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As his Red Army advances towards Berlin to liberate Europe from Nazism, Stalin pursues another goal: to join the countries of Eastern Europe to his empire. In just a few years he succeeds in imposing the Soviet totalitarian model with an iron fist. Part 1 of 3.
In December 1949, Stalin's empire celebrates its leader’s 70th birthday. Soviet domination of Eastern European countries will be total and will remain so until the dictator's death in 1953. Part 2 of 3.
After Stalin's death, the countries of the Eastern Bloc hope for the end of communist dictatorship. Revolts spread, but Moscow’s grip is still strong, and insurrections are brutally suppressed. The construction of the Berlin Wall stifles any hope. Part 3 of 3.
Hans Calmeyer, a German lawyer and Nazi official, saved thousands of Dutch Jews from deportation to concentration camps. Here we shed light on the moral conflict between systemic power and individual humanity during the Nazi era in the occupied Netherlands.
Maiya May visits the Isle de Jean Charles, Louisiana, one of the first communities in the U.S. to undergo a federally funded relocation due to climate change. She also learns about hurricanes from the Hurricane Hunters. Part 2 of 6.
An American working with British secret agents parachutes into France just after D-Day to organise the French Resistance into a cohesive army. The mission was to stop Germany's most feared troops from reaching Normandy in the days after the D-Day landings of June 6, 1944. Narrated by Kevin Bacon.
