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World War II Diaries - The Complete War Report

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The greatest conflict the world has known to date lasted from 1 September 1939 to 2 September 1945 when Japan signed the surrender. Six years, 2,190 days, in which the world lived through a terrible war which completely changed the system of alliances of the different countries and the way of life of millions of their inhabitants.
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  1. S1 E1 - 1939 September
    12 giugno 2014
    1 h 2 min
    13+
    London begins to prepare for enemy air attacks while the Prime Minister, Neville Chamberlain, reshuffles his cabinet, bringing in people who have criticized his policy of appeasement. One of these is Winston Churchill, who is named First Lord of the Admiralty.
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  2. S1 E2 - 1939 October
    12 giugno 2014
    1 h 4 min
    13+
    Roosevelt, watching events in Europe with alarm, takes the decision to end American diplomatic efforts to persuade Germany to desist from aggression.
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  3. S1 E3 - 1939 November
    12 giugno 2014
    1 h 2 min
    13+
    The Nazis and Soviets continue to commit atrocities in Poland. The Gestapo arrest 167 professors from the University of Cracow and send them to the concentration camp at Sachsenhausen, to the north of Berlin. Seventeen of them are tortured to death, including the leading Polish literary critic Ignatius Chrzanowski.
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  4. S1 E4 - 1939 December
    12 giugno 2014
    1 h 3 min
    13+
    In Poland there is no letup in the public executions carried out by the Soviets and the Germans. The objective is to terrorize the population and dissuade them from any action against the occupiers.
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  5. S1 E5 - 1940 January
    12 giugno 2014
    1 h 3 min
    13+
    Nazi terror is enforced by a curfew, forcing all inhabitants to be inside their houses from eight at night onwards. Despite the fact that the mass executions and the transport of prisoners in cattle wagons is a daily occurrence, the Polish people are not easily intimidated and throughout the country posters and graffiti denounce the atrocities committed by the invaders.
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  6. S1 E6 - 1940 February
    12 giugno 2014
    1h
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    For Churchill one of the biggest problems of the war is the threat posed by the German submarines in the Battle of the Atlantic. The repeated successes of the U-boats have surprised the British navy, which underestimated the danger of submarines and now orders a news blackout on radio broadcasts.
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  7. S1 E7 - 1940 March
    12 giugno 2014
    1 h 4 min
    13+
    In London the British Secret Service warns the government of the build up of German troops and ships on the Dutch and Belgian coasts. In the House of Commons secret meetings continue, despite criticism from the press. Meanwhile, a group of pilots from Southern Rhodesia arrives at the country. The Italians continue their bombardment of Gibraltar in the Mediterranean.
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  8. S1 E8 - 1940 April
    12 giugno 2014
    1 h 2 min
    13+
    In London, the Allied supreme war council decides that if Hitler's troops invade Belgium and the Netherlands the British and French armies will enter both countries in order to stop the offensive. At the same time, both Britain and France promise not to sign peace unilaterally with any enemy country.
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  9. S1 E9 - 1940 May
    12 giugno 2014
    1 h 3 min
    13+
    In London Prime Minister Chamberlain confirms in the House of Commons the evacuation of the British and French troops from Norway and the withdrawal of a division from France, due to the threat of a German airborne offensive and landings in Britain itself.
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  10. S1 E10 - 1940 June
    12 giugno 2014
    1 h 2 min
    13+
    From Italy Mussolini offers Hitler his help in the occupation of France. The Nazi leader declines his offer, saying to General Wilhelm Keitel “This fool said that his country wasn’t prepared for war and now he is in a rush to share the spoils”.
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  11. S1 E11 - 1940 July
    12 giugno 2014
    1 h 4 min
    13+
    Hitler’s troops have taken over the Channel Islands, adding to the pressure on Churchill’s government. The British also have to face up to the possibility that both Syria and Lebanon, controlled by the French, might become German bases from which attacks may be launched against other countries in the Middle East with which Britain has defense agreements.
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  12. S1 E12 - 1940 August
    12 giugno 2014
    1 h 4 min
    13+
    In London the British Secret Service warns the government of the build up of German troops and ships on the Dutch and Belgian coasts. In the House of Commons secret meetings continue, despite criticism from the press. Meanwhile, a group of pilots from Southern Rhodesia arrives at the country. The Italians continue their bombardment of Gibraltar in the Mediterranean.
