WWIIs Greatest Raids

Ratings: 7,4/10 from 5 user

Lihatlah bagaimana pasukan  Light Infantry Inggris, Angkatan Laut Kerajaan Inggris, Rangers Amerika dan Sepecial Air Sevice Inggris (SAS) bisa mengubah arah pertempuran, atau bahkan seluruh peperangan, melalui keberanian mereka, kenekatan dan kebulatan tekad.

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Third Reich-The Rise and Fall (2010)

Ratings: 8,5/10 from 476 users  

THIRD REICH: THE RISE & FALL tells the story of Hitler's Germany through rarely seen films of the people who were there. Immersive and evocative, it takes viewers inside the Germany of the 20s, 30s, and early 40s, through the use of rare and never-before-seen home movies, Nazi propaganda films and other contemporaneous material. The narrative consists of personal recollections culled from German's diaries, journals and letters. The end result is an intimate, richly nuanced and authentic portrait of the Third Reich and its people.

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The World at War (TV Mini-Series 1973)

Ratings: 9,4/10 from 7.042 users

A series of accurate documentaries about World War II

The World at War (1973–74) is a 26-episode British television documentary series chronicling the events of the Second World War. At the time of its completion in 1973 it was the most expensive series ever made, costing £900,000.[1] It was produced by Jeremy Isaacs, was narrated by Laurence Olivier, and includes a score composed by Carl Davis. A book, The World at War, was written by Mark Arnold-Forster and released in 1973, to accompany the TV series.

Since production was completed, The World at War has attracted acclaim and is now regarded as a landmark in British television history.[2] The producer Jeremy Isaacs was considered ahead of his time in resurrecting studies of military history.[3] The series focused on, among other things, portrayal of the devastating human experiences of the conflict; how life and death throughout the war years affected soldiers, sailors and airmen, civilians, concentration camp inmates and the tragic victims of tyranny.

1     "A New Germany (1933–1939)"    

The rebirth of Germany and growth in power of the Nazi Party leading up to the outbreak of war. Interviewees include Ewald-Heinrich von Kleist-Schmenzin, Werner Pusch and Christabel Bielenberg.

2     "Distant War (September 1939 – May 1940)"     
The invasions of Poland, the Winter War, the sinking of the Graf Spee, the "phony war" and failure in Norway and the elevation of Winston Churchill to Prime Minister. Interviewees include Lord Boothby, Lord Butler, Admiral Charles Woodhouse, Sir Martin Lindsay and Sir John "Jock" Colville.

3     "France Falls (May – June 1940)"    
French politics, the Maginot Line, the Saar Offensive, Blitzkrieg warfare and the Nazi invasion of France and the Low Countries. Interviewees include General Hasso von Manteuffel, General André Beaufre, and Major General Edward Spears.

4     "Alone (May 1940 – May 1941)"    
The Battle of Britain, retreats in Greece, Crete and Tobruk, and life in Britain between the evacuation at Dunkirk and Operation Barbarossa. Interviewees include Anthony Eden, J. B. Priestley, Sir Max Aitken, Lieutenant General Adolf Galland and Sir John "Jock" Colville.

5     "Barbarossa (June – December 1941)"    
After dominating southeastern Europe through force or intrigue, Germany begins Operation Barbarossa, the massive invasion of Soviet Union. Despite several quick victories, the invasion ultimately stalls after a failed assault on Moscow during Russia's harsh winter. Interviewees include General Walter Warlimont, Albert Speer, Paul Schmidt (interpreter), Grigori Tokaty and W. Averell Harriman.

6     "Banzai!: Japan (1931–1942)"     
The rise of the Japanese Empire, the Sino-Japanese War, the Soviet-Japanese border conflicts, Pearl Harbor and the early Japanese successes in the fall of Malaya and Singapore. Interviewees include Koichi Kido, Minoru Genda, and J. G. Smyth.

7     "On Our Way: U.S.A. (1939–1942)"    
The opposition by various factions to the United States of America entry into the war, Lend Lease, U-boat attacks on Atlantic convoys and America's graduated responses, the mobilization of America after Pearl Harbor, the loss of the Philippines, the Doolittle Raid, Midway and Guadalcanal. Interviewees include J. K. Galbraith, John J. McCloy, Paul Samuelson, Isamu Noguchi, Richard Tregaskis and Vannevar Bush.

8     "The Desert: North Africa (1940–1943)"    
The desert war, starting with Italy's unsuccessful invasion of Egypt and the successive attacks and counter-attacks between Germany and Commonwealth forces, and the Afrika Korps's eventual defeat at El Alamein. Interviewees include General Richard O'Connor, Major General Francis de Guingand and Lawrence Durrell.

9     "Stalingrad (June 1942 – February 1943)"     
The mid-war German situation in Southern Russia resulting in the Battle of Stalingrad, and its ultimate German catastrophe.

10     "Wolf Pack: U-Boats in the Atlantic (1939–1944)"     
The submarine war emphasizing mainly the North Atlantic. Tracks the development of both the convoy system and German submarine strategy. Interviewees include Grand Admiral Karl Dönitz and Otto Kretschmer.

