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- 76 years after they were written, a collection of letters from the Second World War caught the attention of French author Clément Horvath: In 1944, Joe was posted as missing in action shortly after D-Day... What had happened to him?
- We examine this famous photo taken on D+1 on Omaha Beach. We talk, weapons and flags and about the likelihood that the photo was staged.
- 2019–TV EpisodeOperation Nordwind began on December 31st 1944. Elements of two German army groups attacked the U.S. Seventh and French First Armies in the icy, hilly and snowy Vosges Mountains. Overshadowed by events in the Ardennes, those who fought in and around Reipertswiller recall it vividly as a desperate engagement that resulted in terrible losses to both sides. Alex Kershaw talks about Major Felix Sparks, the father and son who fought side-by side and the unrelenting danger from German snipers and tanks as the men of the 157th find themselves surrounded and running out of supplies.
- A livestream starting on the Jig sector of Gold Beach at Asnelles. We will talk about the landings with a focus on 231 Brigade and their actions on the beach and inland. We will look at the area where the distinctive sanatorium depicted in the show graphic was situated and also look at the nearby memorials. From there we head inland a mile or so to Point 54 (WN 40a), where C and D Companies of the 1 Dorsets assaulted a hill top position defended by elements of the German 352nd Infantry Division. World renowned military historian and author Peter Caddick-Adams, PhD, FRHistS, FRGS is the expert.
- 2019–TV EpisodeWe are absolutely delighted to speak Sarah Megan Thomas, the writer and star of the brilliant WWII film A Call to Spy. In July 1940 Churchill ordered the creation of a new agency -- the Special Operations Executive (SOE). One of their key tasks was to recruit and train women as spies to work in Occupied Europe. Their daunting mission: conduct sabotage and build a resistance network. SOE's "spymistress," Vera Atkins (Stana Katic), recruited two unusual candidates: Virginia Hall (Sarah Megan Thomas), an ambitious American with a wooden leg, and Noor Inayat Khan (Radhika Atpe), a Muslim pacifist. Together, these women help to undermine the Nazi regime in France, leaving an unmistakable legacy in their wake.
- 2019–TV EpisodeIt is a widely held belief that chemical weapons and chemical warfare were significant in the First World War, but not the Second World War. The actual history is much more complex. Chemical weapons were used between the Second World War in a number of ways that most people don't really consider. Joining us to discuss this is Dan Kaszeta. Dan has decades of experience in protecting against chemical and biological weapons, and has held positions in the US Army, the White House Military Office, the US Secret Service and private industry. Dan will address the Japanese use of chemical weapons on the Chinese front - a campaign that resulted in more deaths than to mustard gas in the First World War. He will also explain the development of nerve agents by the Nazis and what happened to the stock piles of such dangerous toxins at the end of the conflict.
- 2019–TV EpisodeNearly three decades after her passing, Audrey Hepburn remains one of the most beloved of all Hollywood stars, known for films like Sabrina, Roman Holiday and Breakfast at Tiffany's. Our special guest is author Robert Matzen who wrote Dutch Girl about Audrey's early life and will talk about Audrey's war. He has also written books on Carole Lombard and Jimmy Stewart and frequently appears on TV and in other media. "The war made my mother who she was." said Audrey's son Luca Dotti. Audrey Hepburn's war included participation in the Dutch Resistance, working as a doctor's assistant during the battle of Arnhem, the brutal execution of her uncle, and the ordeal of the Hunger Winter of 1944. She also had to contend with the fact that her father was a Nazi agent and her mother was pro-Nazi for the first two years of the occupation. But the war years also brought triumphs as Audrey became Arnhem's most famous young ballerina. We will talk about all this and more during the show.
- 2019–TV EpisodeOn December 15th 1944 a single-engine UC-64 Norseman, departed from RAF Twinwood Farm in Clapham near Bedford, and disappeared while flying over the English Channel. On board and heading for Paris were band leader Major Glenn Miller and two US Army Airforce officers: Lieutenant Colonel Norman Baessell and the pilot, John Morgan. Miller's disappearance was not made public until December 24th, when the Associated Press announced Miller would not be conducting the scheduled BBC-broadcast "AEF Christmas Show" the following day. My guest for this exciting show is Dennis M. Spragg. During a comprehensive six-year investigation, Dennis discovered and assembled detailed evidence with the cooperation of the United States Air Force Historic Research Agency, the National Archives of the United States, the National Archives of Great Britain, the Imperial War Museum, the Royal Air Force and other sources to unravel the mysterious disappearance and examine all the various theories and rumours..
