8 DVD BOX SET: WORLD WAR 2 ***BRAND NEW***
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8 DVD BOX SET - Gift Collection 100% ORIGINAL, BRAND NEW & SEALED IN ORIGINAL PACAKGING
A combination of fascinating documentary and authentic WWII footage. The series traces the war from it's conception in Germany in the 1930's, through to the dropping of the Atomic bomb on Nagasaki and Hiroshima, which ultimately proved to signal the end of the war. 
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 | DISC 1: THE NAZIS STRIKE The Nazis come to power as Hitler imposes dictatorship on Germany. They march on Austria, Czechoslovakia and Poland. With appeasement as the only defence, WWII becomes inevitable.
|  | DISC 2: DIVIDE & CONQUER The German war machine continues its march through Europe, Denmark and Norway fall. France's Maginot Line crumbles and the country is conquered. The British Army is defeated at Dunkirk and the Low Countries are added to the list of Nazi possessions. |
 | DISC 3: THE BATTLE OF BRITAIN Exciting newsreel footage highlights this documentary. As the British people fight bravely, Hitler orders the Luftwaffe to begin the London Blitz in the hope of bringing England to her knees. |  | DISC 4: THE BATTLE OF RUSSIA This exciting documentary begins with a brief history of Russian wars before moving into WW2 and the invading Nazis, using incredible newsreel footage of the actual fighting. The Nazis are victorious at Moscow and Leningrad but are defeated at Stalingrad. |
 | DISC 5: PRELUDE TO WAR A look at the contrasts between free societies and totalitarian governments. A picture of the development of the dictatorships in Germany, Italy and Japan. The rise of Nazism, Italy's conquest of Ethiopia and Japan's conquest of Manchuria. |  | DISC 6: WAR COMES TO AMERICA The author Frank Capra views the USA's histry and its reaction to the terrifying events "across the ocean" and its change in feelings from "America first" isolationism, to involvement in the fight against the Axis. |
 | DISC 7: FURY IN THE PACIFIC December 7, 1941. "The date that will live in infamy." It is the day of the early morning surprise attack upon the Honolulu-based American fleet by the Japanese. Some 2,400 men died that morning as six out of eight ships plunged into the watery depths below. |  | DISC 8: HIROSHIMA AND NAGASAKI The tragic story of the atomic bombing of two Japanese islands during World War 2 and the death of half a million people and two cities in a split second flash.
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WORLD WAR II