11     "Red Star: The Soviet Union (1941–1943)"     
The rise of the Red Army, mobilisation of Soviet production, the Siege of Leningrad, the Soviet partisans and the Battle of Kursk.

12     "Whirlwind: Bombing Germany (September 1939 – April 1944)"     
The development of British and American strategic bombing in both success and setback. Interviewees include Marshal Sir Arthur Harris, Albert Speer, James Stewart, William Reid, General Curtis LeMay, Werner Schröer, Lieutenant General Adolf Galland and General Ira C. Eaker.

13     "Tough Old Gut: Italy (November 1942 – June 1944)"    
Emphasizes the difficult Italian Campaign beginning with Operation Torch in North Africa, the invasion of Sicily; Salerno, Anzio, Cassino; and the capture of Rome. Interviewees include General Mark Clark, Field Marshal Lord Harding, Bill Mauldin and Wynford Vaughan Thomas.

14     "It's A Lovely Day Tomorrow: Burma (1942–1944)"    

The jungle war in Burma and India—what it "lacked in scale was made up in savagery". Interviewees include Mike Calvert, Sir John Smyth and Vera Lynn (the episode title is the name of one of her songs), and Lord Mountbatten of Burma.

15     "Home Fires: Britain (1940–1944)"     
Life and politics in Britain from post-Battle of Britain to the first V-1 attacks. Interviewees include Lord Butler, Lord Shinwell, Lord Chandos, Tom Driberg, Michael Foot, Cecil Harmsworth King and J. B. Priestley.

16     "Inside the Reich: Germany (1940–1944)"   
German society and how it changes as its fortunes of war are reversed. Censorship and popular entertainment, the transformation of German industry, the recruitment of female and foreign labour, allied bombing, German dissent—including the 20 July plot, and the mobilisation of the Volkssturm towards the war's end. Interviewees include Albert Speer, Otto John, Traudl Junge, Richard Schulze-Kossens and Otto Ernst Remer.

17     "Morning (June – August 1944)"    
The development and execution of Operation Overlord starting with the failed Dieppe Raid, followed by the allied breakout and battles at Bocage and Falaise. Interviewees include Lord Mountbatten of Burma, Kay Summersby, James Martin Stagg and Major General J. Lawton Collins.

18     "Occupation: Holland (1940–1944)"    
Emphasizes life in the Netherlands under German occupation, when citizens chose to resist, collaborate or remain passive. Interviewees include Louis de Jong (who also served as adviser for this episode) and Prince Bernhard of the Netherlands.

19     "Pincers (August 1944 – March 1945)"     
Operation Dragoon, the liberation of Paris, the Allied breakout in France and the failure of Operation Market Garden, the Warsaw Uprising, the Battle of the Bulge and the crossing of the Rhine. In the East, the Romanian coup and the Soviet advance through Ukraine to East Prussia. Interviewees include Lieutenant General Brian Horrocks, Wynford Vaughan Thomas, General Hasso von Manteuffel, Major General Francis de Guingand, W. Averell Harriman and Major General J. Lawton Collins.

20     "Genocide (1941–1945)"     
Begins with the founding of the S.S. and follows the development of Nazi racial theory. It ends with the implementation of the Final Solution.

21     "Nemesis: Germany (February – May 1945)"     
The final invasion of Germany by both the Western and Eastern allies, the bombing of Dresden, and the events in the Führerbunker during the fall of Berlin. Interviewees include Albert Speer, Traudl Junge and Heinz Linge.

22     "Japan (1941–1945
Japan's society and culture during wartime, and how life is transformed as the country gradually becomes aware of increasingly catastrophic setbacks including the Doolittle raid, defeat at Midway, the death of Isoroku Yamamoto, the Battle of Saipan, Okinawa and the relentless bombing of Japanese cities. Interviewees include Toshikazu Kase and Naoki Hoshino.

23     "Pacific (February 1942 – July 1945)"     
The successive and increasingly bloody land battles on tiny islands in the expansive Pacific, aimed towards the Japanese heartland. Following the bombing of Darwin, the over-extended Japanese are progressively turned back at Kokoda, Tarawa, Peleliu, the Philippines, Iwo Jima and finally Okinawa.

24     "The Bomb (February – September 1945)"     
The development of the atomic bomb, the ascendency of President Harry Truman, emerging splits in the Allies with Joseph Stalin, the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki and the Soviet invasion of Manchuria, ultimately leading to the surrender of Japan. Interviewees include Toshikazu Kase, Yoshio Kodama, Marquis Koichi Kido, Major General Charles Sweeney, Brigadier General Paul Tibbets, Alger Hiss, W. Averell Harriman, Lord Avon, McGeorge Bundy, John J. McCloy, General Curtis LeMay and Hisatsune Sakomizu.

25     "Reckoning (April 1945)"     
The situation in post-war Europe including the allied occupation of Germany, demobilisation, the Nuremberg Trials and the genesis of the Cold War. The episode concludes with summations about the ultimate costs and consequences of the war. Interviewees include Charles Bohlen, Stephen Ambrose, Lord Avon, Lord Mountbatten of Burma, Hartley Shawcross, Noble Frankland and Alger Hiss.