- 2019–TV EpisodeDavid O'Keefe joins us again. In Part 1 he talked about the real reason for the raid on Dieppe in August 1942.7 - In Part 2 we will talk about the plan for Operation Jubilee and David will share his presentation about the intentions of the raid and how it was supposed to unfold. A final show sometime in the summer will come live from Dieppe to explain how the plan unravelled and how the nearly 1,000 British, Canadian and American commandos died.
- 2019–TV EpisodeThe US Airborne landing in Normandy is still one of the most written about military operations of the war. Joining us today to discuss the roles of the two June 6th 1944 Divisional Commanders is Mitch Yockelson PhD - military historian, archivist, professor and author. Matthew Ridgway of the 82nd "All-American" Airborne Division and Maxwell Taylor of the 101st "Screaming Eagle" Airborne Division refused to remain behind the lines and stood shoulder-to-shoulder with their paratroopers in the thick of combat. Jumping into Normandy during the early hours of D-Day, Ridgway and Taylor fought on the ground for six weeks of combat that cost the airborne divisions more than 40 percent casualties.
- 2019–TV EpisodeIn 1980 the British band OMD released Enola Gay from their second album "Organisation". The synth-pop classic, which sold over 5 million copies worldwide, addressed the atomic bombing of Hiroshima by the B-29 Superfortress Enola Gay on 6th August 1945. It was written by OMD's vocalist and bass guitarist Andy McCluskey who joins us to talk about the song. Frequently labelled as "anti-war" we will find out what inspired Andy to write the song and what it means to him and to the fans 40 years later. What's fascinating is that the song is now referenced in class-rooms as an indicator of the public's perception of the use of the Atomic bomb to bring an end to WWII. Yet to others it is simply a highly catchy pop song.
- 2019–TV EpisodeOn the 76th anniversary of the liberation of Saint-Lô we bring you two shows. Part 1 will cover the assault towards the town in early-mid July. For Part 1 we are joined by Joe Balkoski, the prolific author and historian who will share his unrivalled knowledge of the US 29th Infantry Division in WWII.
- 2019–TV EpisodeOn the 76th anniversary of Operation Lüttich - the German advance on Avranches in Normandy, we will livestream two shows from the battlefields. The shows will cover the epic defence by men of the US 30th "Old Hickory" Infantry Division. Part 1 will cover the 117th Infantry Regiment's stand in Saint-Barthélemy and their "last stand" position astride the road to Avranches. We will also cover the battle for Le Neufbourg where two famous photos were taken. We will look at the action of the American anti-tank gunners and examine how the German plan began to unravel. Joining me will be author and historian Kevin Hymel who wrote about the battle for WWII History magazine and Frank Gubbels from the Netherlands, a 30th Division historian.
- 2019–TV EpisodeOn the 76th anniversary of Operation Lüttich - the German advance on Avranches in Normandy, we will livestream two shows from the battlefields. The shows will cover the epic defence by men of the US 30th "Old Hickory" Infantry Division. Part 2 will cover the fighting in the town of Mortain and also the battle for Hill 314. We will visit the Little Chapel and look at the foxholes and positions around the hillside, including where the Forward Observers were directing Allied artillery fire and indeed the attacks from the air by British Typhoons. Joining me will be author and historian Kevin Hymel who wrote about the battle for WWII History magazine and Frank Gubbels from the Netherlands, a 30th Division historian.
- 2019–TV EpisodeMy friend Adam Makos has graciously agreed to take a break from writing his new book to join me for an interview. Adam has taken the military history world by storm with his trilogy of deeply personal stories about men at war. The themes of redemption, forgiveness and compassion are paramount in Adam's writing and readers who don't necessarily enjoy war books love them for that very reason. I've known Adam and his family for well over a decade and I am thrilled to have him on a WW2TV show.
- 2019–TV EpisodeToday we are delighted that Alain de Levita, the producer of forthcoming war film - The Forgotten Battle (De Slag om de Schelde) is joining us to talk about the project. Alain is an experienced Producer and Forgotten Battle is not his first historical film. We will talk about bringing a war epic to the big screen and historical authenticity.
