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The war of 1870/71 with the subsequent annexation of Alsace and parts of Lorraine, the First and Second World Wars and the German occupation of France testify to the difficult relationship between the French and the Germ
The film initially depicts the emptiness and hopelessness of the first days and weeks, but soon public life is more or less organized again. The years 1946/47 are entirely focused on reconstruction. In 1948, the conflict
On 1 April 1945, U.S. forces invaded the Japanese home island of Okinawa. It was the largest joint amphibious assault mounted during World War II in the Pacific Theater. The invasion of Okinawa was the culmination of thr
In the final days of World War II, a 15-year-old boy grappling with survivor's guilt watches a rural Japanese community quietly fracture under the heavy emotional tolls of war.
This Berlin documentary shows in impressive flashbacks to the post-war period and with film footage from the 1990s the transformation of the city of Berlin after 1945 and after German reunification. Color aerial footage
“Okinawa 1945: Typhoon of Steel” is the second in a two-part series covering Operation ICEBERG and the U.S. Tenth Army’s securing of Okinawa. This documentary follows the actions of the invading U.S. forces against the f
Cologne is the largest city that the G.I.s will take during the war. Nazi propaganda has declared the city to be defended to the last cartridge. Witness the US troops first hand on their advance from the outskirts of the
July 1945. War‑exhausted Japan groans under the heel of a brutal military regime. Young journalist Saeki struggles to cling to a fading sense of justice. Writer Yoshida slowly loses his convictions to the darkness of unq
This programme illustrates the development of the German navy from 1914 to the end of 1945 in a documentary way never attempted before and includes rare film footage in both colour and black and white. The bonus material
Hilversum Occupied and Liberated, 1940-1945 is a film that gives an impressive look at the daily life of Hilversumers during the German occupation. Special attention is given to the exuberant way in which the inhabitants
Modern weapons- techniques and military strategies determined since times the performance and the outcome of wars. In the center of weapon-related innovations stood - at latest since the wars in emplaced and fortified po
In Germany the Kriegsmarine played no role for many centuries. It was not until Kaiser Wilhelm II built a fleet of his own to protect the German colonies and defend against a British naval blockade. Being hopelessly unde
A 1945 documentary celebrating the 40 year anniversary of Norway's King Haakon VII.
Everyone knows everyone in little Vallø, where the Nazis control the country's only oil refinery. Just before the end of the war, 100 Allied bombers appear.
Coverage of the Danish election on October 30, 1945 - after the German occupation of Denmark in WWII. A crowd of 50.000 people have gathered at Rådhuspladsen (Central City Square) in Copenhagen to hear the voting result.
Not much film stock, an inspired camera, a meditation on time, period songs: using contemporary images, shot at a time when the broken city was starting to heal its wounds, Jean Rouch recalls his impressions in Berlin im
The complete series of documentaries about the events of World War II + film NUREMBERG. - Nazism and the conquests of the Germans (140 min): Escalation of war, which starts with the advent of Nazism and Hitler's expansi
A World War II documentary about the Battle for Manila that calls to attention the psychological effects of the war that still affect Philippine culture and society today, told from the perspective of survivors, veterans