26     "Remember"     
How the war – both good and bad experiences – was experienced and remembered by its witnesses.

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The History Channel-Night Of The Long Knives

Documentary examining the circumstances surrounding Hitler's execution of 85 members of the SA, a paramilitary organisation he believed was a threat to his dominance.

Adolf Hitler & Herman Goering along with Himmler's infamous SS & Gestapo Units take full control of the Nazi Party & coldly kills the very people who helped Hitler's rise to absolute power. A very shocking documentary on one of the swiftest coups in modern history.

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Storming Juno (TV Movie 2010)

IMDb Ratings: 7,1/10 from 225 users 

Docudrama retelling the Canadian assault of Juno Beach on D-Day, as told via reenactment and through interviews with those who were there.

In June 1944, the Western Allies invaded the Third Reich in Operation Overlord, and Canada was a participant with its area of operations in Normandy, France designated Juno Beach. This film depicts the true stories of several Canadian soldiers in the invasion in its various aspects like the paratroopers, tank crews and regular infantry. Braving misfortune and ferocious German resistance, these Canadians fought to bring the fight to the Nazis in Western Europe at last.

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Stalingrad [2003 TV Mini-Series]

Ratings: 8.3/10 from 555 users 

In their three-part HDTV documentary, award-winning documentary filmmakers Sebastian Dehnhardt, Christian Deick and Joerg Muellner reveal new historical facts about the bloody and savage fighting in Stalingrad between August 1942 and February 1943. The ensuing battle sealed the fates of hundreds of thousands of soldiers and civilians and marked the turning point of World War II. It was the beginning of the end of Nazi Germany. Filmed from both the German and Russian perspective, the series contains footage shot by soldiers during the siege. This special edition contains all three documentaries "The Attack," "The Kessel" and "The Doom."

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Patton 360 (TV Series 2009)

IMDb Ratings: 7,5/10 from 119 users

(10 seri) Catatan-catatan yang berharga dari pertempuran  Jenderal Amerika  George S. Patton pada Perang Dunia II  dikaji dipelajari kembali.


As the United States enters World War Two, General George S. Patton sees the opportunity to fulfill his destiny. This series illustrates his combat exploits. But at times it seems he faced greater challenges with his superiors and his off the field behavior than the potent German army

Patton 360°, also written as Patton 360, is a weekly television series that originally ran from April 10 to June 26, 2009, on the History channel. It was produced by Flight 33 Productions in Los Angeles (the same company that produced Battle 360°), and features a mixture of CGI, archival footage, recreations, and interviews with World War II veterans and historians. The series follows General George S. Patton and the units he commanded, from the Operation Torch landings in Morocco in 1942, through the campaigns in North Africa and Sicily, and in the battles across Northwest Europe.

The episodes were written by Samuel K. Dolan and Jim Hense, and produced by Rob Beemer, Brian Thompson, Samuel K. Dolan, associate producer Ryan Hurst, and executive producers Louis Tarantino and Douglas Cohen for Flight 33 Productions and Carl Lindahl for the History channel.

Episodes

1     "Blood & Guts"     

Patton and the U.S. Army invade North Africa and encounter surprisingly strong pro-Nazi French forces. When a ceasefire is declared, Patton enters the city of Casablanca in triumph.

2     "Rommel’s Last Stand"     

American forces are humiliated at Kasserine Pass, but Patton heads to the front, whips the poorly trained troops into shape, and leads them to victory at El Guettar and eventually, with the help of the British, all of North Africa.

3     "Baptism of Blood"     
Although Patton and the Allies come up against a surprise counterattack by Italian tanks, they successfully hold the beaches and prepare to push into Sicily to capture the island’s capital, Palermo.

4     "Rogue General"     
Facing a well-entrenched German Army, Patton races against his British Allies to claim the vital city of Messina. But instead of a hero’s welcome, the general is relieved of his command for slapping two soldiers.

5     "American Blitzkrieg"     
As a ruse to fool the Germans about D-Day, Patton commands a fictitious army in England. Only after the invasion succeeds is he finally able to lead the lightning-fast armored assaults for which he is famous.

6     "Leading the Charge"     

Patton’s Third Army tear through France, moving faster and seizing more territory than any army in history. Within a month they advance to within 60 miles of the German border.

7     "On Hitler’s Doorstep"    

Patton’s command outruns its own supply lines, causing delays that allow the Germans to launch a major counterattack (Battle of Arracourt). But even with inferior tanks, the American emerge triumphant.

8     "Siege Warfare"     

It takes Patton nearly two months to subdue the heavily fortified city of Metz, which is surrounded by nearly impenetrable concrete fortresses, but finally the Americans prove victorious.

9     "Battle of the Bulge"     
Patton’s Third Army moves to relieve American units at the Siege of Bastogne, in Belgium. Despite the worst weather in 20 years, they break through German lines and relieve the beleaguered forces.

