Britain At War: 60th Anniversary Edition Collection 2004 DVD Top-quality

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THE D-DAY STORY
June 6th 1944, D-Day, codenamed “OPERATION OVERLORD” was the culmination of nearly two years of planning. It was the largest invasion force ever assembled. Over 6,800 ships, landing craft and other vessels were used to get over 130,000 men ashore onto the Normandy beaches. This incredible programme shows it all.

THE BATTLE OF BRITAIN
The battle fought over Britain between the 10th July and 31st October 1940 was the most important RAF battle of the entire war. Fighter Command took on the Luftwaffe units arrayed against them and won. Using Pathe archive material as well as rarely seen colour footage of London’s Blitz, this programme tells the blow-by-blow story of the desperately close-run conflict that was the death or glory battle fought in the skies over Britain.

DESERT BATTLES OF WORLD WAR II
The desert wastelands of North Africa provided the settings for some of the toughest fighting of the Second World War. Yet, it was here that Britain and her Allies found their early successes, first against the legions of Italian Dictator Benito Mussolini and then against the fabled Afrika Korps of Erwin Rommel. These amazing suc-cesses, particularly the victory at El Alamein in November 1942, are regarded as the turning point of the war.

FIGHT FOR THE SEA
As an island nation, Britain has relied on her navy for centuries. But the Second World War was to see her pre-eminence at sea severely challenged. The battle against the German U-Boats raged throughout the war from its first days in September 1939 right to the very end in 1945. This programme, illustrated with some of the most amazing film ever taken from the deck of a ship, reveals life on the ocean wave as it was experienced in all its sweat, boredom, blood and terror.

BRITISH BATTLES OF WORLD WAR II
Although British forces went into action at the very outset of the Second World War in 1939, it was not until 1940 that the land war began. But this was the beginning of a period of constant defeat. First, Norway, then the Low Countries and finally France culminating in the miraculous evacuation of what was left of British forces off the beach at Dunkirk. Fortunately it was all to change as this informative and entertaining programme documents.

THE BLITZ YEARS 1939-1941
At the end of 1939, Britain was plunged into the most brutal war ever fought. British Pathe News has interwoven the memories of the young men and women left behind in Britain with the newsreel of the day to create ‘The Blitz Years’, a lasting tribute to the spirit of the Home Front.

THE LONG YEARS 1942-1944
As the war entered the third year, a period of retrenchment began as Britain settled down for a long, hard slog. The cinema played a vital role in not only recruiting woman in some kind of war work but also in encouraging the British people to do their bit for the war-effort. From rationing to gardening this programme illustrates the Home Front efforts as seen through the cinema’s at the rime.

THE VICTORY YEARS 1944-1945
As the Allies prepared for the invasion of France, on the home front there was an invasion of a very different kind. The G.I.s had arrived, sweeping many a young girl off her feet. Then came D-Day followed by Hitler’s final terror weapon, the Doodlebug. But, Britain could take it and victory in Europe was followed by victory in Japan.

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