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Twentieth Century Battlefields

20071 Season60m episodes8.5

Documentary, War & Politics

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Runtime: 60m episodes
Genre: Documentary
Origin: GB

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Father-and-son team Peter and Dan Snow embark on an epic journey to describe battles that transformed the 20th century. Known for its extensive use of "sand table" CGI effects to help viewers visualize the battles.

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Status: Ended
First aired: Jun 4, 2007
Network: BBC Two
Studio: BBC, The Military Channel

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8 hrs

8 episodes. About 2 weeks at an hour a night.

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Peter Snow

Self - Presenter

Dan Snow

Self - Presenter

SERIES

Twentieth Century Battlefields

20071 Season60m episodes8.5

Documentary, War & Politics

TMDB8.5

Votes2

Your rating

Runtime: 60m episodes
Genre: Documentary
Origin: GB

About

Where to watch

Region

Not available to stream in United States yet.

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E1 · Airs Jun 4, 2007 · 59m
1918 Western Front
The British army used new tactics to break the Germans and fought the biggest tank battle yet seen to achieve decisive victory. The Snows visit the scarred terrain of the Western Front in Northern France to tell the story of the 1918 Battle of Amiens.
E2 · Airs Jun 11, 2007 · 59m
1942 Midway
It was the birth of a new type of sea warfare where bombers did all the damage, and enemy ships wouldn't even see each other. The Snows fly to the middle of the Pacific Ocean to recount the battle of Midway.
E3 · Airs Jun 18, 2007 · 59m
1942 Stalingrad
While Soviet citizens held on for life in the shattered city, Hitler's army froze to death in the countryside. The Snows travel to Russia to tell the story of Stalingrad - one of the most epic battles of World War II.
E4 · Airs Jun 25, 2007 · 59m
1951 Korea
American landings at Inchon were one of the largest amphibious attacks in history, and a few hundred British soldiers on the banks of the Imjin river stemmed a tide of thousands of attacking Chinese. The Snows journey to the border between North and South Korea to examine two important engagements of the Korean War - a war between Communist and Nationalist forces that embroiled soldiers from around the world, and remains unsettled more than 50 years on.
E5 · Airs Jul 2, 2007 · 59m
1968 Vietnam
Communist fighters launched major attacks from a claustrophobic network of tunnels, and US marines had to flush them out. The Snows explore the Tet Offensive of 1968, the turning point of the Vietnam War.
E6 · Airs Jul 9, 2007 · 59m
1973 Middle East
In Egypt's 1973 surprise attack on Israel, thousands of soldiers and hundreds of tanks crossed the Suez Canal and pushed into the Sinai desert, using the latest technology to stop Israeli tanks in their tracks. The Snows travel to Israel to unpack the complex history of conflict in the Middle East that culminated in the Yom Kippur War.
E7 · Airs Jul 16, 2007 · 59m
1982 Falklands
Night-fighting and air support proved crucial when Argentina invaded the Falkland Islands in 1982 - the last battle on British territory. The Snows fly 8,000 miles to the South Atlantic to tell the story of how the British Task Force fought back to regain control.
E8 · Airs Jul 23, 2007 · 59m
1991 Gulf
Allied air forces deployed revolutionary new technology like stealth bombers and precision-guided bombs while ground troops prepared for the possibility of Iraqi gas attacks. The Snows go to Kuwait to tell the story of Operation Desert Storm - a war dominated by cutting-edge technology and ruthless political calculation.

Details

Status: Ended
First aired: Jun 4, 2007
Network: BBC Two
Studio: BBC, The Military Channel

Time to finish

8 hrs

8 episodes. About 2 weeks at an hour a night.

View on IMDb ↗

Cast

Peter Snow

Self - Presenter

Dan Snow

Self - Presenter

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