- 2019–TV EpisodeHanna Reitsch and Melitta von Stauffenberg were talented, courageous and strikingly attractive women who fought convention to make their names in the male dominated world of flight - both were pioneering test pilots and both were awarded the Iron Cross for service to the Third Reich. But they could not have been more different. Hanna was middle-class, vivacious and distinctly Aryan, while the darker, more self-effacing Melitta, came from an aristocratic Prussian family, was part-Jewish, and while Hanna tried to save Hitler's life, begging him to let her fly him to safety in April 1945, Melitta covertly supported the most famous assassination attempt on the Fuhrer. Their overlapping lives provide a vivid insight into Nazi Germany and its attitudes to women, to class and to race.
- 2019–TV EpisodeIt's December 1944, the Germans are retreating. It appears the war in Europe may be over soon, but not soon enough for members of the battle-worn 28th Infantry Division. Knowing they won't be home again for the Holidays, soldiers from a 112th Regiment Signal Company Message Center in the storybook town of Wiltz, realize that although the town has been liberated after nearly five years of Nazi occupation, the ravages of war have left the townspeople with nothing to celebrate the season. For the children, it will be especially bleak without the hope of candies, treats or gifts on the normally town-wide celebration of St. Nicolas Day.
- 2019–TV EpisodeWe are delighted to have best selling author Damien Lewis join us to talk about the early raiding forces that were created in the wake of Churchill's plea to his chiefs of staff: "Prepare hunter troops for a butcher-and-bolt reign of terror." Units such as the Commandos, the LRDG and SAS are now world famous but it was the earlier Small Scale Raiding Force that went to Normandy via MTB / Goatley boat in September 1942 to a stretch of sand that 2 years later became better known as Omaha Beach. Also joining us to elaborate on the raid will be Duncan Hollands. Amazingly Duncan's Great Uncle was on the MTB during the raid.
- 2019–TV EpisodeI am joined by my friend George Luz Jnr, son of the famous radioman in Easy Company 506th in WWII. The unit immortalised in the HBO series Band of Brothers. George has been giving a presentation for a number of years about his father in the war, how he grew up attending the reunions, getting to know the veterans and visiting the battlefields and will be sharing this presentation with us. It will include rare photos and audio clips of the men talking. George regularly guests on the Stephen Ambrose Band of Brothers Tours to Europe.
- 2019–TV EpisodeA live panel discussion about Air Power in the Normandy campaign. Troop Carriers on DDay and beyond, the role of the 2nd Tactical Air Force, Hawker Typhoon ops and Aerial reconnaissance etc. We are joined by three guests with lots of experience with regards what went on in the skies above Normandy.
- 2019–TV EpisodeThis was from my home in Normandy with guest historians joining me live via Zoom to talk about DDay and Operation Overlord. We tackled a wide range of subjects are visited lots of different sites around the DDay beaches and dropzones. Thank you to all the great guests who joined us.
- 2019–TV EpisodeThis is a live show from the actual battlefields discussed live 76 years on. Two camera teams will be sending footage in and I have two fabulous guest historians. From Canada via Zoom Mike Bechthold, who has written and lectured extensively on the Canadians in WWII. From Normandy and live with our camera team is local author Frederick Jeanne. Frederick is a fantastic historian and his book on the 7th Brigade's actions is packed with maps, photos and information.
- 2019–TV EpisodeConflict on Camera - WWII Photos in Focus A two-for-one show this time, with two photos take on June 7th in Culoville of a mass being held by men of the 101st Airborne Division. Paul shares stories concerning Colonel Sink, Dick Winters, Father Maloney and other men of the 506th and 326th AEC.
- 2019–TV EpisodeWhen the Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor in December 1941, Cornelia Fort was already in the air. At twenty-two, Fort had escaped Nashville's debutante scene for a fresh start as a flight instructor in Hawaii. She and her student were in the middle of their lesson when the bombs began to fall, and they barely made it back to ground that morning. Still, when the U.S. Army Air Forces put out a call for women pilots to aid the war effort, Fort was one of the first to respond. She became one of just over 1,100 women from across the nation to make it through the Army's rigorous selection process and earn her silver wings. The brainchild of trailblazing pilots Nancy Love and Jacqueline Cochran, the Women Airforce Service Pilots (WASP) gave women like Fort a chance to serve their country-and to prove that women aviators were just as skilled as men. While not authorized to serve in combat, the WASP helped train male pilots for service abroad, and ferried bombers and pursuits across the country. Thirty-eight WASP would not survive the war. But even taking into account these tragic losses, Love and Cochran's social experiment seemed to be a resounding success-until, with the tides of war turning, Congress clipped the women's wings. The program was disbanded, the women sent home. But the bonds they'd forged never failed, and over the next few decades they came together to fight for recognition as the military veterans they were-and for their place in history.
