 38: Commerce Raiders

E39 Episode 39: Bombing of Germany

E40 Episode 40: U-Boat War

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Episodes

E1 Episode 1: Dunkirk

E2 Episode 2: Fall of Poland

E3 Episode 3: Battle for Norway

E4 Episode 4: Bombing of England

E5 Episode 5: Battle of Tobruk

E6 Episode 6: Operation Mercury: Fall of Crete

E7 Episode 7: Battle of Malta

E8 Episode 8: Fall of Singapore

E9 Episode 9: Pearl Harbor

E10 Episode 10: Fall of the Philippines

E11 Episode 11: Battle of Midway

E12 Episode 12: Solomon Islands

E13 Episode 13: Battle of Dieppe

E14 Episode 14: Battle of Stalingrad

E15 Episode 15: El Alamein

E16 Episode 16: North Africa

E17 Episode 17: The Forgotten Front

E18 Episode 18: Battle of Sicily

E19 Episode 19: Bombing of Ploesti

E20 Episode 20: Monte Cassino

E21 Episode 21: Gilbert Islands

E22 Episode 22: Battle of Anzio

E23 Episode 23: Kwajalein

E24 Episode 24: Battle in Palau

E25 Episode 25: D-Day

E26 Episode 26: Retaking France

E27 Episode 27: Operation Dragoon

E28 Episode 28: Liberation of Paris

E29 Episode 29: Arnhem

E30 Episode 30: Liberation of the Philippines

E31 Episode 31: The Last Stronghold

Episode 1: Dunkirk

Episode 2: Fall of Poland

Episode 3: Battle for Norway

Episode 4: Bombing of England

Episode 5: Battle of Tobruk

Episode 6: Operation Mercury: Fall of Crete

Episode 7: Battle of Malta

Episode 8: Fall of Singapore

Episode 9: Pearl Harbor

Episode 10: Fall of the Philippines

Episode 11: Battle of Midway

Episode 12: Solomon Islands

Episode 13: Battle of Dieppe

Episode 14: Battle of Stalingrad

Episode 15: El Alamein

Episode 16: North Africa

Episode 17: The Forgotten Front

Episode 18: Battle of Sicily

Episode 19: Bombing of Ploesti

Episode 20: Monte Cassino

Episode 21: Gilbert Islands

Episode 22: Battle of Anzio

Episode 23: Kwajalein

Episode 24: Battle in Palau

Episode 25: D-Day

Episode 26: Retaking France

Episode 27: Operation Dragoon

Episode 28: Liberation of Paris

Episode 29: Arnhem

Episode 30: Liberation of the Philippines

Episode 31: The Last Stronghold

Episode 32: Mount Belvedere

Episode 33: Battle of the Bulge

Episode 34: Mount Hot Rocks

Episode 35: Battle of Remagen

Episode 36: Battle of Okinawa

Episode 37: Fall of Berlin

Episode 38: Commerce Raiders

Episode 39: Bombing of Germany

Episode 40: U-Boat War

Episode 1: Dunkirk

Episode 2: Fall of Poland

Episode 3: Battle for Norway

Episode 4: Bombing of England

Episode 5: Battle of Tobruk

Episode 6: Operation Mercury: Fall of Crete

Episode 7: Battle of Malta

Episode 8: Fall of Singapore

Episode 9: Pearl Harbor

Episode 10: Fall of the Philippines

Episode 11: Battle of Midway

Episode 12: Solomon Islands

Episode 13: Battle of Dieppe

Episode 14: Battle of Stalingrad

Episode 15: El Alamein

Episode 16: North Africa

Episode 17: The Forgotten Front

Episode 18: Battle of Sicily

Episode 19: Bombing of Ploesti

Episode 20: Monte Cassino

Episode 21: Gilbert Islands

Episode 22: Battle of Anzio

Episode 23: Kwajalein

Episode 24: Battle in Palau

Episode 25: D-Day

Episode 26: Retaking France

Episode 27: Operation Dragoon

Episode 28: Liberation of Paris

Episode 29: Arnhem

Episode 30: Liberation of the Philippines

Episode 31: The Last Stronghold

Episode 32: Mount Belvedere

Episode 33: Battle of the Bulge

Episode 34: Mount Hot Rocks

Episode 35: Battle of Remagen

Episode 36: Battle of Okinawa

Episode 37: Fall of Berlin

Episode 38: Commerce Raiders

Episode 39: Bombing of Germany

Episode 40: U-Boat War