1 Season
24 Episode
World War II: Battlefield Europe - Season 1 Episode 7 The Battle of Britain-and the Blitz
The world today is a product of the second world war in too many ways to count.
Study the strategic decisions during one of the most dramatic chapters in World War II: the Battle of Britain. Why did Britain keep fighting from a seemingly hopeless position? Why did Hitler attempt to use air power to drive Britain out of the war? How did the island nation eventually deliver Hitler his first real failure?
- Year : 2020
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- Genre : Documentary
- Studio : The Great Courses
- Keyword : germany, france, europe, world war ii, soviet union, joseph stalin, franklin delano roosevelt, benito mussolini, d-day, north africa, battle of britain, military history, blitzkrieg, world history, adolf hitler, winston churchill, nazi germany, fdr, united states, harry s. truman, holocaust, u boat, second world war, battle of moscow, fall of france, operation barbarossa, battle of stalingrad, dwight david eisenhower, charles de gaulle
- Director : David R. Stone, PhD
- Cast : David R. Stone, PhD