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Battleline

9.0 / 10
1963
1 season
39 episodes
DocumentaryWar & Politics

There are two sides in every war and millions of different stories to share from each battle fought. From Iwo Jima to the Siege of Malta, each episode of Battleline tells the story of extraordinary events of World War II from the point of view of both the victor and the vanquished.

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Jim Bishop

Seasons

  • Ep 1

    1.Iwo Jima

    19-07-1963

    Japanese Army corporal Nakamura and US Marine sergeant relive the February to March 1945 Battle of Iwo Jima.

  • Ep 2

    2.Pearl Harbor

    03-10-1963
  • Battle of Britain

    3.Battle of Britain

    10-10-196325m

    Donald Kingaby, a Spitfire pilot in the Royal Air Force Reserve, and Luftwaffe bomber pilot Harri Siegert relive the July to October 1940 Battle of Britain.

  • Dunkirk

    4.Dunkirk

    17-10-196325m

    British Army private James Halstead and Panzer commander Walter Hess relive the May 1940 British and French battle for, and evacuation from, Dunkirk.

  • Fall of Poland

    5.Fall of Poland

    24-10-196325m

    John Koehler, corporal in a German motorcycle brigade, and Felix Greenspan, sergeant in a Polish artillery unit, relive the last days before the 1939 fall of Poland.

  • Ploesti

    6.Ploesti

    31-10-196325m

    Luftwaffe fighter pilot Hermann Scheiffele and American bomber pilot Norman Appold relive the August 1943 bombing campaign over the Axis' vital oil fields at Ploesti, Romania.

  • Battle for Paris

    7.Battle for Paris

    07-11-196325m

    French Resistance fighter Henri Lassucq and Wehrmacht sergeant Heinz Gunther relive the 1944 battle to free Paris.

  • Ep 8

    8.El Alamein

    14-11-196325m

  • Bridgehead on the Rhine

    9.Bridgehead on the Rhine

    21-11-196325m

    German Master Sergeant & bridge master Josef Klebach, and American tank platoon leader Lieutenant Miller relive the March 1945 battle to take the Remagen bridge and cross the Rhine...

  • Ep 10

    10.Guadalcanal

    28-11-196325m
  • Ep 11

    11.Anzio

    05-12-196325m
  • Ep 12

    12.Operation Torch

    12-12-196325m
  • Omaha Beach

    13.Omaha Beach

    19-12-1963
  • Ep 14

    14.Battle of the Gothic Line

    26-12-196325m
  • Ep 15

    15.Midway

    02-01-196425m

    Japanese submarine commancer Yahaci Tanabe and American sailor George T. Edwards relive the June 1942 Batle of Midway.

  • Dieppe

    16.Dieppe

    09-01-196425m

    Canadian sergeant Gilbert Usher Renwick and German corporal Heinz Kossinna relive the Allies' August 1942 amphibious raid on the French port Dieppe.

  • Ep 17

    17.Fall of Singapore

    16-01-196425m
  • Ep 18

    18.Tarawa

    23-01-196425m
  • Ep 19

    19.Fall of the Philippines

    30-01-196425m
  • The Invasion of Norway

    20.The Invasion of Norway

    06-02-196425m

    Kriegsmarine lieutenant Rudi Toepfer and Royal Marines' captain Barclay Grant relive the April 1940 German invasion of Norway.

  • The Fall of Berlin

    21.The Fall of Berlin

    13-02-196425m

    Soviet Army captain Gregory Klimov and Luftwaffe paratroop captain Gerhardt relive the April to May 1945 final battle to take Berlin.

  • Ep 22

    22.Crete

    20-02-196425m
  • Arnhem

    23.Arnhem

    27-02-196425m

    British Glider pilot Henry Woltag and Waffen SS soldier Jacob Hoppenthal relive the September 1944 battle to capture the Arnhem bridge during Operation Market Garden.

  • Stalingrad

    24.Stalingrad

    05-03-196425m
  • Ep 25

    25.Okinawa

    12-03-196425m
  • Battle of the Bulge

    26.Battle of the Bulge

    19-03-196425m
  • Ep 27

    27.Commerce Raiders

    26-03-196425m
  • Ep 28

    28.Liberation of the Philippines

    02-04-196425m
  • Ep 29

    29.Battle of Monte Casino

    09-04-196425m
  • Ep 30

    30.Battle of Burma

    16-04-196425m
  • Ep 31

    31.Battle of Peleliu Island

    23-04-196425m
  • Bombing of Germany

    32.Bombing of Germany

    30-04-196425m
  • Ep 33

    33.Tobruk

    07-05-196425m
  • Ep 34

    34.Invasion of Southern France

    14-05-196425m
  • Ep 35

    35.Sicily

    21-05-196425m
  • Breakout from Normandy

    36.Breakout from Normandy

    28-05-196425m
  • Ep 37

    37.Bombing of Japan

    04-06-196425m
  • Battle of the Atlantic

    38.Battle of the Atlantic

    11-06-196425m
  • Ep 39

    39.Siege of Malta

    18-06-196425m

    Luftwaffe bomber commander Rober Kowalewski and Royal Marine Douglas Alfred Adcock relive the 1940 siege of Malta.

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