Secrets of World War II (1998)

Name: Secrets of World War II
Genre: Documentary
Rating: 8.1
Cast: Robert Powell, Swaylee Loughnane

Documentary

Rarely has a war produced such clear cut reasons to fight as World War II. Suddenly, ordinary men and women found themselves thrown into fearsome, situations worthy of any Hollywood movie. The only difference in this series is that every story is true. Real people emerge as the Heroes of Telemark. Ordinary GIs and US Airforce and Navy personnel suddenly find themselves flying against the Japanese in China, jungle fighting in Burma and being dropped by submarine on enemy coasts at midnight. These untold stories can now be examined in great detail with the benefit of hindsight, newly-discovered film, maps and graphics. Each fifty-two minute story covers the background to the main action. It will give the viewer a clear view of the historical context, the strategic objective and the tactical effort made by flyers, sailors and foot-soldiers - often in the most oppressive and life-threatening situations - to win victory from the enemy.

IMDb rating: 8.1 (154 votes)
Seasons: 1
Language: EN
Type: TV series

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Season 1 (1998)

7.20 avg 26 episodes 7.8 → 7.7 52 min avg

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Season 1 episodes — IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	The Corpse That Fooled the Axis	7.8	17
2	Adolf Hitler's Last Days	7.5	20
3	Secret Mission to North Africa	6.7	15
4	When Hitler Invaded America	7.5	16
5	The Bruneval Raid	7.4	13
6	What Really Happened to Rommel	7.5	16
7	The Enigma Secret	6.8	10
8	Human Torpedoes	7.2	16
9	The Secrets of the Battle of the Bulge	7.4	17
10	Okinawa: The Greatest Sea/Air Battle in History	7.3	17
11	Above Us: The Enemy - Secrets of the Submarine War	7.5	12
12	The Secrets Behind the Battle of Guadalcanal	6.8	13
13	The Real Heroes of Telemark	7.1	13
14	They Flew for China	6.8	17
15	How Germany Was Bombed to Defeat	6.7	14
16	The End of the Scharnhorst	8.1	19
17	The RAF Versus the V Weapons	7.0	12
18	Japan's Last Secret Weapon	6.6	13
19	The Minehunters	6.1	11
20	The Nazi Plundering of Europe	7.1	13
21	Confusion Was Their Business	7.5	12
22	Merrill's Marauders	7.0	13
23	The Amazing Colonel Doolittle	6.8	15
24	Destroying Hitler's Oil Fields	8.1	15
25	Home Run from Colditz	7.1	9
26	The Cruise of the Secret Raiders	7.7	9

Secrets of World War II (1998)

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