10     "Crushing the Third Reich"     

Patton beats the British to the Rhine River, launches a rescue mission to save his son-in-law and liberates the Ohrdruf death camp. The war ends with an Allied victory, but before the year is over, the fabled general dies of injuries from a car accident.

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Nanking (2007)

IMDb Ratings: 7,9/10 from 2.697 users

Through readings of historical account by actors and the testimony of survivors, the events of the Nanjing Massacre are recounted.

Nanking adalah sebuah film dokumenter-perang Amerika Serikat tahun 2007 yang sebagian besar berlokasi dalam Pembantaian Nanking 1937 yang dilakukan oleh Tentara Kekaisaran Jepang di bekas ibu kota Nanking/Nanjing, Cina. Film yang disutradarai oleh Bill Guttentag dan Dan Sturman ini pemainnya antara lain adalah Hugo Armstrong, Rosalind Chao, Stephen Dorff, John Getz, Woody Harrelson, Mariel Hemingway, dan masih banyak lagi.

Plot

Pada musim dingin 1937, Tentara Jepang menduduki Nanking dan membunuh lebih dari 200.000 pria dan memperkosa puluhan ribu di orang Tiongkok, salah satu kekejaman terburuk dalam sejarah manusia. Dalam rangka untuk melindungi warga sipil Cina, sekelompok kecil ekspatriat Amerika dan Eropa, misionaris, profesor, dan pengusaha Barat bersatu untuk menyelamatkan 250.000, mempertaruhkan hidup mereka sendiri.

Film ini menggambarkan Pembantaian Nanking dengan membaca dari surat-surat dan buku harian yang menunjukkan aktivitas di John Rabe (Jürgen Prochnow), seorang pengusaha Jerman, Robert O. Wilson (Woody Harrelson), ahli bedah hanya tersisa untuk merawat legiun korban, dan Minnie Vautrin (Mariel Hemingway), seorang pendidik yang penuh semangat membela kehidupan dan kehormatan perempuan Nanking selama waktu perang.

Film ini termasuk dari korban yang menceritakan kisah mereka sendiri, rekaman arsip peristiwa, dan kesaksian tentara Jepang yang berpartisipasi dalam peristiwa ini.

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Japan's War in Colour (TV Movie 2005)

IMDb Ratings: 8.4/10 from 83 users  

Japan's role in World War II gets a whole new perspective in this consisting entirely of full color footage, including color films from Japan that were recently discovered. As the visuals of the world war take on a new vivid immediateness, the story of the rise of the militarists in Japan is told through the personal writings of the Japanese themselves. From the first overconfident tastes of victory, to the devastating losses that led to an unthinkable defeat amidst the ruins, the Pacific Theater of World War II is told through the Japanese's eyes.

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Inside World War II (2013) Documentary

Inside World War II adalah kisah perang global terakhir, diceritakan oleh para pelaku sejarahnya yang masih hidup. Termasuk didalamnya wawancara dengan para mantan POW dan penulis Kurt Vonnegut dan cucu jendral yang legendaris  George S. Patton

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BBC D-Day to Berlin (2005)

IMDb Ratings: 7.1/10 from 64 users

BBC miniseri (terdiri dari 3 seri) yang menggambarkan kemajuan invansi tentara Sekutu di Eropa 1944 dari pendaratan D-Day di Normandia sampai ke Berlin

The Normandy breakout is covered, as well as the Battle of the Bulge and Operation Market Garden, to the eventual objective of Berlin. The Series is narrated by Actor Sean Bean.

The collective military operations from D-Day to the final assault on Germany represent one of the greatest military offensives ever. D-Day to Berlin follows the Allies' remarkable progress from the beaches of Normandy to their ultimate victory just eleven months later. The celebration of Europe's liberation from the Nazis was tempered only by the chill of Stalin's new domination, truly making this the campaign that shaped the future of Europe. Using a testimony-driven format, this three-part series uses accounts of British, American and German soldiers, as well as archive footage, to bring the savage battlefields to life once more.
[edit] The Struggle to Break Out

After Allies forces established the first beachhead in Normandy on D-Day, many spoke of being in Berlin by Christmas. However, the next year would see murderous stuggle in the hedgerows of the bocage, exhilaration at the liberation of Paris, tragedy in the ill-fated Operation Market Garden and panic as the Wehrmacht stunned the Allies with full-blooded offensive in the Battle of the Bulge.
[edit] Allies At War

At a terrible cost, the Allies' path finally cleared, but as Allies armies poured into Germany they began to stumble across the Nazis' darkest secret - the concentration camp.It took Hilter's suicide to fully bring home to the Allies their momentous achievement - the war in Europe was over.
[edit] The Dream That Died

Powerful testimonies of British, American and German soldiers, and the use of archieve and dramatic action, brings those savage battlefields to life. This series tells the full story of one of the greatest military offensives ever fought.

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D-Day 6.6.1944 (TV Movie 2004)

IMDb Ratings: 7,1/10 from 238 users  

Dokumenter yang mendramatisir D-Day 6 Juni 1944, berdasarkan pengalaman dari para prajurit yang telibat menyerbu Perancis pada pendaratan  D-Day Normandia yang berperan besar dalam mengakhiri Perang Dunia II.

