Hulu - Episodes for Battlefront WWII

Battlefront WWII - s1 | e1 - Dunkirk (September 1, 1939)

Mon, 07 May 2012 19:49:20 -0000

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.

Battlefront WWII - s1 | e2 - The Battle of Norway (early 1940)

Mon, 07 May 2012 19:49:20 -0000

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.

Battlefront WWII - s1 | e3 - The Bombing of England (Fall, 1940)

Mon, 07 May 2012 19:49:20 -0000

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.

Battlefront WWII - s1 | e4 - The Battle of Malta (June 1941)

Mon, 07 May 2012 19:49:20 -0000

In 1941, Mussolini desperately wants to wrest the tiny island of Malta from the British for control of the Mediterranean. When his inadequate air force fails to bomb the Maltese into submission, Hitler's Luftwaffe joins the campaign.

Battlefront WWII - s1 | e7 - D-Day (June 6, 1944)

Mon, 07 May 2012 19:49:20 -0000

D-Day, the 6th of June--one of the most pivotal moments in world history. In a massive armada of thousands of ships, 3,000,000 allied troops land at Three Beaches in Normandy, France.

Battlefront WWII - s1 | e5 - North Africa (November, 1942)

Mon, 07 May 2012 19:49:20 -0000

In the North African desert in 1942, American fighting forces encounter the dreaded Rommel for the first time to stop the German war machine.

Battlefront WWII - s1 | e6 - Monte Cassino (September 3, 1943)

Mon, 07 May 2012 19:49:20 -0000

As the allies make their way into Italy, they encounter tremendous resistance at German defensive positions along the Gustav line. One of these locations is an ancient monastery called Monte Cassino.

Battlefront WWII - s1 | e8 - Retaking France (6 Weeks After D-Day)

Mon, 07 May 2012 19:49:20 -0000

Six weeks after the D-Day invasion of the Beaches of Normandy, the allied forces are pushing the Germans back through the French countryside. Town by town is won back as Panzer divisions retreat back to the Meuse River.

Battlefront WWII - s1 | e11 - The Battle of Midway (June 2, 1942)

Mon, 07 May 2012 19:49:20 -0000

Only one isolated atoll prevents an enemy invasion of Hawaii. Midway Island is where the Japanese fleet converges on a tiny American base with a massive strafing and bombing attack.

Battlefront WWII - s1 | e13 - The Gilbert Islands: November, 1943

Sat, 05 May 2012 13:22:20 -0000

Bloody fighting erupts on a group of tiny Pacific islands in November 1943.

Battlefront WWII - s1 | e18 - Battle of the Bulge: December, 1944

Sat, 05 May 2012 13:22:20 -0000

The December 1944 battle pitting American forces against German Panzer divisions in the Ardennes Forest.

Battlefront WWII - s1 | e9 - The Fall of Singapore (October, 1941)

Mon, 07 May 2012 19:49:20 -0000

Before the sneak attack on Pearl Harbor, the Japanese initiate the Pacific War by firing on the British in Malaya. Their route to the rubber-rich nation takes them into Singapore, the World's most armed fortress.

Battlefront WWII - s1 | e10 - Pearl Harbor (December 7, 1941)

Mon, 07 May 2012 19:49:20 -0000

During a two-hour surprise attack on the American Pacific fleet anchored at Pearl Harbor, Japanese navy pilots score a near-complete victory.

Battlefront WWII - s1 | e12 - The Solomon Islands (July, 1942)

Mon, 07 May 2012 19:49:20 -0000

For the first time since Americans entered the war, Marines face Japanese infantrymen at Guadal Canal. In the jungles, two powerful armies clash in a six month battle that claims nearly 30,000 lives.

Battlefront WWII - s1 | e17 - Operation Dragoon: August, 1944)

Sat, 05 May 2012 13:39:20 -0000

The Allies break into France and push the Germans back to their own border.

Battlefront WWII - s1 | e14 - Burma: The Forgotten Front (Spring, 1943)

Mon, 07 May 2012 19:49:20 -0000

The Japanese meet resistance from British forces as they advance through Burma to take India in 1944.

Battlefront WWII - s1 | e15 - Battle in Palau (Summer, 1944)

Mon, 07 May 2012 19:49:20 -0000

As the United States prepared for the invasion of the Philippines, scheduled for late 1944, the tiny Palau Islands had to be taken first.

Battlefront WWII - s1 | e19 - The Last Stronghold: November 1944

Mon, 07 May 2012 19:49:20 -0000

American B-29 high-altitude bomber attacks Japan near the end of World War II.

Battlefront WWII - s1 | e16 - Liberation of the Philippines

Mon, 07 May 2012 19:49:20 -0000

Gen. Douglas MacArthur's return to the Philippines, and the final push to retake the islands after two years of Japanese occupation.

Battlefront WWII - s1 | e40 - Liberation of Paris

Mon, 07 May 2012 20:12:20 -0000

Both political and military expediency were factors in the return of the French capital to its people.