WWII : the complete history
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Table of Contents
Disc 1.
Hitler's new Germany : the scum also rises
Chamberlain: Hitler is man of peace : dumb and dumber
Japan invades China : a darkness descends
Hitler unleashes Blitzkrieg : Polish plunder
RAF frustrates Germans : their finest hour
America builds military : FDR pumps iron
Tensions rise in the Pacific : demise of diplomacy
Brits duel desert fox : 1001 Arabian fights
Nazis invade Russia : Blitzkrieg in the east
US to arm allies : bomb now, pay later
Japan bombs Pearl Harbor : day of infamy
Soviets launch counter attack : winter warriors
Japan invades Philippines : big Mac's attacked
Wolfpacks stalk allied shipping : lambs to the slaughter
North Africa update : Rommel retreats
Leningrad in dire straits : under siege and starving
Japan expands empire : British colonies fall
US fighter planes : stable of champions
World at war : well I declare
US troops retreat to Bataan : Philippine update
America gears up for war : Winston, wolfpacks and WPB
Africa corps catches allies offguard : Rommeling to victory
Flying tigers bite back : US pilots in China
Save the pilots : bright ideas
Singapore falls to the Japanese : Pacific update
Nazis final solution : Jewish fate sealed
RAF changes tactics : pummel the people
Japanese Americans interned : security risk
Destined for duty : the brass ring
MacArthur leaves Philipinnes : I shall return
Defending mother Russia : soviet secret weapon
Sillwell takes command in China : China Burma India
The battle of Java sea : Pacific update
This is the army Mr. Jones : saving the world.
Disc 2.
Japanese capture Mandalay : Stilwell takes a hike
Allies split Pacific command : parting the waters
Carriers come of age : fleet of the future
War department's new home : militaty industrial complex
Lies, damned lies & statistics : propaganda wars
US bombs strike Tokyo : can dolittle
Bataan, Corregor fall to Japanese : Pacific update
Great Britain & Russia forge an alliance : dueling diplomats
Tensions mount in African desert : the sands of time
Hitler youth molding the master plan : building a better Nazi
Carrier battle in the Coral sea : US victory in Pacific
RAF strikes back : operation millenium
Japanese invades Alleutians : rising sun in the north
Japanese approach Midway : Pacific update
Goebbels, Goering, Himmler : unholy trinity
Americans win big at Midway : turning point in Pacific
FDR & Churchill meet : confrontational conference
Rommel takes Toburk : British battered
Carrier of US Hopes in Pacific : Admiral Nimitz
Nazis push toward Stalingrad : eastern front update
Here there & everywhere : travels with Winston
Mediterranean linchpin attacked : RAF on Malta
Rommel stopped at El Amamein : Monty's stand
Marines invade Guadalcanal : Pacific land war begins
Stalingrad on brink of collapse : decisive battle
Canadians invade Dieppe : disaster on French coast
The rise of Benito Mussolini : Hitler's little buddy
Marine battle for Blodd Ridge : Guadalcanal update
Rommel returns to Germany : one sick fox
Allies battle wolfpacks : control of the seas
Allies and beleagered Russians : supply thy neighbor
Preparing to invade Africa : lighting the torch
Marines halt Japanese offensive
Gaudalcanal update
British victory at El alamein : Monty wins big
Allies invade North Africa : bearing the torch
Doctors do it in the jungle : medicine men.
Disc 3.
