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Network: PBS
Episode Runtime: 42 min.
Season Runtime: 1764 min.
Status: Ended
Certification: NR

Series Two – 1996 (April 1, 1996, midnight)

Battlefield is a documentary series initially shown in 1994 that explores the most important battles fought primarily during the Second World War but also the Vietnam War. The series employs a novel approach in which history is described by detailed accounts of major battles together with background and contextual information.

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Series Two – 1996 (April 1, 1996, midnight)

Battlefield is a documentary series initially shown in 1994 that explores the most important battles fought primarily during the Second World War but also the Vietnam War. The series employs a novel approach in which history is described by detailed accounts of major battles together with background and contextual information.

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8.7
/554/
77
/19/
83
/3/

April 1, 1996, midnight 0.0

S2E1 - The Battle for North Africa

April 6, 1996, midnight 0.0

S2E2 - The Battle of the Atlantic

The longest continuous military campaign of WWII, The Battle of the Atlantic raged across the ocean from 1939 till 1945, pitting feared U-boats and other German naval warships against Allied shipping and troop convoys.
April 10, 1996, midnight 0.0

S2E3 - The Battle For Russia

Hitler's plan for the conquest of Russia called for a classic Blitzkrieg offensive, which would be pressed ruthlessly to its conclusion within the course of a single season's campaign.
April 17, 1996, midnight 0.0

S2E4 - The Battle for Italy

When victory in North Africa seemed assured, Allied Planners turned their attention to Italy. The objective was to seize Rome, knock Italy out of the war and push north towards Austria.
April 22, 1996, midnight 0.0

S2E5 - The Battle of Leyte Gulf

To restore American prestige in the Pacific, President Franklin Roosevelt authorized an invasion of the Philippines, a former American Territory and the scene of a humiliating defeat at the hands of the Japanese in 1942.
April 29, 1996, midnight 0.0

S2E6 - The Battle for the Rhine

During the last months of 1944, the British and Americans pressed steadily through France and Belgium to the western frontiers of the Third Reich.
Network: PBS
Episode Runtime: 42 min.
Season Runtime: 1764 min.
Released: Feb. 2, 1994
Last Air Date: June 2, 2002, midnight
Status: Ended
Certification: NR / 2+

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