- 2019–TV EpisodeThese days people get their history fix from many different sources. We at WW2TV interview lots of authors and military history books still sell in their tens of thousands. But the internet is fast becoming a vitally important portal for history buffs all over the World, and one of the YouTube channels leading the way is History Underground. The format is simple: J.D Huitt takes his camera to battlefields, historical sites, memorials and cemeteries and talks about them. We are delighted that J.D. is joining us to talk about using video to bring history to the living rooms of history enthusiasts.
- 2019–TV EpisodeJoining us live from the Ridgewell Airfield Commemorative Museum is the Association's Chairman Paul Bingley. Paul will talk about the history of the airfield with a focus on the 381st Bomb Group and their missions over Europe. The story includes tragic accidents on the ground and in the air, deception raids, hitting the Bremen shipyards and the first mission to Schweinfurt. We will also talk to Paul about the museum and the team's dedication to keeping the stories alive of the Eight Airforce in Essex during WWII.
- 2019–TV EpisodeOn December 18th 1944 a B-24 Liberator "Lazy Lou" was involved in a fatal mid-air collision over Carlton Scroop in Lincolnshire. The other aircraft was a C-109 fuel transport. 76 years on (plus one day) we are joined by David Bristow author of "What Happened to You Lazy Lou" and Adam Berry author of "And Suddenly They Were Gone" to talk about the tragic event.
- 2019–TV EpisodeA live discussion with three legendary swing performers about the importance of swing music on the morale of servicemen and women during the war years end beyond. Our panelists will talk about the style, the passion and the escapism swing music offers. Sorry I ended up being GREEN. I have never had that happen before!!. There were clearly gremlins in the works The line-up of guests: Kurt Sodergren. Kurt is the drummer with Big Bad Voodoo Daddy which he co-founded in 1993, helping to usher in the swing revival. His Grandfather played in a US Army big band in WWII. Big Bad Voodoo Daddy have appeared across the world, sold millions of records, and had their music appear in hundreds of movies and television shows. With sold out concerts from the Hollywood Bowl to Lincoln Center, appearances with many of the country's finest symphony orchestras, and television appearances ranging from Dancing with the Stars to Superbowl XXXIII, Big Bad Voodoo Daddy continues its decades long mission to celebrate and revitalize jazz and swing music - America's original musical art form - and bring joy to audiences around the world. Ray Gelato is a British jazz, swing and jump blues saxophonist, singer and bandleader and one of the major forces in the revival of swing music. In 1998 a commercial for Levi's using his band's version of "Tu Vuò Fà L'Americano" became known all over the World. Ray has played the Royal Albert Hall, Jazz festivals all over the World and even Carnegie hall. Ray brings a wealth of experience and music knowledge to the panel and we are delighted he is joining us.
- 2019–TV EpisodeThis the third in a series of shows from the Russian city of Volgograd (Stalingrad in WWII). Today we come to you live from the industrial area of modern Volgograd. Around the "Island of Lyudnikov" of Island of Fire, where there are many surviving buildings from the fighting. The battle around the Barrikady Gun factory was one of the most violent and savage clashes the world would ever see. With the really low temperatures today, we had a few issues with Mikhail's connection and battery, but still and amazing show. Filming on location and giving us his expert local knowledge is Mikhail Shuvarikov. Joining us via Zoom is tour guide and historian Paul Errington who began taking groups to the Eastern Front of WW2 in 2003 and currently works for Leger Tours. In this first show we start near the Volga river and the talk about the significance of the November fighting 78 years ago. We will cover the landing of the 13 Guards Rifle Division and deployment into the city concentrating on the area around the current museum and the historic Flour Mill.
- 2019–TV EpisodeBest selling author and historian Alex Kershaw joins us to talk about the Bedford Boys on Dog Green on Omaha Beach on June 6th 1944. The show focuses on Lt. Ray Nance and Alex uses Ray's hand-drawn map to guide our camera teams across the beach. We will film at the same level of tide it would have been at H-Hour on DDay.