US-Japanese battle of Guadacanal : navy turns tide
French troops surrender in Africa : oh my Darlan
Red army traps Nazis at Stalingrad : Stalin strikes back
Arsenal of democracy : US public pitches in
Allies fight at New Guinea : Pacific update
Germans trapped at Stalingrad : The noose tightens
Shattered ships salvaged : miracle at Pearl
Liberty ship production explodes : boxy but good
Christmas in North Africa : longing for home
Marines leave Guadalcanal : ah relief
Admiral Darlan assassinated : surprise, surprise
Allies bomb sub pens : to the wolf's lair
Allies meet at Casablanca : war plans
Americans recycle old rubber : rolling to victory
German grip broken : Stalingrad and Leningrad
British take Tripoli : Rommel on the run
Japans hollow army : Tojo's troubled troops
Radar scans the horizon : new wave of technology
US claims victory on Guadacanal : one giant step
Chindits fight in Burma : guerrilla tactics
Battle of Kasserine pass : Americans hit hard
Germans counter attack : down, but not out
Front loaded pachyderm : low maintenance machines
Battle of the Bismark Sea : Pacific update
British bomb Essen : targeting Nazi industry
Patton arrives, Rommel leaves : North Africa update
Russian airforce soars : Soviet air power
Americans train for jungle war : life in the tropics
Patton pounds Nazis at El Guettar : against all orders
Americans assassinate Yamamoto : intelligence coup
RAF strikes German industry : roasting the Ruhr
Luftwaffe fights for skies : airborne Aryans
Pilots prefer blondes : a nose for girls
2nd corps takes hill 609 : North Africa update
Operation Mincemeat fools Nazis : dead man floating
Nazi subs retreat from North Atlantic : dunkin' Dentiz
Life on a carrier : islands in the move.
Disc 4.
Americans capture Attu : North Pacific update
Allied leaders resolve bitter dispute : off the record
Allies drive Axis from North Africa : end of the beginning
Allies plan invasion of Sicily : next
Americans invade New Georgia : climbing Solomon Ladder
US plans Pacicfic campaign : army vs. navy
Nazi tanks advance on Kursk : armored mayhem
Allies invade Sicily : operation husky
Engineers essential in Europe : a bridged version
Patton takes Palermo : inevitable in Sicily
Americans capture Mundo : Pacific update
Allies bomb Ploesti : offensive on the oil
Red army gets relief : eastern front update
Patton & Monty race for Messina : raging rivalry
Halsey breaks the rules : leapfrog in Pacific
Americans bomb Schweinfurt : get your bearings
Russians on a roll : celebration
Allies sock it to the rockets : vengance weapons
MacArthur routs Japanese : Pacific update
Italy throws in the towel : Operation Avalanche
Japanese officer training : Samurai soldiers
Nazis rescue Mussolini : El Duce is wild
Navy launches Pacific drive : fleet afoot
Daylight raids halted : fly by night
Life in Britain : shared sacrifice
Allies take Naples : Italian update
Italy turns on Germany : with friends like these
Russians retake Kiev : party orders party
Halsey dupes Japanese : keep em guessin
Slip sliding away : terra infirma
Halsey atop Solomon Ladder : Bougainville bagged
Allied offensive stalled : Italian update
FDR, Stalin stymie Churchill : allied conferences
Off hours in Italy : a touch of home.
Disc 5.
Marines bloodied on Tawara : Atoll disaster
Monty on the move : Italian update
Ike to command overlord : invasion prep
America drafts mules : hard-headed helpers
More muscular mustangs : allied escort service
Invasion of New Britian : Pacific update
New nests for big birds : stop whining
The year in review : turning the tide
Clark gambles at Cassino : costly crossing
Allies land at Anzio : foundation or failure
Victory in the Marshalls : overwhelming force
Leningrad siege lifted : how to spell relief
Nazis attack Anzio : erase the abcess
Allies obliterate Abby : coslty blunder
Americans roll across Pacific : Pacific update
Doolittle does it in the daylight : bombing the Bosch
Japanese assault in India : CBI update
Russians liberate Crimea : better or worse
MacArthur takes Hollandia : Pacific update
Preparations for overlord : not long now
Allies break stalemate : Anzio and Cassino
Hitler shuffles command : imposing his will
Sailors cross equator : crazy custom
Ikes big decision : weight of the world
Paratroops secure flanks : airborne assault
Allies assault Atlantic wall : battle for the beach
The German reaction : the invasion
sun sets on longest day : end of the beginning
Clark enters Rome : glory or gaffe
Allies expand beachhead : slowly but surely
Americans invade Saipan
Pacific update
V-1s strike London : Hitler's revenge.
Disc 6.
