Greatest Events of WWII in Colour

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Greatest Events of WWII in Colour
Genre Educational
Based on World War II
Country of originUnited Kingdom
Original languageEnglish
No. of seasons1
No. of episodes10
Production
Running timeApproximately 8 hours 33 minutes
Production companies
  • Head Gear Films
  • Metrol Technology
  • World Media Rights Productions
Release
Original network
Original release2019 (2019) 
2019 (2019)

Greatest Events of WWII in Colour is a 10-episode British television docuseries recounting major events of World War II. [1] [2]

Contents

Episodes

No.Title
1"Blitzkrieg"
2"Battle of Britain"
3"Pearl Harbor"
4"Battle of Midway"
5"Siege of Stalingrad"
6"D-Day"
7"Battle of the Bulge"
8"Dresden Firestorm"
9"Liberation of Buchenwald"
10"Hiroshima"

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References

  1. "Stream It Or Skip It: 'Greatest Events of WWII in Colour' on Netflix, a Documentary Series Offering the Usual Stuff, But, You Know, Colorized". Decider. 8 November 2019. Retrieved 7 July 2021.
  2. "Netflix Picks Up 'Greatest Events of World War Two in Colour' Documentary Series". Variety. 29 October 2019. Retrieved 7 July 2021.