1917 - The Second Battle of the Aisne

Documentary

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Dec 31, 2015

Monday, April 16th, 1917, 6:00 AM, spring is slow to come in the North of France, a cold rain drowns the Chemin des Dames. It will soon snow all over the Aisne Department.

Full Episodes

Season 1, 10 episodes

Season 1

1944 - Ardennes' Battle/Battle of the Bulge,

It is in the heart of the Ardennes massif that will take place, one of the bloodiest battles of the Second World War.

54m Dec 31, 2015

D-Day 1944, 101st & 82nd Airborne, Victory's Angels,

June 5th, 1944, 9:30 PM. 13,348 men from two American parachute divisions, the 82nd and the 101st Airborne in nearly 1,000 aircraft will take off to Normandy.

1h 28m Dec 31, 2015

1944 - Hedgerow Hell,

June 6, 1944. Operation Overlord was a colossal undertaking. 150,000 Allied Forces landed on five beaches in Normandy, France. It was the first phase in the liberation of Western Europe.

60m Dec 31, 2014

1944 - The Liberation of Paris,

August 26th, 1944, General de Gaulle has just returned to Paris. For the inhabitants of the capital, this is deliverance after four years of occupation. In ten days of combat, 1,000 resistant fell.

60m Dec 31, 2014

1944 - Hitler Youth Strike Back,

June 6, 1944, at dawn, 156,000 men are preparing to disembark with five objectives on the Normandy coast. This is Operation Overlord.

55m Dec 31, 2015

A Century of Tanks,

April 16, 1917, for the first time in history, French tanks fight their way through the black sludge of Chemin des Dames. One year before, in October, British tanks tried their luck in Somme.

1h 36m Dec 31, 2015

1916 - Battle of Verdun,

Verdun, February 21st, 1916. It is here that the most emblematic battle of the First World War will take place.

1h 5m Dec 31, 2015

1917 - The Second Battle of the Aisne,

Monday, April 16th, 1917, 6:00 AM, spring is slow to come in the North of France, a cold rain drowns the Chemin des Dames. It will soon snow all over the Aisne Department.

1h 9m Dec 31, 2015

1940 - Storm Over the Alps,

The Alps Front, June 1940. A handful of French soldiers are about to face a flood of 300,000 Italians. Everywhere in France, you see defeat. The Government fled to Bordeaux on June 14th.

1h 1m Dec 31, 2014

1942 - The Dieppe Raid,

Dieppe 1942, the mention of this name and date is enough to recall the sinister memory of an allied raid composed essentially of Canadian troops.

57m Dec 31, 2014