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Revealing more family strategies at work, and the heavy price the young pay in hostile takeovers. Part 6 of 12.
During the Cold War, tensions between East and West mount alarmingly. As a consequence, western intelligence services shift their focus to East Germany as the Warsaw Pact’s major deployment zone. Nowhere else did western services get as close to Soviet military equipment. Their prime targets are missiles, nuclear depots and airbases. At the same time, the KGB, as well as Soviet military intelligence, were sending their spies to reconnoitre NATO forces in the West. The game of spies was in full swing. Part 2 of 3.
The teenage Henry VIII falls in love with the beautiful Spanish princess Katherine of Aragon. As his first queen, she leads the kingdom at war, wins the love of the people, and teaches Henry how to rule. They are together for over twenty years. But tragically, Katherine cannot give Henry the son he desperately needs to save the Tudor dynasty. When an ambitious younger rival, Anne Boleyn, appears, Katherine is cruelly rejected by the man she loves. But she refuses to go without a fight... Part 1 of 4.
In this second episode, recounting the story of D-Day Veterans, minute-by-minute, on that crucial day on 6th June 1944, the time is 7.30am. With the Americans pinned down on Omaha Beach, the British and Canadians now land on their beaches. Part 2 of 2.
In a few weeks a vast empire has been created. This episode begins with Victory in Malaya and the fall of Singapore. Then the Philippines and Burma fall, and Thailand is bullied into an alliance. On the Home Front, people are rejoicing and presents are distributed to every household. But the successes create a logistical nightmare. The effect of the belligerent lack of cooperation between the Imperial Japanese Army and Imperial Navy is explored. Only six months after Pearl Harbor, the war begins to turn. Part 2 of 4. Ⓢ
This film explores the mechanisms of Fascist power, the cult of violence and state political repression, as they lead Italy towards disaster. Part 2 of 2.
