Apocalypse: The Second World War(2009)
DocumentaryWar & Politics
First Air Date: 2009-09-08
Average Runtime: N/A
Rating: 8.4
Votes: 153
Seasons: 1
Episodes: 6
A six-part French documentary about the Second World War composed exclusively of actual footage of the war as filmed by war correspondents, soldiers, resistance fighters and private citizens. The series is shown in color, with the black and white footage being fully colorized, save for some original color footage. The only exception to the treatment are most Holocaust scenes, which are presented in the original black and white.
Keywords
holocaust (shoah)world war iinazialliesminiseriessoldierwarfarebombing1940saxis
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Curiosity StreamSeasons & Episodes
Miniseries
Episodes: 6E01
Aggression (1933–1939)
Air Date: 2009-09-08
Colourised footage of Hitler as he visits the Austrian village where he grew up, see the heart-felt good-byes as Fren...
E02
Crushing Defeat (1939–1940)
Air Date: 2009-09-08
The British troops hastily evacuate from the beaches at Dunkirk, France, but are forced to abandon kilometres of prec...
E03
Shock (1940–1941)
Air Date: 2009-09-15
Polish prisoners and Jews are forced into slave labour to complete Nazi building projects. The Italian army is in dis...
E04
World Ablaze (1941-1942)
Air Date: 2009-09-15
America joins the war as the conflict rages in South-East Asia, North Africa and Russia. The Allied forces are unable...
E05
The Noose (1942-1943)
Air Date: 2009-09-22
The turning of the war against Germany, with Allied victory at El Alamein and Russian triumph at Stalingrad. In the N...
E06
Inferno (1944-1945)
Air Date: 2009-09-22
Witness the D-Day landings and the liberation of Paris. In the east the Soviets liberate Auschwitz and fight their wa...
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