On June 6th, 1944 the largest military invasion and defence the world has ever seen occurred. D-Day tells the epic story of the preparation and execution of the Allied invasion of Normandy.
It tells the story of the defence of the Western Front by the forces of the German Empire, and of the complex and deadly secret war fought by the men and women of France and mainland Europe. D-Day brings to life the dramatic and astounding tales of courage and sacrifice, joy and despair, love and betrayal.
The planning for the Allied invasion on June 6th 1944 took two years and cost thousands of lives. It involved a deception of breathtaking audacity. Both the preparation leading up to and the actions and events on the day itself relied on the absolute discretion of many and the genius and nerve of a few. D-Day examines the intricate jigsaw from both sides - presenting events through the eyes of the men and women who were there, telling their extraordinary stories.

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BBC Storyville- Himmler The Decent One (2015)

Melalui dokumen-dokumen yang belum pernah ditemukan sebelumnya yakni surat-surat pribadi, foto-foto dan buku harian yang ditemukan di rumah keluarga Himmler pada tahun 1945, film dokumenter ini memaparkan akses yang tidak biasa dan unik dari kehidupan dan pikiran dari sang 'arsitek Solusi Akhir' yang kejam, Heinrich Himmler.

Himmler writes, 'In life one must always be decent, courageous and kind-hearted'. How can a man be a hero in his own eyes and a mass murderer in the eyes of the world?
The text of the film consists exclusively of original documents from Himmler's lifetime, combined with news and personal archive from sources ranging from the descendants of top Nazis to working-class individuals. It forms a unique portrait of one the most prominent figures of the Third Reich, the SS commander Heinrich Himmler.

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WWII in HD (TV Mini-Series 2009)

IMDb Ratings: 8.7/10 from 1,172 users

Follow the lives of soldiers who lived World War II, through previously unseen color footage.

WWII in HD (known as World War II: Lost Films in the UK) is a 10-part American documentary television miniseries that originally aired from November 15 to November 19, 2009 on the History Channel. The program focuses on the firsthand experiences of twelve American service members during World War II, including an Army nurse, a member of the Tuskegee Airmen, a second generation Japanese American and prisoner of war, and an Austrian Jewish immigrant. The twelve members recorded their time in both theaters and some had later interviews; found footage from the battlefield was paired with the stories of the twelve service members.

The episodes premiered on five consecutive days, with two episodes per day. The series is narrated by Gary Sinise and was produced by Lou Reda Productions in Easton, Pennsylvania, United States.

1     "Darkness Falls"     As Europe falls under Nazi control, America is unprepared for war and the attack on Pearl Harbor. The first bloody battles are fought on Guadalcanal and in North Africa.

2     "Hard Way Back"     The Allies take on the daunting forces of the Axis, with victory far from certain. Charles Scheffel battles Rommel's forces in Tunisia and Jack Werner faces bitter combat in the northern Pacific.

3     "Bloody Resolve"     The Marines assault Tarawa in one of the bloodiest battles yet waged. MacArthur island-hops and Italy's front lines claim a casualty.

4     "Battle Stations"     The Allies lay plans for the invasion of France; Bert Stiles and the 8th Air Force attempt to clear the skies over Normandy, while the Pacific remains unresolved.D day arrives.

5     "Day of Days"    The episode follows Charles Scheffel in Normandy and Jack Yusen in his early weeks in the navy. The Allies are bogged down in Normandy's hedgerows in the aftermath of D-Day, while on Saipan, victory turns to horror. Robert Sherrod witnesses the Battle of Saipan and the infamous mass suicides committed by the local civilians.

6     "Point of No Return"     The Allies race toward Germany as American Marines battle for ground on Peleliu and across the bloody Pacific.

7     "Striking Distance"    American forces storm the Philippines while Shelby Westbrook is shot down over Europe. Jack Yusen battles the dangers of the deep when his ship is sunk after a heroic duel.

8     "Glory and Guts"     

The Marine assault on Iwo Jima brings horror and glory. Pilot Bert Stiles engages a German fighter with disastrous consequences. Reinforcements arrive in Europe to push the Allies toward victory.

9     "Edge of the Abyss"    The Battle of the Bulge pushes the Allies to the brink, and Rockie Blunt barely survives the fight. Okinawa erupts as the Japanese make their last stand. Hitler is handed a final ultimatum.

10     "End Game"     With the end in sight, Okinawa is a bloody obstacle to victory. The Third Reich ends with a single gunshot. America delivers the final blow to Japan and the world celebrates the fall of the Axis.

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Soviet Storm-WWII in the East (2011)

Ratings: 8.69/10 from 118 users.

Soviet Storm: World War II in the East is a 2011 17-episode Russian television World War II series created by Anna Grazhdan, Artem Drabkin, and Aleksey Isaev.
The series consists of 2 seasons, which document and recount the most important, bloody, costly, and decisive events, battles, and personalities on the Eastern Front in World War II. Episodes generally last between 40 and 45 minutes and the overall series lasts approximately 12 hours.







