The Big Battles Of World War II Season 1

When Germany goes head-to-head with France, no other decision can be reached: Hitler must be stopped.

The Battle of Britain, fought entirely in the air, was a major German campaign to gain control of British airspace, crush the Royal Air Force and intimidate the country into neutrality or surrender.

The Western Desert Campaign, a primary operation in World War II's North African Campaign, was a continual back-and-forth struggle in an unrelenting desert wasteland.

On June 22, 1941, Germany and its Axis allies took the Soviets by surprise and invaded, eventually making their way to Moscow where the Soviets launched a massive counter-attack, leading to a morale-boosting victory.

Described as the "bloodiest battle in human history and arguably one of the greatest come-backs in military history," the Battle of Stalingrad was a major turning point in the war - proving to be the start of the Soviet Union's liberation and the Allies' victory over Nazi Germany.

The largest invasion by sea to date, the Battle of Normandy engaged nearly three million troops from twelve Allied nations that crossed the English Channel to Normandy in occupied France.

After the Axis powers were defeated in North Africa, the Allies decided to invade Italy, where popular support for the war was flagging. Victory for the Allies ensued and Mussolini was removed from power.

Death of a City reveals archival footage of the intense and destructive battle fought in Berlin - one of the final conflicts of the European theatre of World War II.

This gripping documentary highlights the heated struggle between two of the most powerful navies across incredible expanses of the Pacific Ocean.