World War II In Colour
World War II In Colour is a TV show on Channel 5. A collection of rare and unseen footage of World War II brought to life in colour. The program has been available since 2024. A total of 8 episodes have been broadcast, most recently in May 2024.
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1:05:00World War II In Colour
This episode highlights the diminishing power of German forces in the east as the might of the Red Army swept Hitler's forces out of Russia.
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1:05:00With their armies fully engaged on the battlegrounds, the Allied and Axis powers focused their efforts to develop new weapons and new strategies to deliver a knockout blow to the enemy and bring about a quick end to the conflict.
1:05:00Series 1, Episode 6 - The Mediterranean and North Africa of the TV-show World War II In Colour was broadcast by Channel 5 on Thursday 16 May 2024 at 1:10.
1:10:00This episode focuses on Japan's early involvement in the war and the country's efforts to flex its muscles around the Pacific.
1:05:00Series 1, Episode 4 - Hitler Strikes East of the TV-show World War II In Colour was broadcast by Channel 5 on Wednesday 15 May 2024 at 1:05.
1:05:00Footage from after the retreat from Dunkirk, when Churchill rallied Britain in its darkest hour. Hitler was only just across the channel, but he reckoned without our supreme strategist, the might of the navy and the manoeuvrability of the air force. Crucially, Britain now had radar and the Enigma code had been broken.
1:05:00Rare footage processed with modern techniques of colouring and satellite mapping that shows Germany conquering Poland, using a new form of warfare - Blitzkrieg. Six armoured tank units known as Panzer divisions, supported by the Luftwaffe, quickly broke through Polish defences and were so successful that Hitler also used t...
1:10:00Rare archive footage, which has been passed through modern colourisation techniques, illustrating the political and economic chaos that existed in the aftermath of World War I that allowed Hitler in Germany, Mussolini in Italy and ultra-nationalists in imperial Japan to seize absolute power.