War At Sea: Naval Battles and Vessels Of World War Two (Box Set) (6 Disk) |
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Fullscreen 1.33:1 (4:3)
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Disc 1 - Great Sea Battles Of World War Two
The mid 1930's saw Germany rebuilding her fleets, defying the Versailles Treaty as Hitler planned to encircle Britain with his Kriegsmarine. Within hours of war's declaration, a U-boat had claimed its first victim in an underwater reign of terror that struck merchantman and warship alike. By April 1940, Germany had sunk one million tons of Allied shipping. The entrance of Mussolini's Italy shifted the balance of power in the Mediterranean. However the course of NAval warfare was changed in 1941 when torpedo bombers from HMS Illustrious decimated the Italian fleet at anchor in Taranto. The surprise attack on Pearl Harbour on 7th December 1941 dwarfed Taranto, with 19 warships and 190 aircraft lost and 22,500 dead. Sea power proved crucial in the Pacific. The Battle of the Coral Sea was decisive in denying Japan a gateway to Australia and was a naval first - opposing forces, launching air attacks 120 miles apart, were never in sight of each other. After the US strike on Midway, there was no doubting the tide had turned. The era of the battleship had long gone: the aircraft carrier was now the undisputed master of Naval warfare.
Disc 2 - Battleships At War
The battleship reigned supreme in naval warfare from the start of this century to 1945 - and though only the Dardanelles and Jutland saw action in World War I, German rearmament ensured the heavily armed queens of the seas would play a major part in the second conflict. The royal navy won early successes: the mighty Graff Spee was scuttled off south Mediterranean, crushing Italy at Cape Matapan. Battleships later played a leading role in North Africa, Sicily, Italy and D-Day landings as floating weapons platforms pounding shore-based enemy positions.
Disc 3 - Great German Battleships of World War Two
Germany's Kriegsmarine will perhaps be best known for the devastating effect her U-boats had on the Allied Naval and merchant shipping during World War Two. However, her surface fleet also boasted an impressive array of military hardware, with legendary names such as the Bismarck and the Tirpitz. Rare archive footage, interviews with German ex-Naval officers and seaman tell the story of these floating fortresses.
Disc 4 - U Boat War
They were the only thing that really frightened. So said the usually steadfast Winston Churchill of the German Navy's U-boat fleet - the dreaded wolf pack which stalked the Atlantic depths, bringing instant death to merchantman and warship alike. A decade of secret rebuilding had brought forth capital ships like Scharnhorst, Gneisenau and Prinz Eugen - names to strike fear into any allied seafarer. But it was from under water that the biggest threat was to come. The U-Boat captains were the equivalent of Luftwaffe aces - ruthless, cunning and ice-cool under pressure.
Disc 5 - The Battle Of Midway
A ferocious battle fought between the Japanese and United States Carrier Fleets, which proved to be one of the most decisive victories and a major turning point for America in the war in the Pacific. The Japanese lost four of their powerful carriers and from that point on, no longer able to risk a major fleet-versus-fleet action, went on the defensive. By the time they had recovered enough to rebuild their fleet, American power had mobilized into the unstoppable force that Japan had so feared.
Disc 6 - Carrier Battles Of WW2
An account of all the fleet-versus-fleet actions during the conflict, when the world's largest navies sent their flagship aircraft carriers and their carrier borne aircraft into battle with one another. Most of these battles were fought with neither side ever coming into visual contact with each other. Most of these battles were fought with neither side ever coming into visual contact with each other. Battles fought between the allied British and American carriers against the Japanese Imperial Fleet. Battles such as the Coral Sea, Midway and Marianas Turkey Shoot. |
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