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51. The U.S. and the Holocaust (2022)
Episode: Yearning to Breathe Free (1938-1942) (2022)

TV-14 | 138 min | Documentary, History

As WWII begins, Americans are divided over whether to intervene against Germany. Some individuals and organizations work tirelessly to help refugees escape. Germany invades the USSR and secretly begins the mass murder of European Jews.

Directors: Sarah Botstein, Ken Burns, Lynn Novick | Stars: Peter Coyote, Daniel Mendelsohn, Guy Stern, Peter Hayes

Votes: 157

52. The U.S. and the Holocaust (2022)
Episode: The Homeless, The Tempest-Tossed (1942-) (2022)

TV-14 | 131 min | Documentary, History

A group of government officials supports and finances rescue operations. Allied soldiers begin to liberate concentration camps and find mass graves. The public sees the sheer scale of the Holocaust.

Directors: Sarah Botstein, Ken Burns, Lynn Novick | Stars: Peter Coyote, Daniel Mendelsohn, Deborah Lipstadt, Eva Geiringer

Votes: 146

53. Apocalypse, le crépuscule d'Hitler (2023)
Episode: Le dernier acte (2023)

Documentary, History, War

Its 1944, and as the Allied forces take over the West and Nazis retreat in the East, Hitler orders his country to its ruin from his underground bunker.

Directors: Isabelle Clarke, Daniel Costelle | Stars: Mathieu Kassovitz, Stephen Rashbrook, Ahmed Ben Bella, Blondi

Votes: 8

54. How to Lose a War (2023)
Episode: The Men Who Gave the Orders (2023)

Documentary, History, War

Explore the men in charge whose rampant egos and misguided belief in their own abilities led to their country making fatal mistakes in the war.

Director: Tim Bosanquet | Stars: Tim Benbow, Russell A. Hart, Alexander Henry, Giuseppe Finaldi

55. How to Lose a War (2023)
Episode: The Best Laid Plans (2023)

Documentary, History, War

Explore how the seeds of Japan's defeat in 1945 were sown a decade earlier with the occupation of Manchuria in China.

Director: Tim Bosanquet | Stars: Rana Mitter, Sandra Wilson, Yuma Totani, Guy Walters

56. Military Masterminds (2022)
Episode: Rapid Dominance (2022)

52 min | Documentary, History, War

From Julius Caesar to Napoleon Bonaparte, ancient generals took advantage of a military tactic still used in modern warfare - a tactic known as Rapid Dominance.

Director: Roberto Irwin | Stars: Ahron Bregman, Lawrence Freedman, Jenny Grant, Dina Gusejnova

57. Military Masterminds (2022)
Episode: Combat Power (2022)

52 min | Documentary, History, War

Combined arms operations use the force of different military corps to increase combat power. Combining these forces needs incredible planning and authority.

Director: Roberto Irwin | Stars: Dan Hill, Jenny Grant, Daniel L. Davis, Christopher Hickey

58. How to Lose a War (2023)
Episode: The Right Tools (2023)

Documentary, History, War

Victory in war doesn't just require sound military strategy, vital resources and equipment are also critical. Discover how the Axis powers failed in this regard.

Director: Tim Bosanquet | Stars: Richard Hammond, Giuseppe Finaldi, Alexander Henry, Charles Schencking

59. Hitler's Engineers: Building the Third Reich (2023–2024)
Episode: Fritz Todt (2024)

Documentary, History, War

Fritz Todt was the man tasked with engineering projects including the autobahn, the West Wall defences and more. But in 1942, he died under mysterious circumstances.

Director: Tom Williams | Stars: Jadwiga Korowaj, Nigel Jones, Guy Walters, Dieter Stockmann

60. Beyond the Myth: The SS Unveiled (2022– )
Episode: The Waffen-SS (2022)

Documentary, History, War

Masqueraded as military excellence, the reality was very different. Recruits were poorly trained and remorse was nonexistent, as SS troops killed mercilessly.

Director: Gabriele Rose | Stars: Richard John Evans, Jean-Luc Leleu, Bastian Hein, Jochen Böhler

61. Beyond the Myth: The SS Unveiled (2022– )
Episode: Unrepentant: The SS and its Myth After 1945 (2022)

Documentary, History, War

Drawing a line to the present, the atrocities of the SS are beyond all doubt, yet, there is a cult surrounding 'old comrades' today.

Director: Carsten Binsack | Stars: James Milano, Peter Hammerschmidt, Benjamin Ferencz, Bastian Hein

62. Battlefield (1995–2004)
Episode: The Battle of France (1995)

Documentary, History, War

A documentary look at Early World War Two, the invasion of Poland and France, the equipment, the leaders, and the strategy.

Stars: Tim Pigott-Smith, Neville Chamberlain, Winston Churchill, Maurice Gamelin

Votes: 16

63. Nazi Mega Weapons (2013– )
Episode: Eagle's Nest (2016)

43 min | Documentary, History, War

The design, construction and use of Hitler's retreat in the Bavarian Alps, Eagle's Nest.

Directors: Clive Maltby, Bill Thomas | Stars: James Holland, Geoff Walden, Patrick Bury, Peter Caddick-Adams

Votes: 54

64. Nazi Mega Weapons (2013– )
Episode: Hitler's Island Megafortress (2016)

44 min | Documentary, History, War

In yet another example of Hilter's folly he orders impregnable fortresses built on the Channel Islands. Despite the incredible expense of construction the fortifications prove useless when ... See full summary »

Directors: Joshua Whitehead, Bill Thomas | Stars: Peter Lieb, James Holland, Tony Pollard, Arthur van Beveren

Votes: 50

65. Battle of Britain (2005)
Episode: The Few (2005)

Documentary, History, War

Examining the technological advances that the RAF pioneered in the build-up to the Battle of Britain. At its heart were two world-class fighters, the Hurricane and the Spitfire, that were ... See full summary »

Director: Stephen Saunders | Stars: Bob Doe, Cyril Bamberger, Thomas Neil, Aylmer Aldwinckle

66. Battlefield (1995–2004)
Episode: The Battle of Normandy (1995)

Documentary, History, War

A documentary look at the battle of Normandy and the events leading up to it. Profiles of the national and battle leaders, the units involved, and the events that were crucial to the outcome.

Stars: Tim Pigott-Smith, Winston Churchill, Dwight D. Eisenhower, Bernard L. Montgomery