- 2019–TV EpisodeOne in a series of short films featuring guest presenter - the acclaimed British Historian and author Neil Barber. In this film WW2TV looks at the taking of Pegasus Bridge by D Company of the 2nd Battalion Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry and the defence of the area by this same Coup de Main party and elements of the 7th parachute Battalion.
- 2019–TV EpisodeThe Life and Death of a Welsh poet with special guest Lloyd Scott a Battlefield Guide in Normandy. Lloyd is currently writing a book entitled "Your Peace is Bought with Mine" following the life of Lt David Rhys Geraint Jones who hailed from Haverfordwest, Pembrokeshire Wales. Jones was an officer in the 3rd Monmouthshire Regiment (159 Bde, 11th Armoured Division) and died of wounds in on 28th June 1944. Lloyd will guide us from Modrainville to his grave site at Saint Manvieux. Also joining us will be fellow Battlefield Guide and published poet Colin Taylor to talk about war poetry and it's contribution to understanding the nature of conflict.
- 2019–TV EpisodeOur guest today is award winning Canadian WWI and WWII historian Tim Cook. Tim is the author of numerous books about the Canadian war experience, and joins us to talk about his most recent publication The Fight for History - 75 YEARS OF FORGETTING, REMEMBERING, AND REMAKING CANADA'S SECOND WORLD WAR. Tis wonderful book examines how Canadians have framed and reframed the war experience over time. Just as the importance of the battle of Vimy Ridge to Canadians rose, fell, and rose again over a 100-year period, the meaning of Canada's Second World War followed a similar pattern. But the Second World War's relevance to Canada led to conflict between veterans and others in society-more so than in the previous war-as well as a more rapid diminishment of its significance. By the end of the 20th century, Canada's experiences in the war were largely framed as a series of disasters. Canadians seemed to want to talk only of the defeats at Hong Kong and Dieppe or the racially driven policy of the forced relocation of Japanese-Canadians. In the history books and media, there was little discussion of Canada's crucial role in the Battle of the Atlantic, the success of its armies in Italy and other parts of Europe, or the massive contribution of war materials made on the home front. No other victorious nation underwent this bizarre reframing of the war, remaking victories into defeats. The Fight for History is about the efforts to restore a more balanced portrait of Canada's contribution in the global conflict. This is the story of how Canada has talked about the war in the past, how we tried to bury it, and how it was restored. This is the history of a constellation of changing ideas, with many historical twists and turns, and a series of fascinating actors and events.
- Thomas Jones joins us to talk about a photo taken during the Soviet attack on Manchuria in August 1945. Arguably the most successful Russian campaign of the war and yet overshadowed by events taking place elsewhere. We look at the vehicles and equipment and also the campaign itself.
- 2019–TV EpisodeConflict on Camera - WWII Photos in Focus In the middle of the battle of Peleliu Stanley Troutman took this iconic photograph of the twice wounded and badly fatigued Frank Pomroy of the 1st Marines. Joining me to talk about it is Ryan Lowry from Patriot Preservation.
- 2019–TV EpisodeJenny Grant joins us to talk about @SilenceInPolish General Stanislaw Maczek: the Commander of the 1st Polish Armoured Division in North-West Europe 1944-45. Maczek's measured leadership on the Mace at Montormel was instrumental in the closing the Falaise pocket in August 1944, resulting in the destruction of a good number of German Wehrmacht and SS divisions.
- 2019–TV EpisodeThe IV SS-Panzerkorps was activated for the defense of Warsaw in late July 1944. Its primary units, 3. SS-Panzer Division (Totenkopf) and 5. SS-Panzer Division (Wiking) spent the last ten months of the war in almost continuous combat. In August 1944 the Korps fought east of the river Vistula. Herbert Otto Gille's IV SS-Panzerkorps was renowned for its tenacity, high morale and, above all, its lethality, whether conducting a hard-hitting counterattack or a stubborn defense in situations where its divisions were hopelessly outnumbered. Douglas Nash is a West Point Class graduate and retired U.S. Army Colonel with 32 years of active duty service in places like Kosovo, Iraq, Afghanistan, Germany, Cuba, and Uzbekistan. We are delighted that he is joining us on WW2TV. Douglas is the author of several books focussing on German units in the later part of the war.