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  13. S1 E13 - 1940 September
    12 giugno 2014
    1 h 2 min
    13+
    For the German press there is no doubt that America fully supports Britain. With the American signing of a defensive agreement with Canada, which is part of the British Commonwealth, the USA is no longer neutral, as far as the Germans are concerned, but only a non-belligerent power. In Germany the government orders all Jews in the country to wear a yellow star sewn onto their clothes at all times.
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  14. S1 E14 - 1940 October
    12 giugno 2014
    1 h 4 min
    13+
    Waves of Luftwaffe planes bomb London without letup. The city is enveloped by thick clouds of smoke and flames and its inhabitants are forced to take refuge in precarious shelters with no water or electricity. Crowded hospitals are hit in the merciless bombing. The British authorities desperately try to organize a sufficiently large fire service to cover the whole city.
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  15. S1 E15 - 1940 November
    12 giugno 2014
    1 h 2 min
    13+
    After 57 consecutive days of heavy bombing, the city of London has a quiet night. It is now evident that the Germans have been unable to break British air defenses and their hopes that the Battle of Britain would only last a couple of weeks have faded. In Germany there is widespread anger among the citizens of Berlin who are forced to spend many hours during the night in air raid shelters.
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  16. S1 E16 - 1940 December
    12 giugno 2014
    1 h 4 min
    13+
    In the Battle of Britain, Southampton, London, Liverpool, Birmingham, Plymouth and Bristol endure Luftwaffe attacks. The German pilots are unaware of the effectiveness of the British use of radar and after suffering heavy losses in bombers shot down by RAF Spitfires they are forced to fly in small squadrons and to constantly change their flying altitude.
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  17. S1 E17 - 1941 January
    12 giugno 2014
    1 h 4 min
    13+
    In Washington President Roosevelt tells members of the 77th American Congress that the United States is at a moment unprecedented in its history. He announces that he looks forward to a world founded on four essential human freedoms: freedom of speech and expression, freedom of worship, freedom from want, and freedom from fear.
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  18. S1 E18 - 1941 February
    12 giugno 2014
    58min
    13+
    Winston Churchill declares in a speech on the radio that the American people and government are resolved to provide Britain with everything it needs for victory. Give us the means and we will finish the job, he says. Even though Hitler will do everything he can to prevent it.
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  19. S1 E19 - 1941 March
    12 giugno 2014
    1 h 4 min
    13+
    British Prime Minister Winston Churchill, in a meeting with the War Cabinet, analyzes the German occupation of Bulgaria. With this action Hitler's troops have within reach all the strategic points of the Balkans, as well as the Bosporus Strait, which divides the city of Istanbul, the Dardanelles, which separate Europe and Asia, and Salonika, which is one of the major ports of the Aegean.
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  20. S1 E20 - 1941 April
    12 giugno 2014
    1 h 2 min
    13+
    In Berlin, Hitler again meets with the Japanese Foreign Minister, Yosuke Matsuoka, who is returning from his visit to Italy.
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  21. S1 E21 - 1941 May
    12 giugno 2014
    1 h 4 min
    13+
    The possibility of an attack against Singapore and the consequences of a possible American intervention in the war.
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  22. S1 E22 - 1941 June
    12 giugno 2014
    1 h 2 min
    13+
    Winston Churchill speaks with President Roosevelt on the telephone and appeals for more help as Britain is in a desperate situation. The American Secretary of State, Cordell Hull, a passionate defender of Allied unity against the dictatorships, declares that the US government is deeply concerned about the situation in Europe.
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  23. S1 E23 - 1941 July
    12 giugno 2014
    1 h 4 min
    13+
    In London, Winston Churchill declares on the radio that in recent weeks British planes have dropped on Germany half the number of bombs that the Germans have dropped during the whole war. But this is only the beginning, and there will be no letup until Hitler is destroyed. According to the British Prime Minister, some Germans can be forgiven, but others deserve to die.
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  24. S1 E24 - Episode 24 - August 1941
    12 giugno 2014
    1 h 4 min
    13+
    The greatest conflict the world has known to date lasted from 1 September 1939 to 2 September 1945 when Japan signed the surrender. Six years, 2,190 days, in which the world lived through a terrible war which completely changed the system of alliances of the different countries and the way of life of millions of their inhabitants.
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  25. S1 E25 - 1941 September
    12 giugno 2014
    1 h 2 min
    13+
    In Berlin, a decree is introduced ordering all Jews older than six years of age and living in German territory to wear a Star of David sewed onto their clothes over the chest. The gay and gipsy communities are forced to wear a triangular shape. In the US, President Roosevelt delivers a bellicose speech aimed at placating the impatience of the British people.
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