Series 1
1     "Operation Barbarossa"
The Battle of Britain is over. The Luftwaffe has been driven to exhaustion, and Germany suffers its first major defeat. Even though Britain remains undefeated, she is so isolated that Hitler has no concerns about turning his attention East. Operation Barbarrossa, the German invasion of the USSR, takes the Soviets completely by surprise and the Red Army suffers terrible casualties.

2     "The Battle of Moscow"
October 1941, Germany's Army Group Center is only some 25 km west of Moscow. The Russian winter, however, is only a few weeks away. With not enough soldiers or military equipment, the Soviet high command's only hope left is that the weather will save the capital. The battle ends in a bloody failure for the German Army, and it is forced to retreat.

3     "The Siege of Leningrad"
Leningrad, a vital and large Baltic sea port, is facing the entire weight of Army Group North. The Soviets have no reserves to spare as the Battle of Moscow is about to begin. Wilhelm von Leeb's Army Group North fails to take Leningrad, but begins a horrible siege that will last 872 days, in which over a million civilians will die of starvation and disease.

4     "Stalingrad"
After the failure to take both Moscow and Leningrad, Hitler sets his sights on the oil fields in the Caucasus. If captured, the Red Army will lose 70%-90% of all its oil resources. Therefore, the famous city on the Volga, Stalingrad, must be "held at all costs." The German General Staff thinks taking the city will be a matter of a few weeks, but events steadily turn against the Germans. It will be one of the most costly, famous, and decisive battles of the Second World War.

5     "Operation Bagration"
By summer 1944, Germany has undeniably lost the battle of the USSR. After the Soviet victories at Moscow, Stalingrad, Kursk, and Leningrad, the Soviet Union, with its practically unlimited resources of manpower and matériel, begins to rapidly push the Germans back toward the German border. On 22 June 1944, Stalin launches Operation Bagration, named after a Russian hero of the Napoleonic Wars. Germany, by now, is running out of manpower, resources, and even faith in their charismatic Führer.

6     "The Battle of Ukraine"
Kiev, the Ukrainian capital, is, after a lengthy battle, back in Soviet hands. But now they have to clear the Germans and German allies out of the Crimea and liberate the rest of Western Ukraine. Hitler declared the Crimea a "Festung," meaning it should be held at all cost and to the last man. The German 17th Army was effectively destroyed in the process.

7     "The Battle of Berlin"
Germany has without question lost World War II in Europe, but Hitler, by now a heavily medicated and deluded character, refuses to give up hope; he orders the roughly one million German soldiers left in the ruined city to defend Berlin, now a strange mix of combat veterans, teenage boys from the Hitler Youth, and old men from the People's Army. Finally admitting all is lost, Hitler, his girlfriend, and many of those present with him commit suicide to avoid captivity.

Series 2
1     "The Battle of Kiev"
After the swift success at Smolensk, Hitler has diverted the bulk of Heinz Guderian's panzers down to the South, so as to capture the Ukrainian capital Kiev, considered more important than Moscow in Hitler's mind. It begins a gigantic clash and turns out to be the biggest military encirclement in history. Despite heroic and long resistance, approximately five hundred thousand Soviet soldiers face captivity or death.

2     "The Defence of Sevastopol"
Erich von Manstein's soldiers have trapped a massive Soviet force in Crimea, but the doomed troops have no intentions of surrendering, obeying Stalin's brutal "Not A Step Back" order. Manstein assembles the greatest concentration of artillery in history, which includes the world's biggest railway-gun nicknamed "Dora," and for eight months Soviets troops are savagely bombarded; destroying Sevastopol's only harbor. Realizing the battle is hopelessly lost, the Soviet forces finally surrender.

3     "The Rzhev "Meat-Grinder"
The capture of Rzhev, the city that connects all railroads in Western Russia, is imperative. It will cost the lives of some 3 million Soviet soldiers and 500 000 German soldiers. It will take the Soviets a total of 3 years to throw the Germans firmly out of the city. These bloodbaths will become known by the veterans and historians as "The Rzhev Meat-Grinder".

4     "The Battle of the Caucasus"
Ewald von Kleist has broken through to the Terek river, slap in front of the vital oil fields of Grozny and Baku. Only freezing temperatures in the Caucasus prevent von Kleist's 1st Panzer Army from breaking through to Ozoni Kizi and Tbilisi. The Soviets launch a desperate counter-attack that holds the Germans back. After the winter, Hitler makes a series of strategic blunders with von Kleist's forces, and he is forced to withdraw all his troops in the Caucasus to the Kuban bridge-head.

5     "The War at Sea"
Hours before the start of Operation Barbarossa, the Germans, along with their Finnish allies, begin mining the Gulf of Finland to prevent any naval evacuation of Soviet troops and ships. When Operation Barbarossa begins, Axis U-boats begin pounding the grand Soviet Navy, primarily based at Leningrad. This turns out to be the start of a five year sea war against the Soviet Union's Baltic Navy and the German and Finnish navies.