Marines forge ahead on Sapian : Smith sacks Smith
Americans take Cherbourg : Normandy update
Americans devour Japanese navy : gobble, gobble, gobble
Roosevelt signs GI bill : new deal for servicemen
Allies forge ahead in Italy : all but forgotten
Saipan falls to marines : one step closer
Americans stopped at St Lo : bloody Bocage
Republicans nominate Dewey : pointless platform
St Lo falls : rewarded with rubble
Monty stymied at Caen : Germans burn Goodwood
Americans bomb on Guam : Pacific update
Americans leaned on at Pisa : Italy update
Failed assassination attempt : Whack der Fuhrer
Bradley's boys breakout : Operation Cobra
Premature poles pounded : Warsaw uprising
Schoolboy rivalry resumes : Patton and Monty
Gothic line looms large : Florence falls
Expedient armour adaptation : mother of invention
Battered boats bandaged : amphibious repair shop
Germans routed at Falaise : crushing defeat
Miraculous mulberries : have harbor with travel
Allies land in southern France : debate over
French rise in Paris : put down your cheese
War on VD : wrap that rascal
Paris liberated : Vive la France
Allied stategy debated : broad vs. narrow
Soviet offensive ballistic : Eastern front update
Americans invade Peleliu : Operation Stalemate
Super forts arrive on Saipan : long arm of the law
Operation Market Garden : hell's highway
Softening up the Philippines : morning music over Manilia
Metz besieged : third army slows down
Aachen attacked : allies breach the Siegfried line
Peleliu falls : checkmate on Operation Stalemate
British forces take Antwerp : the coast is clear
Churchill visits Moscow : we shall defend our interests
Russian forces sweep the Balkans : housecleaning Soviet style.
Disc 7.
Aachen Falls : foothold in the fatherland
MacArthur returns to the Philippines : promise kept
The Battle of Leyte Gulf : the world's geatest sea battle
Walacheren Island taken : popping the cork
Japan reinforces Leyte : better Leyte than never
3rd army cross Moselle near Metz : Patton drives to Germany's borders
Turpitz sunk : tall job for the tallboy
FDR reelected : an unprecedented 4th term
First convoy reaches Antwerp : shorting the supply lines
Pacific update : Hell in the Philippines
US subs in the Pacific : steel sharks
Western front update : Metz falls
British homeguard stands down : duty done
US forces land on Mindoro : driving on in the Philippines
Bombing update : hiting the enemy heartland
The Battle of the Bulge begins : Hitler's last gamble
Christmas 1944 : memories of Chrismas past
US forces land at Luzon : the drive for Manila
The Bulge continued : the hole in the doughnut
The bombing of Dresden : bridge head secured
Soviets drive toward the Oder : Debacle in Poland
The Bulge contained : third strike for the Third Reich
Clark Field falls : keeping the drive alive
Warsaw falls to the Russions : red dawn in Poland
Burma update : the forgotten theater
St Vith falls : the end in the Ardennes
Burma road complete : dump the hump
Nurses : they also serve
Zhukov reaches Oder : chicken farmer chickens out
The bombing of Dresden : Hell from above
Fighting in Manila suburbs : closing the ring
Partisans : war from the shadows.
Disc 8.
The Yalta conference : critical covenants on Crimea coastline
US forces on Corregidor : return to the rock
The Colmar pocket : honor restored
Burma update : big push in CBI
US lands on Iwo Jima : knocking on the front door
Western allies launch new offensive : clearing the Transrhine
Manila battle rages : a tough nut to crack
Medics & chaplins : ministering to the body & soul
Fight for Iwo rages : step by bloody step
Reconaissance : eyes of the force
Trier falls to Patton : pushing through the Palatinate
Corregidor secured : let no enemy ever haul them down
Life in the trenches : an infantry man's lot
Iwo update : standing staunchly amid the stench
German counter offensive in Hungary : last encore for the Wehrmacht
Manilla falls : one step closer to victory
GIS enter Cologne : Rhine City captured
Babes : always thinkin' 'bout the
Tokyo firestorm raid : burning out the heart of the empire
3rd army crosses Mosselle : tying up loose ends
Philippine update : fighting on the Shimbu line
Regemen crossing : breaching the Rhine
V-mail : living for them letters
Mandalay falls : fighting in the Burma theater
East front update : Hitler orders scorched Reich
Kamikaze action off Okinawa : frenzied defense of the empire
Rosie : stoking the home fires into firepower
Iwo wrap : fried, sealed and delivered
Over the Rhine : Patton's thunder, Brits plunder
Okinawa prep : last stop before the home islands
American bombers : spanning the globe
Eto update : Stalin gets the green light from Ike
Tuskagee airman : black pilots blast the Hun
Philippines update : Cebu City falls
East front update : tightening the noose
The story of GI Joe : the backbone of victory.
