WWII in Color: Road to Victory - Season 1
1 - Dunkirk
Air Date: December 22, 2021
In May 1940, a German offensive traps the British on the French coast, but a heroic civilian effort evacuates the troops and inspires an entire nation.
2 - The Battle of the Atlantic
Air Date: December 22, 2021
U-boat "wolf packs" ravage Allied convoys early in the war, but ingenuity, new technology and a bit of luck help the Allies turn the tide by 1943.
3 - The Invasion of North Africa
Air Date: December 22, 2021
In late 1942, America enters the war in North Africa, where the British have been battling the Germans and Italians for control of the Suez Canal.
4 - The Battle of Kursk
Air Date: December 22, 2021
Desperate for a victory in the East, Germany attacks toward Kursk in the summer of 1943 and triggers a monumental tank battle with the Soviet Union.
5 - The Invasion of Italy
Air Date: December 22, 2021
Hoping for a swift victory, Allied armies invade Italy in September 1943, but the fighting quickly grinds down to a bloody, months long campaign.
6 - The Liberation of Paris
Air Date: December 22, 2021
Paris suffers under German occupation throughout the war, until Resistance fighters within the city rise up to drive them out in August 1944.
7 - The Battle of the Philippine Sea
Air Date: December 22, 2021
In June 1944, a monumental battle between American and Japanese aircraft carriers in the Philippine Sea turns the tide in the Pacific.
8 - Iwo Jima
Air Date: December 22, 2021
In early 1945, US Marines invade Iwo Jima and face an appallingly bloody battle for control of the island, to the dismay of the public back home.
9 - The Race for Berlin
Air Date: December 22, 2021
Angling for power in the postwar world, Stalin tricks the Allies — and his own generals — to ensure the Red Army wins the race to Berlin in April 1945.
10 - Okinawa
Air Date: December 22, 2021
US forces invade Okinawa in April 1945, and months of fighting and dreadful casualties persuade Truman to drop the bomb on Hiroshima and Nagasaki.