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The Century of Warfare (1993)
The Century of Warfare (1993)
DVDRip Multifiles l Video 720 x 540 l fps 25 l MP3 128 Kbps l English l 26 episodes + bonus l A&E Home Video l Release Date: June 24, 2003 l Run Time: 1350 minutes
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Ride into Aqaba with Lawrence of Arabia. Stand with Patton as his tanks lead the Allied breakout from the coast of Normandy. Patrol the nighttime jungles of Vietnam... A CENTURY OF WARFARE explores the pivotal battles, profiles the commanders and chronicles the myriad ways in which war has shaped the modern world. The 26 hour-long episodes in this monumental set feature an encyclopedic collection of archival film dating back to 1896, creating an unforgettable visual record of every major military engagement from the precursors of World War I to the liberation of Kuwait. THE HISTORY CHANNEL is proud to present this epic, landmark series, now available in its entirety and presented on DVD for the first time ever. DVD volumes:
Volume 1: (3 hours, 28 minutes):
--The Violent Century: THE CENTURY OF WARFARE opens with a look at the defining characteristics of modern war and the development of the weapons that revolutionized combat.
--The World Goes to War: Explore the factors that led to the outbreak of World War I and see why efforts to prevent the coming conflict failed.
--Blood and Mud: Harrowing photos and rare footage show the grim reality of trench warfare on the Western Front.
--War of the Eagles: Three empires clash on the Eastern Front, until the Russian Revolution topples the Czar and the nation withdraws from the fight.
Volume 2: (3 hours, 28 minutes)
--Battle Fleets and U-Boats: Naval warfare in World War I, from submarine attacks and supporting forces on land to the Battle of Jutland.
--Aces High: See how the plane became a weapon, fly with the pioneers of military aviation, and relive the exploits of legendary pilots like the Red Baron.
--War to End All War?: The entry of the United States helped bring World War I to a close, but the harsh conditions of the Versailles Treaty paved the way for a greater conflict to come.
--Enter the Dictators: The years between the World Wars were marked by the rise of totalitarian states in Europe and a growing militancy in the Far East.
Volume 3: (3 hours, 28 minutes)
--The War Clouds Gather: Conflicts in China, Spain and Africa presaged the horrors to come, while Hitler cemented his power and prepared for his bloody campaign of aggression.
--Blitzkrieg: Germany's invasion of Poland introduced the world to a new brand of warfare. Less than a year later, the fall of France left Britain to face Hitler essentially alone.
--Britain Stands Alone: The extraordinary heroism demonstrated by British citizens and soldiers and a vital lifeline from across the Atlantic kept England from falling into Nazi clutches.
--Sand and Sea War: In and around the Mediterranean, Monty battled Rommel, American doughboys got their first real combat experience, and the Italian campaign gave the Allies a foothold in Europe.
Volume 4: (3 hours, 28 minutes)
--Hitler Turns East: Operation Barbarossa--the largest land invasion ever mounted--sent 3 million German troops and 3,300 tanks into the Soviet Union.
--The Long Road Back: Defeated at Stalingrad and denied entry to Moscow, the Wehrmacht embarked on a two-year delaying action as it retreated to Germany.
--Normandy to the Rhine: Follow the preparations for D-Day and the course of the war in Europe after the successful invasion.
--The End in Europe: As Germany was squeezed in the vice of the Allied advance, the Big Three met at Yalta to plan for the aftermath of war.
Volume 5: (3 hours, 28 minutes)
--Oriental Blitzkrieg: Analyze the forces that drove Japan to war and relive the initial victories that gave the Imperial forces an air of invincibility.
--Jungle and Ocean: The American island-hopping campaign drove the Japanese from their Pacific strongholds, but it would take a weapon of a different order bring the war to an end.
--The War at Sea: This sweeping overview of World War II's naval engagements includes footage from Atlantic convoys, major Pacific battles and the amphibious landing at Normandy.
--Air War: Fly in a B-17 on a harrowing daylight bombing raid, see how British aviators staved off the Luftwaffe, and watch as carrier-based fighters battle Zeros in the skies over Midway.
Volume 6: (2 hours, 36 minutes)
--Iron Curtain: Divided at the end of World War II, Europe was a potential flashpoint for 40 years as the superpowers maintained an uneasy peace built on deterrence.
--Oriental Communism: From the withdrawal of the old Colonial powers to the conflict in Korea, instability, regional conflicts and the boiling over of Cold War tensions marked much of the 20th century in Asia.
--Wars in Peace: The perennial problems of civil war, terrorism and bilateral wars have taken on a new urgency in the years since the end of the Cold War, and the international community is struggling to deal with them.
