Most of you will be well aware of HBO's critically acclaimed television mini-series Band of Brothers, well We Stand Alone Together serves as an epilogue of sorts to this. Through a number of interviews with the actual former soldiers who are depicted in "BoB" we learn first hand of the horror they experienced. The way this documentary is shot really captures the essence of perhaps being a young bo
Founded in 1925, the Schutzstaffel, German for “Protective Echelon,” initially served as Nazi Party leader Adolf Hitler’s personal bodyguards, and later became one of the most powerful and feared organizations in all of Nazi Germany.Heinrich Himmler, a fervent anti-Semite like Hitler, became head of the Schutzstaffel (SS), in 1929 and expanded the group’s role and size. Recruits, who had to prov
On May 1st 1945 allied forces overtook Hitler’s private mountain retreat in Bavaria.America’s OSS (office of strategic services) looking for evidence of Nazi war crimes uncovered a large archive of Hitlers private home movies.Without sound they were useless as evidence of war crimes and remained archived for years.Re-opened recently with the aid of 20th Century technology and skilled l
Years before the US went after Saddam Hussein, the White House had Manuel Noriega, another former ally, in its sights. In their Oscar-winning documentary, director Barbara Trent and writer/editor David Kasper (Cover Up: Behind the Iran Contra Affair) contrast media coverage of the 1989 invasion with expert testimony. The filmmakers backtrack to America’s turn-of-the-century takeover of the Panama
Episode 10: End Game With the end in sight, Okinawa is a bloody obstacle to victory. The Third Reich ends with a single gunshot. America delivers the final blow to Japan and the world celebrates the fall of the Axis.
Episode 3: Bloody Resolve The Marines assault Tarawa in one of the bloodiest battles yet waged. MacArthur island-hops and Italy’s front lines claim a casualty.
Afghan Heroin: The Lost War is a documentary which investigates how the war on terror in Afghanistan has unleashed heroin into the mainstream. Heroin is one of the most addictive drugs on Earth. Some 90 per cent of the drug is grown in Afghanistan and this hard hitting documentary investigates how the War on Terror has inadvertently unleashed a massive supply of the deadly drug. After the Wester
A film which tells the remarkable story of the people of South East Asia who fought three wars over three decades to gain their freedom using entirely original colour archive footage.
The story of the Arab-Israeli War of 1967, the echoes of which are still heard today in the middle east.In May of that year, Egypt, under President Nasser, blocked the Tiran Straits to Israeli shipping and began to gather huge numbers of troops in the Sinai Peninsula.At the same time King Hussein’s Jordan allowed Iraqi troops across her border. Israel was swift to respond to this turn of event