Battlefront

Name: Battlefront
Released: 2001-10-19T00:00:00.000Z
Cast: Michael D. Hanks

TV Show · Documentary · War & Military

The fiercest battles of WWII come to life as never seen before in this collection of one of the most powerful epics of history. This documentary series takes you behind enemy lines and to the front lines of the tumultuous campaigns of the Atlantic, Mediterranean and Pacific theaters where the soldiers, sailors and airmen fought in the most defining time in the history of the modern world.

2001 · 23m

Starring Michael D. Hanks

EPISODE 1

Dunkirk

To keep France free, 400,000 English soldiers have manned the battlefields. Germany's strength is too great and pushes the British to the coast town of Dunkirk.
EPISODE 2

Fall of Poland

German tanks roll into Poland in September 1939.
EPISODE 3

Battle of Norway

Early in the war, the Germans decide they need to guarantee access to the Norwegian port of Narvik to ensure their supplies of Swedish iron ore. The British, however, send destroyers to up-end the German plan.
EPISODE 4

Bombing of England

After invading France, Hitler is planning to cross the Channel. His only obstacle is the Royal Air Force. Throughout the summer of 1940, both sides lose an incredible number of daring flyers.
EPISODE 5

Battle of Tobruk

German field marshal Erwin Rommel scores a major victory at the Libyan seaport of Tobruk.
EPISODE 6

Operation Mercury: Fall of Crete

After British forces withdrew in defeat from Greece to the island of Crete in early 1941, they were soon fighting German invasion armies again. This time, 5,000 of Hitler's elite paratroopers landed to complete their conquest in the Mediterranean.