List of episodes of the series «Greatest Events of World War II in Colour»

Blitzkrieg

• User score: 8
• Episode number: 1
• Episode duration: 50 min.
• Episode description:
  The Lightning War was one of the most extraordinary events of the Second World War. Now, expertly restored footage from around the world shows the story in a new light.

Battle of Britain

• User score: 8.1
• Episode number: 2
• Episode duration: 50 min.
• Episode description:
  In 1940, France has fallen and Hitler orders Operation Sealion: the invasion of Great Britain. Rare, expertly-restored footage tells the story in a new light.

Pearl Harbor

• User score: 7.9
• Episode number: 3
• Episode duration: 50 min.
• Episode description:
  Japan's attack on Pearl Harbor was one of the greatest gambles in military history. Rare, expertly-restored footage recounts the extraordinary event.

Battle of Midway

• User score: 8.1
• Episode number: 4
• Episode duration: 50 min.
• Episode description:
  Expertly-restored colour footage retells the dramatic story of a Japanese attack on the US-held Pacific island of Midway which triggers an extraordinary chain of events.

Siege of Stalingrad

• User score: 8.4
• Episode number: 5
• Episode duration: 51 min.
• Episode description:
  The battle of Stalingrad was one of the bloodiest of the entire war and turned the tide for the Germans. Colourised footage retells the dramatic story.

D-Day

• User score: 8
• Episode number: 6
• Episode duration: 50 min.
• Episode description:
  The D-Day invasion fleet was the largest in history and one of the most audacious events of WWII. But landing was just the beginning, as rare footage reveals.

The Battle of the Bulge

• User score: 7.7
• Episode number: 7
• Episode duration: 50 min.
• Episode description:
  High on cocaine, Hitler hatched a daring plan to change the course of the war. Colourised archive depicts the Germans’ artillery barrage against the Allies.

Firestorm Over Dresden

• User score: 7.9
• Episode number: 8
• Episode duration: 51 min.
• Episode description:
  Pushing for a German surrender, Allied forces firebomb the city of Dresden, killing thousands of civilians and unleashing a storm of controversy.

Buchenwald Liberation

• User score: 7.9
• Episode number: 9
• Episode duration: 50 min.
• Episode description:
  Hitler's rise to power led to the slaughter of millions as concentration camps revealed the Nazi empire's true evil. Rarely-seen archive recounts the atrocities.

Hiroshima

• User score: 7.1
• Episode number: 10
• Episode duration: 50 min.
• Episode description:
  The final hours of WWII changed the course of history with President Truman's fateful decision to use the deadliest weapon ever created: the atom bomb.