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Series Two – 1996

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Broadcast date

01-04-1996 • 6 episodes

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Episodes of this season

1. The Battle for North Africa

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2. The Battle of the Atlantic

The longest continuous military campaign of WWII, The Battle of the Atlantic raged across the ocean from 1939 till 1945, pitting feared U-boats and other German naval warships against Allied shipping and troop convoys.

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3. The Battle For Russia

Hitler's plan for the conquest of Russia called for a classic Blitzkrieg offensive, which would be pressed ruthlessly to its conclusion within the course of a single season's campaign.

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4. The Battle for Italy

When victory in North Africa seemed assured, Allied Planners turned their attention to Italy. The objective was to seize Rome, knock Italy out of the war and push north towards Austria.

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5. The Battle of Leyte Gulf

To restore American prestige in the Pacific, President Franklin Roosevelt authorized an invasion of the Philippines, a former American Territory and the scene of a humiliating defeat at the hands of the Japanese in 1942.

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6. The Battle for the Rhine

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

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