Battlefields of the World Wars

Episode 2

Battle of Chemin des Dames 1917

In April 1917, French soldiers were sure WWI was about to end. More than a million men gathered on the front. How did the Germans stop them?

Episode 3

Battle of the Alps

In the highlands of Southeast France, a small number of French soldiers faced off against 300,000 Italian troops. What explains their heroic victory?

Episode 4

The Massacre of Dieppe 1942

This infamous battle was among the worst allied debacles of WWII. In nine hours of fighting, over 2,000 Allied soldiers, most of them Canadians, died.

Episode 5

The Angels of Victory 1944

On June 5, 1944, over 13,000 parachute troops take on a near-impossible mission to secure the right flank of the next day’s Normandy invasion.

Episode 6

Counter Attack of the Hitler Youth - 1944

On D-Day, Canadian troops who broke through entered one of the most brutal battles of the offensive – against a Panzer division of Hitler Youth.

Episode 7

The Liberation of Paris - 1944

For 4 years, the Nazi flag flew atop the Eiffel Tower. Hitler vowed to destroy Paris rather than surrender it, but Parisians helped drive him out.

Episode 8

Battle of the Bulge - 1944

After the D-Day invasion, German forces counter-attacked. They were met by the steely nerve of the generals – and the heroic bravery of allied troops.