6     "The Air War"
On 22 June 1941, German pilots were the first to see the run rise. Before the day was over, the Soviet Air Forces had lost almost 2 000 aircraft. The early German air superiority gave a significant boost to German confidence, and severely damaged Soviet military capability and morale. The air wars over the USSR between the Soviet Union and Germany would be some of the biggest and toughest in military history.

7     "The Partisan War"
By 1943-1944, as the Germans are desperately struggling to hold their ground, they are increasingly hindered by the Soviet partisans, which contain many former Red Army soldiers that had been cut off behind enemy lines. The Germans responded with intensive counter-insurgency campaigns and brutal reprisals against the civilian population. The Germans will, because of this, fight a war against both the Soviet army and the Soviet population.

8     "The Secret War"
Shortly before the outbreak of the Second World War, the Polish and British have succeeded in de-coding the top secret German military codes known as "Enigma." This information, referred to as "Ultra" by the Allies, becomes vital for the Allies' military situation in North Africa, the Soviet Union, and Northern France. To the end of the war, the Germans were unaware that their top secret codes were being read, often in real-time, in London.

9     "The Battle for Germany"
Germany is retreating on all fronts and suffering defeat after defeat. The breach of Germany's pre-War borders now seems inevitable. Desperate, Hitler orders all males between the ages of 16 and 70 to enlist and fight for the fatherland. Nazi ideologues put faith in victory and the Nazis seem to vanquish and suppress all forms of doubt and resistance in the last months of the Reich.

10     "The War Against Japan"
The war in Europe is over. However, in the Pacific East, the United States is still fighting the Japanese, who consider surrender the greatest humiliation for a soldier. Stalin promises to help Roosevelt, but the dropping of the Atomic bomb on Japan suddenly alters the calculus for the Allies. Despite the devastation, the Japanese military vows to fight on. When reports of massive defeats in Manchuria at the hands of the Soviets reach the Japanese high-command, though, the military quickly capitulates. Even after the Japanese surrender, the Soviets use subtle diplomatic language to justify the continued capture of Japanese territory.

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The Last Days (1998)

Ratings: 7.7/10 from 1,623 users  

The Last Days is a documentary, directed by James Moll and produced by June Beallor and Kenneth Lipper in 1998. Steven Spielberg was one of the executive producers, in his role as founder of the Shoah Foundation. The film tells the stories of five Hungarian Jews during the Shoah. It focuses on the horrors of life in the Nazi concentration camps, but also stresses the optimism and desire to survive of the survivors.

The film won an Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature.

Shoah survivors Bill Basch, Irene Zisblatt, Rene Firestone, Alice Lok Cahana, Tom Lantos, Dario Gabbai, and Randolph Braham are featured in the film.

Five Jewish Hungarians, now U.S. citizens, tell their stories: before March, 1944, when Nazis began to exterminate Hungarian Jews, months in concentration camps, and visiting childhood homes more than 50 years later. An historian, a Sonderkommando, a doctor who experimented on Auschwitz prisoners, and US soldiers who were part of the liberation in April, 1945, also comment. Most telling are details: Renée packing her bathing suit, Irene swallowing the diamonds her mother gave her to buy bread, Alice's memorial for her sister Klara, Bill escaping police by jumping into a line of Jews going to Buchenwald, and Tom told by a US soldier to have "all the damn bananas and oranges you can eat."

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Shoah (1985)

IMDb Ratings: 8.2/10 from 5,051 users

Claude Lanzmann memandu 9 1/2 jam dokumenter Holocaust ini tanpa menggunakan satu arsip frame rekaman. Dia mewawancarai korban, saksi, dan mantan Nazi (yang ia harus syuting diam-diam karena mereka hanya setuju untuk diwawancarai oleh audio). Gayanya mewawancarai dengan meminta rincian detil yang efektif untuk memberikan potret mengerikan dari peristiwa genosida Nazi. Dia juga menunjukkan, atau lebih tepatnya apibla memungkinkan beberapa yang diwawancarai sendiri yang menunjukkan, bahwa anti-Semitisme yang menyebabkan 6 juta orang Yahudi mati dalam Holocaust baik yang masih hidup dan masih tinggal di Jerman, Polandia, dan di tempat lain.

Synopsis

The film is concerned chiefly with four topics: Chelmno, where mobile gas vans were first used by Germans to exterminate Jews; the death camps of Treblinka and Auschwitz-Birkenau; and the Warsaw Ghetto, with testimonies from survivors, witnesses, and perpetrators.

The sections on Treblinka include testimony from Abraham Bomba, who survived as a barber;[2] Richard Glazar, an inmate; and Franz Suchomel, an SS officer who worked at the camp, who reveals intricate details of the camp's gas chamber. Bomba breaks down while describing how a barber friend of his came across his wife and sister while cutting hair outside (before) the gas chamber. Suchomel states he did not know about extermination at Treblinka until he arrived there. This section includes Henryk Gawkowski, who said he drove one of the transport trains while intoxicated with vodka. Gawkowski's photograph appears on the poster used for the film's marketing campaign.

