WWII Battles in Colour

12:10 AM to 1:05 AM
Thursday 23 May
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Blitzkrieg

Season 1 Episode 1 of 6

The most important battles of the European theatre. Rare archive, colourised for the first time, charts the German Army in 1939 as it unleashes a new Blitzkrieg - lightning war - tactic. This documentary features radio broadcasts, oral histories, memoirs and personal diaries from both sides of the battle lines. Supporting the words of the combatants is expert analyses by military and social historians

WWII Battles in Colour airs on 5SELECT at 12:10 AM, Thursday 23 May. (Subtitles.)
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