Disc 9.
Allies encircle the Ruhr : destroy the industrial heartland
Okinawa landing : camping on the emperor's doorstep
Work horses of WW II : thanks tanks
FDR dies : a nation mourns
New allied offensive : slugging up from the underbelly
Okinawa update : deep six for the Yamato
Homefront Germany : life in the Reich
Elephants : ponderous pachyderms pitch in
Italy update : heading toward the Po
Ruhr pocket surrenders : allies rule the Ruhr
Okinawa update : southern stalemate
Nazi camps liberated : hell on earth
Order breakout : forward to Berlin
Big push on Okinawa : boxing day comes early
Goering offers to take command : the rats are deserting
Homefront Japan : life under the rising sun
Italy update : vaulting the Po
Philippine update : GI's land at Moro Gulf
Allies announce bombing end : no targets left
Burma update : driving hard toward Rangoon
US-Soviet forces meet at Torgau : Allies link-up
West front update : last minute housecleaning
Mussolini executed : finis to Il Duce
Hill 604 : a day in the life
German forces in Italy surrender : Kesselring capitulates
British forces land at Rangoon : endgame in Burma
The fall of Berlin : the last battle
Shellshock : the unseen wounds
Germany surrenders : it's all over
Kamikaze action off Okinawa : the divine wind returns
Surrender aftermath : picking up the pieces
Carrier pigeons : winged messengers.
Disc 10.
Philippine update : landing at Macalajar Bay
Ve Day : thousand year Reich ends
Okinawa update : there, I've shelled it again
The holocaust : Nazi horror revealed
Americans seize airfield : ah Naha
Top Nazis in allied hands : surrender or suicide
End nears on Luzon : Philippine update
Aussies wipe slate clean : battering Borneo
Last stand before Japan : Okinawa wrap
Training women for war : American's daughters join up
Philippines liberated : final resistance crushed
Mines : the unseen enemy
Plans for invasion presented : next stop Japan
Churchill : good 'ol Winnie
Carrier strikes against Japan : the noose tightening
Hollywood goes to war : the stars come out
Atomic bomb tested : the shatterer of worlds
Potsdam : shaping the post-war world
Churchill loses election : how quickly they forget
Seabees : paving the way
Medal of honor : above and beyond the call
Hiroshima and Nagasaki : nuclear war
Soviets declare war, Japan surrenders : Japan accepts terms
Von Braun goes to the US : boosting America's rocket program
Homefront USA : why we fought
VJ day : dancing in the streets
The United Nations : to ensure a lasting peace
Japan signs surrender : World War II ends
Combat cameramen : recording for posterity
The final tally : counting the cost
War crimes trials : serving justice on the unjust
Dawn of a new day peace : after the cannons roar
Conclusion.
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Format
DVD
Physical Desc
10 videodiscs (1800 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
UPC
628261090198, 628261091294 (volume 1), 628261091393 (volume 2), 628261090198, 00628261090198
Notes
General Note
Originally released in 2005.
General Note
Features: original letters from the frontlines, original news reels.
General Note
Madacy Home Video CCB9 50901 (DGE9 50912-13).
Description
Covers all the events that took place during World War II in Europe, the Pacific, and other areas.
Target Audience
Rating: PG.
System Details
DVDs, Dolby digital stereo.
Terms Governing Use and Reproduction
For private home use only.
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APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)
(2010). WWII: the complete history (Special 66th anniversary collector's ed.). Madacy Home Video.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)2010. WWII: The Complete History. Madacy Home Video.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)WWII: The Complete History Madacy Home Video, 2010.
MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)WWII: The Complete History Special 66th anniversary collector's ed., Madacy Home Video, 2010.
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