Volume 7: (2 hours, 36 minutes)
--Vietnam: It was a war that proved that might and money do not lead inevitably to victory, and its harsh lessons forced America to rethink its role in the world.
--War in the Middle East: From Israel's continual battles to defend itself to inter-Arab squabbles and the role of oil, trace the many conflicts that have shaken this tumultuous region.
--Gulf War and the Future: The Allied victory over Iraq showed showcased a new generation of weapons and tactics, but evolving threats--particularly from weapons of mass destruction--require a new approach to deterrence. |
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Episode 1 - The Violent Century 1900 - 1992
- This first program looks at the background to the wars which have convulsed our planet, and technological advances which have transformed warfare. From the Boer War to the Gulf War From Cavalry to the main Battle Tank From Biplane Fighters to the Stealth Bomber From the Battleship to the Trident Submarine |
Episode 2 - The World Goes to War 1900 - 1914
- This programme describes the world of Monarchies and Empires with which our century opened, and the few swift weeks in which this descended into a conflict which affected every part of the world. * Imperial Rivalries * HMS Dreadnought and the Naval Race * Kaiser, Czar, King and Emperor * Assassination at Sarajevo * The Miracle of the Marne |
Episode 3 - Blood and Mud - Trench Warfare in the West 1914 - 1918
- The program tells the story of bloody campaigns in northern France, the nature of trench warfare, and the weapons with which the stalemate was finally broken. The Massacre of the Innocents Stalemate at Verdun Carnage on the Somme The Development of the Tank |
Episode 4 - War of the Eagles - The Eastern Front 1914 - 1917
- This program describes a titanic struggle - the ‘other side’ of WWI. It was a campaign which would eventually descend into the turmoil of the Russian revolution and the collapse of three empires. Disaster at Tannenberg The Russian ‘Steamroller’ The Bolsheviks seize Power Mountain Warfare in Italy |
Episode 5 - Battle Fleets and U-Boats - Naval Warfare 1914 - 1918
- This program shows how the mighty battlefleets clashed and how naval warfare was revolutionised by the success of new weapons such as the submarine. The Dreadnought Revolution Battlefleets clash at Jutland Scourge of the U-Boat aces Q-Ships and Convoys |
Episode 6 - Aces High - Air Warfare 1914 - 1918
- This program looks at the types of aircraft which brought about this revolution, the men who flew them, and the tactics they used. Zeppelins over London Von Richthofen and his Flying CircusLong-Range Bombers The Development of the Aircraft Carrier |
Episode 7 - War to End All War? 1918 and the Aftermath
- Once the German Stormtroops failed to achieve a swift breakthrough, their country collapsed into turmoil, and the world faced the problems of ensuring lasting peace. Stormtroop Tactics Breaking the Hindenburg Line The Campaigns in the Middle East and Africa Civil War in Russia The Treaty of Versailles |
Episode 8 - Enter the Dictators 1920 - 1935
- This program shows how early optimism was dashed by the economic collapse, and how new and sinister forces arose which would soon engulf the world again. Stalin versus Trotsky Mussolini and the March on Rome The Nazis seize Power Japan overruns Manchuria |
Episode 9 - The War Clouds Gather 1935 - 1939
- This program looks at the tidal wave of violence and aggression which carried the world into another major conflagration. Mussolini invades Abyssinia Massacre at Nanking The Bombing of Guernica Rise of the Luftwaffe The Rape of Czechoslovakia |
Episode 10 - Blitzkrieg! 1939 - 1940
- This program shows how the German Panzers and Stukas unleashed a new form of warfare which proved devastating, swiftly overrunning Norway, Denmark, France, and the Low Countries. Cavalry versus Tanks The Maginot Line The Luftwaffe Triumphant Panzers drive to the Channel |
Episode 11 - Britain Stands Alone 1940 - 1941
- This program tells of the desperate aerial battle in which British pilots dashed Nazi hoped of total victory, and how the long fight back began. Operation Sealion The Battle of Britain Sinking the Bismarck The First Commando Raids |
Episode 12 - Sand and Sea War - War in the Mediterranean 1941 - 1944
- This program shows how Britain’s desperate struggle to keep open her lifeline to the East developed into direct assault against “the soft underbelly of the Axis”. Desert Rats versus the Afrika Korps The Mediterranean Convoys Breakthrough at El Alamein The Torch Landings The Race to Rome |
Episode 13 - Hitler Turns East - Eastern Front 1941 - 1943
