History's Verdict
A group of history experts from London's King's College has created this documentary series that tries to assess the key political figures of WWII.
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- Ep 1
1.Stalin
6.005-01-20131hVia stunning contemporary footage, freshly declassified discoveries, a brilliant script, insights from the greatest historians of the past seventy years and the unforgettable words...
- Ep 2
2.Mussolini
5.012-01-201359 minA skilled journalist and a master spin doctor, Mussolini created immensely powerful myths about himself and his regime. Myths that have endured for over 70 years, baffling both his...
- Ep 3
3.Hitler
6.019-01-201359 minA magnificent script fuses stunning images of his life and times, newly declassified revelations, testimony from the world's greatest historians and thinkers, and the chilling word...
- Ep 4
4.Churchill
6.028-01-201359 minBeginning with the fall of France in the Summer of 1940, and the defence of the island of Britain itself, Churchill's military decisions and simultaneous diplomatic efforts to gath...
- Ep 5
5.Roosevelt
6.002-02-201359 minFranklin Delano Roosevelt was the 32nd President of the United States, leading America through a time of worldwide economic depression and total war.
- Ep 6
6.Hirohito
6.004-02-201359 minExtraordinary images, brilliant writing, the latest declassified information, witnesses from among the greatest historians, and the hitherto unknown words of the Emperor himself de...
- Ep 7
7.Himmler
6.009-02-201359 minThe infamous SS is also examined in detail. Were they just the machinery of murder? What other duties did they perform to help the Nazi war effort, and what about their sense of pr...
- Ep 8
8.Montgomery
6.018-02-20131hRarely explored aspects of his life will be uncovered: his childhood as the son of a Bishop and a mother who didn't love him. His near death experiences in the battlefields of the...
- Ep 9
9.Patton
6.001-03-20131hThe son of a rich, distinguished family, the young Patton loved the Classics and history, was an Olympic athlete and "master of the Sword". But he also had revolutionary ideas abou...
- Ep 10
10.De Gaulle
5.002-03-20131hCharles De Gaulle was the leader of Free France from 1940-1944, and was the dominant figure of France during the Cold War era. His memory continues to influence French Politics.
- Ep 11
11.MacArthur
5.010-03-20131hHe was a US Army general who was also the only ever Field Marshal of the Philippine Army, and this symbolizes MacArthur's visionary belief that Asia would dominate the future of th...
- Ep 12
12.Rommel
5.021-04-20131hErwin Rommel has achieved almost legendary status as the German Field Marshall of World war Two? Mainly for his cunning in outwitting and outmanoeuvring his allied enemies he is no...
- Ep 13
13.Eisenhower
5.030-04-20131hIke's public image is frequently overshadowed by more attention-grabbing colleagues. Cases in point: General Patton, his World War 2 subordinate; and JFK, his successor as Presiden...
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