Narrow Escapes of WWII - part2

Genre:.....................WWII Documentary
Language:.................English - No Subs
Picture:...................B&W - Colour
Runtime:..................45mins
Size:........................368Mb

The Amiens Raid.
Amazing wartime tales. A gripping account of one of the most daring raids of WWII - the squadron of low-flying bombers who freed Resistance fighters from Amiens Jail.

Narrow Escapes of WWII - part1

Genre:.....................WWII Documentary
Language:.................English - No Subs
Picture:...................B&W - Colour
Runtime:..................44mins
Size:........................363Mb

Wingate and the Chindits.
Amazing feats of wartime heroism. The Chindits were the army's elite jungle troops who beat the Japanese in a daring mission. Hear their jaw-dropping story.

Triple Cross

Genre:.....................WWII Film
Language:.................English - No Subs
Picture:...................Colour
Runtime:..................2Hr01mins
Size:........................1.45Gb

Christopher Plummer is a British safecracker imprisoned on the channel islands at the outbreak of WWII. When the Germans move in, he offers to work for them if they set him free. The Germans buy his story and send him to England, but once there he offers his services to the British as a double agent.

Double Agent - the Eddie Chapman story

Genre:.....................WWII Documentary
Language:.................English - No Subs
Picture:...................Colour - B&W
Runtime:..................59mins
Size:........................483Mb

The gripping true story of Britain's most extraordinary wartime double agent, Eddie Chapman. A notorious safe-breaker before the war, Chapman duped the Germans so successfully that he was awarded their highest decoration, the Iron Cross. He remains the only British citizen ever to win one. Including remarkable and newly discovered footage from an interview Chapman gave three years before
his death in 1997.

the Night of the Generals

Genre:.....................WWII Film
Language:.................English - No Subs
Picture:...................Colour
Runtime:..................2Hr18mins
Size:........................696Mb

Military Intelligence officer Major Grau investigates the brutal murder of a Warsaw prostitute in this mystery set during World War II. Grau's only clue is that the murderer was wearing the uniform of a Nazi general. The three suspects include Gabler, who fears his harridan wife more than anything, the icy General Tanz and the scheming, resourceful General Kahlenberge. Grau is suspicious when he is taken off the case, but he does his own investigating when the suspects are gathered in Paris two years later. He enlists the help of Inspector Morand , a resistance sympathizer with whom Grau forms an alliance.

Operation Jericho

Genre:.....................WWII Documentary
Language:.................English - No Subs
Picture:...................Colour - B&W
Runtime:..................59mins
Size:........................643Mb

On the morning of 18 February 1944, a squadron of RAF Mosquito bombers, flying as low as three metres over occupied France, demolished the walls of Amiens Jail in what became known as Operation Jericho. The reasons behind the controversial raid remain a mystery to this day.This dramatic documentary investigates the missing pieces of the story, with interviews from survivors and aircrew, and tries to find out why the raid was ordered and by whom.

Operation Crossbow

Genre:.....................WWII Documentary
Language:.................English - No Subs
Picture:...................Colour - B&W
Runtime:..................59mins
Size:........................693Mb

This film brings together the heroic Spitfire pilots who took the photographs and the brilliant minds of RAF Medmenham that made sense of the jigsaw of clues hidden in the photos. Hitler was pumping a fortune into his new-fangled V weapons in the hope they could win him the war. But Medmenham had a secret weapon of its own, a simple stereoscope which brought to life every contour of the enemy landscape in perfect 3D.

the First World War from above

Genre:.....................WWI Documentary
Language:.................English - No Subs
Picture:...................Colour - B&W
Runtime:..................59mins
Size:........................731Mb

The story of the Great War told from a unique new aerial perspective. Featuring two remarkable historical finds, including a piece of archive footage filmed from an airship in summer 1919, capturing the trenches and battlefields in a way that's rarely been seen before. Also features aerial photographs taken by First World War pilots - developed for the first time in over ninety years - that show not only the devastation inflicted during the fighting, but also quirks and human stories visible only from above.

Surviving Hitler

Genre:.....................WWII Documentary
Language:.................English - No Subs
Picture:...................B&W - Colour
Runtime:..................54mins
Size:........................729Mb

A Jewish teenager and an injured soldier join a doomed plot to kill Hitler. They face almost certain death, yet luck and love shine upon them as they outwit Nazi terror and become the first couple married in post-war Berlin. Narrated by the former teenager herself and featuring the original footage shot by her sweetheart, their story would sound like a pitch for a Hollywood blockbuster were it not all true. A harrowing tale of war, resistance, love and survival - and, miraculously, a happy ending.

the Germans are coming

Genre:.....................WWII Documentary
Language:.................English - English Subs
Picture:...................Colour - B&W
Runtime:..................44mins
Size:........................358Mb

Using first-hand testimony and government films, this film looks at how us nervous Brits braced ourselves for invasion during World War II and the methods used to defend our shores.

Nazi Grand Prix

Genre:.....................Documentary
Language:.................English - No Subs
Picture:...................Colour - B&W
Runtime:..................47mins
Size:........................405Mb

Nazi Grand Prix brings to life the remarkable tale of Richard Seaman, a young English aristocrat whose passion for auto racing guaranteed him a spot in history’s archives. This compelling, one-hour special shows how British intelligence agents searched the City of Stuttgart for Germany’s industrial secrets. Blueprints found served as reminders of how the lure of German engineering ensnared one of Britain’s most talented drivers. With the help of rare archive footage, racing historians and former racing drivers, Nazi Grand Prix recounts Seaman’s fascinating story.

My father was a Nazi Commandant

Genre:.....................WWII Documentary
Language:.................English - No Subs
Picture:...................Colour - B&W
Runtime:..................49mins
Size:........................489Mb

The story of a young woman grappling with the terrible legacy left by her Nazi father. Amon Goeth was a prominent Nazi leader and commandant of the Plaszow concentration camp. Utterly ruthless and sadistic, he murdered thousands of Jews and others during WWII. After seeing Ralph Fiennes's portrayal of him in
Schindler's List, Goeth's daughter Monika began a quest to come to terms with his evil legacy.

die Gustloff

Genre:.....................WWII Docu-Drama
Language:.................German - Dutch Subs
Picture:...................Colour
Runtime:..................1Hr42mins
Size:........................694Mb

On the bitter cold night of January 30th, 1945, the former KdF Cruise Liner Wilhelm Gustloff, at the time serving as a barracks ship for the Kriegsmarine, left from the Baltic port of Gotenhafen and set sail for the relative safety of the west, away from the advance of Soviet forces that were converging on the region.