- This program shows how, despite startling initial successes, the German war machine was fought to a standstill by the Red Army. How Russia was invaded The Panzer thrusts The Red Army fights back Disaster at Stalingrad |
Episode 14 - The Long Road Back - Eastern Front 1943 - 1945
- This program describes how the Red Army was able to liberate German-occupied Russia and then grind forward to the gates of Berlin. Kursk, the greatest Tank Battle of the WWII Discovering the secrets of the Concentration Camps Tigers and Panthers versus T-34 Artillery - ‘The God of War’ |
Episode 15 - Normandy to the Rhine - Western Front 1942 - 1945
- This program shows how D-Day was planned and executed and how the Allied forces were able to drive German forces back to their last major defence - the River Rhine. Fortress Europe D-Day Breakout from Normandy Paratroops at Arnhem The Battle of the Bulge |
Episode 16 - The End in Europe - Eastern and Western Fronts 1945
- This program describes the death throes of Hitler’s empire, and the massive task of rebuilding a shattered continent which faced the victors. V-Bomb Blitz on London The Battle for Berlin Liberating the Concentration Camps The Death of Hitler Germany in Defeat |
Episode 17 - Oriental Blitzkrieg - Pacific Theatre 1939 - 1942
- This program looks at the extraordinary speed which the Japanese humbled the Western powers and the equally extraordinary swiftness which the US recovered and began to fight back. A Day of Infamy at Pearl Harbor The Fall of Singapore Clash of the Carrier Fleets Showdown at Midway The Marines on Guadalcanal |
Episode 18 - Jungle and Ocean - Pacific Theatre 1943 - 1945
- This program centres on the harrowing and bloody campaigns that led to final victory in the Second World War. The Great Marianas Turkey Shoot Japanese Suicide Missions The Battle for Iwo Jima The Allied Campaigns in Burma The Manhattan Project |
Episode 19 - The War at Sea 1939 - 1945
- The strategy employed by the opposing Navies as they wrestled for dominance over the seas, and how the aircraft carrier and submarine took over from the battleship as the principal Naval weapon. The Sinking of the Bismarck The Battle of the Philippine Sea The U-Boat Wolf Packs Amphibious Landings |
Episode 20 - The Air War - 1939 - 1945
- This program charts the desperate race between the warring nations to develop ever faster and more deadly aircraft and the story of the scientists who built them and the heroes who flew them. The Blitzkrieg Campaigns The Bouncing Bomb Operation Pointblank The Grand Slam The Atomic Bomb The London Blitz |
Episode 21 - The Iron Curtain - Cold War 1946 - 1989
- This program charts the almost suicidal growth of strategic forces and nuclear arsenals in both the East and West, and the challenges these ‘deterrents’ were to pose to the leaders of the world’s superpowers. Judgement at Nuremberg The Berlin Airlift Cuban Missile Crisis The Berlin Wall Star Wars |
Episode 22 - Oriental Communism 1946-1989
- Mao’s victory led to more than 30 years of struggle, as the last colonial powers were ejected from Asia. The Communists then fought for Korea and Indo-China. Mao Tse-Tung Seizes Power Surrender at Dien Bien Phu North Korean Blitzkrieg The Sacking of General MacArthur Mao’s Cultural Revolution |
Episode 23 - Wars in Peace 1945 - 1989
- This program looks at the amazing range of flashpoints in a supposedly peaceful world, which have caused such savagery and tragic loss of human life. The Mau Mau De Gaulle and the OAS Operation Grand Slam Retaking the Falklands The Football War Grenada and Panama |
Episode 24 - Vietnam 1955 - 1989
- The American involvement in the Vietnam War eventually ended in disillusionment and disaster, as well as Vietnam’s subsequent overthrow of Pol Pot’s brutal Khmer Rouge regime in Cambodia. The Tonkin Incident US Bombing of North Vietnam The Tet Offensive Massacre at My Lai The Killing Fields |
Episode 25 - War in the Middle East 1946 - 1989
- This program describes the course of the conflict between Arab and Jew, the rise of Islamic Fundamentalism, and the long war of attrition between Iran and Iraq. The Saga of the Exodus Suez 1956 PLO Terrorism The Yom Kippur War 1973 Bloody Beirut |
Episode 26 - Gulf War and the Future
- This program covers the Gulf War and its aftermath and the Balkans. It examines the threats, some new and others old, which make the world an uncertain place... Tomahawks over Baghdad Carnage on the Basra Road The Soviet Monolith Breaks Up Bloodshed in The Balkans Stealth Weaponry |
| Bonus Video l The Violent Century |
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