- 2019–TV EpisodeConflict on Camera - WWII Photos in Focus In September 1940 a photograph of a Home Guard with camouflaged helmet and Ross rifle graced the cover of Picture Post, arguably Britain's version of Life Magazine. Archaeologist and historian Andy Brockman (of buried Spitfires in Burma fame) joins us to talk about the photo, the magazine feature and its photographer Zoltan Glass, a Hungarian immigrant who had previously worked in advertising in Berlin.
- 2019–TV EpisodeConflict on Camera - WWII Photos in Focus WW2TV regular Sean Claxton joins us to share his research into Lt. John Weese and the P-47 Thunderbolt that came down on Juno Beach in Normandy in June 1944. This iconic photo was taken in Saint-Aubin-sur-Mer from the location of the 5cm German bunker. We talk about the crash, the German defences and the landings in general.
- 2019–TV EpisodeNeil Lawrence joins us to talk about a photo taken during the Italian retreat from Stalingrad over the winter of 1942/43. It does descend slightly into two old mates talking about WWII equipment, but hopefully you will enjoy it. We talk about the fate of the Italians in the battle and their journey back to the Axis lines.
- 2019–TV EpisodeDr Alexandra Richie joins us again to talk about the events that occurred between the end of the Warsaw Uprising and the "liberation" of the city by Russian troops in January 1945, which in reality marked the beginning of another dark chapter in Poland's history. The Vistula-Oder Offensive was a Red Army operation in January 1945. The army made a major advance into German-held territory, capturing Krakow, Warsaw and Poznan. The Red Army had built up their strength around a number of key bridgeheads, with two fronts commanded by Marshal Georgy Zhukov and Marshal Ivan Konev. This advance followed others that took place after the Warsaw Uprising.
- 2019–TV EpisodeReg Jans from the Ardennes joins us to talk about an iconic photo taken during the Battle of the Bulge of a 504th PIR Paratrooper. Walt Hughes was in I Company of the 504th Parachute Infantry Regiment and the photo ended up in Life magazine. Reg examines Walt's story and questions where it was taken and in what circumstances.
- 2019–TV EpisodeConflict on Camera I am delighted to have David O'Keefe join me for this show - historian, author, teacher, filmmaker and former soldier. We discuss this photo of a British sniper in 1945 but expand on this to talk about the Canadian Black Watch snipers that David wrote about. We talk equipment, smocks, scrim-scarves and even body-armour.
- 2019–TV EpisodeConflict on Camera - WWII Photos in Focus Our friend Alina Nowobilska joins us to talk about a photograph of the first mass transport of prisoners by the Third Reich to Auschwitz Concentration Camp. On 14th June 1940 the transport departed from the Polish city of Tarnow/ The photo shows the prisoners being marched down the street in the early morning.
- 2019–TV EpisodeOur friend Alina Nowobilska joins us again to talk about what happened after the Warsaw Uprising which left the city in ruins and almost uninhabited. The story involves loss, deportations, crimes, murder and tragedy. We will focus on the fate of the civilians and the surviving members of the Home Army.
- 2019–TV EpisodeConflict on Camera Magali Desquesne shares the moving story of the two boys in this famous photo and what happened to the town of Saint Lo in WWII. Max and Jean Robin were photographed in the town in August 1944, not knowing that their father (a member of the Resistance) had been shot by the Germans in June.
- 2019–TV EpisodeHistorian Prit Buttar has written several excellent books on the Eastern Front in WWII and we are delighted he is bringing his unrivaled knowledge of the Red Army and its campaigns to WW2TV. He will talk about the Red Army progressing from an old-fashioned outdated force to a modern army by 1944.
- 2019–TV EpisodeOur special guest is Jochen Böhler a German historian, specialising in the history of Eastern Europe especially WWII and the Holocaust. He is the recipient of several international awards. Jochen will explain the role of the Einsatzgruppen of the Security Police and SD, the core group of Himmler's murder units involved in the "Final Solution of the Jewish Question," during and immediately after the German campaign in Poland in 1939.
- 2019–TV EpisodeOn 16 September 1944 an RAF fighter pilot was shot down near Arnhem, the day before Operation Market Garden. He was captured, beaten and then murdered. War Crimes investigators brought four Germans to trial, one was executed but others involved were never caught. The man who was executed had fired the fatal shot 'under orders', but the man who gave the order has not been found - yet. This is the compelling story of ordinary family men who became cold-blooded killers, and of Spitfire pilot Bill Maloney who was in the wrong place at the wrong time and lost his life to them.