Testimonies on Auschwitz are provided by Rudolf Vrba, who escaped from the camp before the end of the war; and Filip Müller, who worked in an incinerator burning the bodies from the gassings. Müller recounts what prisoners said to him, and describes the experience of personally going into the gas chamber: bodies were piled up by the doors 'like stones'. He breaks down as he recalls the prisoners starting to sing while being forced into the gas chamber. Accounts include some from local villagers, who witnessed trains heading daily to the camp and returning empty; they quickly guessed the fate of those on board.

Lanzmann also interviews bystanders. He asks whether they knew what was going on in the death camps. Their answers reveal that they did but they justified their inaction by the fear of death. Two survivors of Chelmno are interviewed: Simon Srebnik, who was forced to sing military songs to entertain the Nazis; and Mordechaï Podchlebnik. Lanzmann also has a secretly filmed interview with Franz Schalling, a German security guard, who describes the workings of Chelmno. Walter Stier, a former Nazi bureaucrat, describes the workings of the railways. Stier insists he was too busy managing railroad traffic to notice his trains were transporting Jews to their deaths.

The Warsaw ghetto is described by Jan Karski, who worked for the Polish government-in-exile and Franz Grassler, a Nazi administrator who liaised with Jewish leaders. A Christian, Karski, snuck into the Warsaw ghetto and escaped to England to try to convince the Allied governments to intervene more strongly on behalf of the Jews, but failed to do so. Memories from Jewish survivors of the Warsaw Ghetto uprising conclude the documentary.

Lanzmann also interviews Holocaust historian Raul Hilberg, who discusses the historical significance of Nazi propaganda against the European Jews, and the Nazi development of the Final Solution. The complete text of the film was published in 1985.

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Operation Valkyrie-The Stauffenberg Plot to Kill Hitler (2008)

IMDb Ratings: 6.9/10 from 124 users  

July, 1944: World War II is raging, and Claus von Stauffenberg hatches a daring plot to assassinate Adolf Hitler and bring his nightmarish reign of terror to an abrupt end. In this documentary, filmmaker Jean-Pierre Isbouts uses rare color footage, elaborate dramatizations, extensive interviews with leading historians, and detailed computer-graphic reconstructions to offer the definitive record of the manner in which these pivotal events played out.

Produced in collaboration with the German resistance organization Forschungsgemeinschaft 20 Juli 1944, this fascinating documentary recounts the story behind the plot led by Claus von Stauffenberg to assassinate Adolf Hitler in 1944. Combining expert interviews, dramatizations and even home movies shot by Hitler's girlfriend, Eva Braun, the program offers a definitive account of the events surrounding this captivating chapter from World War II.

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Nuremberg- Nazis on Trial (2006)

IMDb Ratings: 7.2/10 from 144 users  

Pengadilan terhadap 21 tokoh-tokoh Nazi yang dianggap turut bertanggung jawab mengobarkan Perang Dunia 2 dan melakukan kejahatan terhadap nilai-nilai kemanusiaan , mereka semuanya menghadapi ancaman hukuman mati! Tapi kisah sebenarnya dari Pengadilan Nürnberg terletak jauh dari pengamatan masyarakat umum dan wartawan, dimana para pengacara dan psikiater mencoba sebaik mungkin menyelami isi hati yang terdalam dari para mantan petinggi Nazi ini. 

Film dokumenter yang terdiri dari tiga bagian (dengan total masa putar 177 menit) ini memfokuskan pada kasus yang menimpa tiga orang paling terkenal di antaranya: Albert Speer, Hermann Göring dan Rudolf Hess. Dokumenter ini sendiri didasarkan atas penelitian yang tidak main-main terhadap catatan-catatan sejarah yang tersedia, yang banyak di antaranya baru terpublikasikan sekarang. Bisa dibilang bahwa NUREMBERG mengkombinasikan antara wawancara para saksi mata, film hitam putih asli masa itu dan drama kelas satu yang diperankan oleh aktor-aktor berbakat

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National Geographic Hitlers Last Year (2015)

National Geographic Channels International has acquired WWII special Hitler’s Last Year.

NGCI will put the two-part doc out on its international channels later this year. It will also go out on Nat Geo in the US.

The doc is sold by France-based distributor Zed, which struck the Nat Geo deal. It documents the final year of German Chancellor Adolf Hitler’s life and marks the 70th anniversary of the end of the conflict.

Hitler’s Last Year was produced by Cinétévé for France 2. It uses remastered, restored, recolored archives and with and rare images to retrace the events that ended the war.

Hamish Mykura, executive VP and head of international content for NGCI, said: “This is a beautifully made, visually stunning film that provides a shocking and in-depth insight into the tactics employed by both sides in the final months of the war.

“It is an exceptional and gripping film that will be a fitting commemoration of the war’s end.”

Céline Payot Lehmann, head of distribution and acquisitions at Zed said, “This film proves that there is still a place on primetime television for well written and high-quality specialist factual. Director Korn-Brzoza is an amazing storyteller who manages to bring new light to a well-known chapter of history.”

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