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Twentieth Century Battlefields

Twentieth Century Battlefields

S1 · E1

IMDB:

8.5
Twentieth Century Battlefields

Released

6/4/2007

Duration

0h 59m

Genre

Documentary, War & Politics

Country

United Kingdom

Cast

Peter Snow, Dan Snow

Overview

Father-and-son team Peter and Dan Snow embark on an epic journey to describe battles that transformed the 20th century. Known for its extensive use of "sand table" CGI effects to help viewers visualize the battles.

Episodes

1918 Western FrontEP 1Available

1918 Western Front

59m0.0

The British army used new tactics to break the Germans and fought the biggest tank battle yet seen to achieve decisive victory. The Snows visit the scarred terrain of the Western Front in Northern France to tell the story of the 1918 Battle of Amiens.

1942 MidwayEP 2Available

1942 Midway

59m0.0

It was the birth of a new type of sea warfare where bombers did all the damage, and enemy ships wouldn't even see each other. The Snows fly to the middle of the Pacific Ocean to recount the battle of Midway.

1942 StalingradEP 3Available

1942 Stalingrad

59m0.0

While Soviet citizens held on for life in the shattered city, Hitler's army froze to death in the countryside. The Snows travel to Russia to tell the story of Stalingrad - one of the most epic battles of World War II.

1951 KoreaEP 4Available

1951 Korea

59m0.0

American landings at Inchon were one of the largest amphibious attacks in history, and a few hundred British soldiers on the banks of the Imjin river stemmed a tide of thousands of attacking Chinese. The Snows journey to the border between North and South Korea to examine two important engagements of the Korean War - a war between Communist and Nationalist forces that embroiled soldiers from around the world, and remains unsettled more than 50 years on.

1968 VietnamEP 5Available

1968 Vietnam

59m0.0

Communist fighters launched major attacks from a claustrophobic network of tunnels, and US marines had to flush them out. The Snows explore the Tet Offensive of 1968, the turning point of the Vietnam War.

1973 Middle EastEP 6Available

1973 Middle East

59m0.0

In Egypt's 1973 surprise attack on Israel, thousands of soldiers and hundreds of tanks crossed the Suez Canal and pushed into the Sinai desert, using the latest technology to stop Israeli tanks in their tracks. The Snows travel to Israel to unpack the complex history of conflict in the Middle East that culminated in the Yom Kippur War.

1982 FalklandsEP 7Available

1982 Falklands

59m0.0

Night-fighting and air support proved crucial when Argentina invaded the Falkland Islands in 1982 - the last battle on British territory. The Snows fly 8,000 miles to the South Atlantic to tell the story of how the British Task Force fought back to regain control.

1991 GulfEP 8Available

1991 Gulf

59m0.0

Allied air forces deployed revolutionary new technology like stealth bombers and precision-guided bombs while ground troops prepared for the possibility of Iraqi gas attacks. The Snows go to Kuwait to tell the story of Operation Desert Storm - a war dominated by cutting-edge technology and ruthless political calculation.

Cast

Peter Snow

Self - Presenter

Peter Snow

Dan Snow

Self - Presenter

Dan Snow

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