Military & War
Waterloo's Warriors
The army that defeated Napoleon and the French at Waterloo is often regarded as a quintessentially English force. But most of the soldiers under the Duke of Wellington’s command were not English. Through their own accounts, this compelling history documentary tells the stories of the Scots, Irish, Welsh, Dutch, and German troops who fought the battle and of the families who travelled with them.
The Somme 1916: From Both Sides Of The Wire
Using unique access to unseen German military archives, historian Peter Barton tells the story of the battle that, more than any other, has come to define the WWI experience: The Somme. Considered one of the deadliest battles in human history, in this enthralling history documentary, he walks the battlefield, explaining the failures that led to over 20,000 British deaths. Was the battle worth it?
The Nazis: A Warning From History
How could a cultured nation at Europe’s heart be responsible for acts so heinous, they have altered concepts of what man is capable of? This groundbreaking documentary series is the definitive history of the rise and fall of the Nazis. From the first stirrings of Hitler’s diabolical vision to the destruction of the Nazi war machine, unseen footage and eyewitnesses reveal the inner story of WWII.
I Was There: The Great War Interviews
In the early 1960s, the BBC interviewed 280 eyewitnesses of the First World War for the series, The Great War. Using never-before-seen footage from these interviews, this groundbreaking history documentary illuminates the poignant human experience of the war through the eyes of those who fought, lived through, and survived it.
The Last Day Of World War One
Though the First World War ended on November 11th, 1918, soldiers continued to be killed in battle for many hours after the armistice had been signed. Recounting the events of the days and hours leading up to that last morning, Michael Palin travels to battlefields in France and Belgium and tells the personal stories of the last soldiers to die in the war to end all wars.