Line of Fire (2002)

Episodes

1. 1 1. Arnhem (1944)2002-12-31 · 45mThis is the story of 'Operation Market-Garden', the code name of the offensive which was supposed to bring the Allies victory before the end of 1944. Despite the bravery of the All
2. 2 2. El Alamein (1942)2002-12-31 · 45mIn 1942, after a crushing defeat in France and the loss of Singapore to Japan, British forces produced Germany's first major defeat at El Alamein, in northwestern Egypt. It was an
3. 3 3. Normandy (1944)2002-12-31 · 45mView the famous D-Day landings of 1944 from the ships of the Allied invasion fleet and from the positions of the German army as it tried desperately to defend the beaches of Norman
4. 4 4. Monte Cassino2002-12-31 · 45mThe controversial battle waged by American and Polish troops to gain ground around the Italian monastery of Monte Cassino.
5. 5 5. Stalingrad2002-12-31 · 45mThe bitter, bloody and inhuman struggle for Stalingrad was the turning point of the war on the Eastern Front and a pivotal moment of World War Two. Germany's defeat there signalled
6. 6 6. Battle of Berlin (1945)2002-12-31 · 45mExperience the terrible final battle for Berlin in 1945 from the perspective of the attacking Red Army and the positions of the shattered German forces that made a final desperate
7. 7 7. The Kaiser's Battle (1918)2002-12-31 · 45mThe great German spring offensive of 1918 was the Kaiser's last attempt to make a decisive breakthrough during World War I. For a time, it seemed it would succeed, but the attack p
8. 8 8. Battle of the Bulge2002-12-31 · 45mDiscover why the last major German offensive of World War Two so nearly succeeded and how heroic defensive actions by American GIs thwarted their plans.
9. 9 9. Goose Green (1982)2002-12-31 · 45mThe fight at Goose Green in May 1982 was the most famous battle of the Falklands War, which saw British and Argentine troops struggle for control of the Falkland Islands. In the wa
10. 10 10. The Fall of Port Stanley (1982)2002-12-31 · 45mJune 1982 saw the final battles of the Falklands War. For the servicemen of the British Task Force, the campaign to defeat a determined enemy had been difficult and costly, but now
11. 11 11. The Six Day War (1967)2002-12-31 · 45mThe 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 Strai
12. 12 12. The Gulf War (1990)2002-12-31 · 45mOn August 3rd 1990, Iraq, under its ferocious dictator Saddam Hussein, invaded Kuwait, its oil-rich neighbour. Not long out of a war with Iran, Iraq badly under-estimated the react