World War II Diaries - The Complete War Report

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  • 2017
  • 1 Season

A complete chronicle of the most epic event In the 20th century. The chaos, sacrifice and heroism of WWII are presented through a day-by-day profile of the significant milestones that propelled and diminished the most terrifying regime of the 20th Century. This series highlights the details and daily headlines of September 1939 through September 1945.

World War II Diaries - The Complete War Report is a series that is currently running and has 1 seasons (24 episodes). The series first aired on May 2, 2017.

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1945 June
70. 1945 June
January 1, 1952
In Germany, the Soviets have carefully studied the remains of Hitler, Eva Braun, and Joseph Goebbels and his family, who have been buried temporarily in a forest near the town of Rathenow in the vicinity of Brandenburg. At the Vatican, Pope Pius XII, in a radio message, calls on the German people to abandon Nazism and rebuild their country.
1945 April
68. 1945 April
May 2, 2017
When he visits, General Eisenhower, is so affected that he sends photographs to Churchill with copies of movies that have been filmed. The British Prime Minister is so horrified that he circulates the material among members of the War Cabinet.
1945 January
65. 1945 January
January 1, 1952
Both for Germany and Japan, 1944 has been catastrophic. Hitler's secret weapons have not had the desired effect, and they are proving inconsequential in the development of the war. In Washington, the government makes public the casualties suffered in the war up to December 21 1944: 135,323 soldiers have died, 362,824 wounded, 75,844 have disappeared, and 64,148 have been taken prisoner.
1944 November
63. 1944 November
May 2, 2017
The Japanese launch the strategy of sending fire balloons over the Pacific Ocean with the hope that they will reach the United States and produce massive wildfires in the West Coast woodlands. The operation will take place over five months, in the course of which more than nine thousand balloons will be sent off. Three hundred of them will reach American territory, producing hardly any damage.
1944 August
60. 1944 August
May 2, 2017
Under Hitler's instructions, Heinrich Himmler orders that all family members of Von Stauffenberg be persecuted. His wife Nina, a few months pregnant, is arrested by security forces and sent to prison and then to the Ravensbrück Concentration Camp. Their four children are sent to an internment camp.
1944 July
59. 1944 July
May 2, 2017
To date, the Allies have landed to date more than one million soldiers and one hundred and seventy thousand vehicles in northern France. The number of captured German prisoners has risen to forty thousand.
1944 April
56. 1944 April
January 1, 1952
Hitler issues an order to the commanders on the Eastern Front encouraging them to achieve victory and saying "the Russians have exhausted their strength and it's time to finally stop their advance." The German generals cannot believe what they read and consider the F
1943 July
47. 1943 July
January 1, 1952
The F
1943 May
45. 1943 May
May 2, 2017
In Poland, over two thousand Jews are transferred from Wlodawa to the Sobibor death camp, directed by the SS general Franz Reichleitner. When they reach the arrivals platform and realize the tragic fate that awaits them, they desperately rebel against the SS guards watching over them, attacking them with sticks and stones. The rioters are gunned down.
1943 February
42. 1943 February
January 1, 1952
The remainders of the Sixth Army and the Fourth Panzerarmee have surrendered to the Red Army. Some fifty-five thousand prisoners are sent on foot to concentration camps in Siberia. Many of them will die in the strenuous walk. In the US, in Oak Ridge (Tennessee), the construction of the world's fist production plant of Uranium-235 begins, with the aim of developing the A-bomb.
1942 December
40. 1942 December
May 2, 2017
In Stalingrad, two hundred and fifty thousand German soldiers from the Sixth Army have been trapped in the Cauldron (Der Kessel), where rotting corpses are piling up. They have the vain hope that Marshal Erich Von Manstein will come to help them. "The Führer will not abandon us" is the most common phrase among the Wehrmacht men.
1942 October
38. 1942 October
May 2, 2017
Hitler is obsessed with the conquest of Stalingrad, although General Kurt Zeitzler, the new Chief of the Army General Staff, warns him that it would be wise to reconsider their strategy after the success of the Soviets to resist the second German offensive. The Führer, however, thinks that the battle will be decided with yet another attack.
1942 September
37. 1942 September
January 1, 1952
The F
1942 February
30. 1942 February
May 2, 2017
Japanese have suffered ten thousand casualties in Malaysia and their supply system is broken down. In London, RAF Air Marshal Arthur Travers Harris, the Commander-in-Chief of Bomber Command issues the order of selective area bombing. From now on, the air force's objective will be to destroy the morale of the German people, using saturation bombing against civilians and industrial sectors.
1941 December
28. 1941 December
January 1, 1952
The radar station at Opana Point detects the presence of aircraft but believes them to be B-17s. At 7h 50 local time, the Japanese naval air forces commanded by Vice Admiral Nagumo launch their attack against the American military base. Ninety minutes later 2,403 Americans have lost their lives.
1941 November
27. 1941 November
January 1, 1952
The American public is shocked by the deaths of some of the crew members of the destroyer "Reuben James". Frank Knox, Secretary of the Navy declares that the sinking of the vessel was a cowardly action even worse than piracy. President Roosevelt accuses Hitler of ordering unprovoked attacks against American vessels.
1941 August
24. 1941 August
January 1, 1952
The American government announces a new oil embargo on all countries outside the Western Hemisphere except those belonging to the British Empire. Japan is hit the hardest by the measure. Soviet losses amount to a million men killed, taken prisoner or missing in action. The British army deploys troops on the border between Iran and Afghanistan. The Burmese government suspends trade with Japan.
1941 May
21. 1941 May
January 1, 1952
In Berlin, Hitler again meets with the Japanese Foreign Minister, Yosuke Matsuoka, who is returning from his visit to Italy. They study the possibility of an attack against Singapore and the consequences of a possible American intervention in the war.
1941 March
19. 1941 March
May 2, 2017
Winston Churchill, in a meeting with the War Cabinet, analyzes the German occupation of Bulgaria. With this action Hitler's troops have within reach all the strategic points of the Balkans, as well as the Bosporus Strait, which divides the city of Istanbul, the Dardanelles, which separate Europe and Asia, and Salonika. This represents a significant achievement for Hitler in the region.
1940 October
14. 1940 October
January 1, 1952
Waves of Luftwaffe planes bomb London without letup. The city is enveloped by thick clouds of smoke and flames and its inhabitants are forced to take refuge in precarious shelters with no water or electricity. Crowded hospitals are hit in the merciless bombing. The British authorities desperately try to organize a fire service to cover the whole city. Liverpool and Manchester are also bombed.
1940 September
13. 1940 September
May 2, 2017
With the American signing of a defensive agreement with Canada, which is part of the British Commonwealth, the USA is no longer "neutral", as far as the Germans are concerned, but only a "non-belligerent" power. In Germany the government orders all Jews in the country to wear a yellow star sewn onto their clothes at all times.
1940 June
10. 1940 June
May 2, 2017
From Italy Mussolini offers Hitler his help in the occupation of France. The Nazi leader declines his offer, saying to General Wilhelm Keitel "This fool said that his country wasn't prepared for war and now he is in a rush to share the spoils".
1940 March
7. 1940 March
January 1, 1952
In London the British Secret Service warns the government of the build up of German troops and ships on the Dutch and Belgian coasts. In the House of Commons secret meetings continue, despite criticism from the press. Meanwhile, a group of pilots from Southern Rhodesia arrives at the country. The Italians continue their bombardment of Gibraltar in the Mediterranean.
1940 January
5. 1940 January
May 2, 2017
Nazi terror is enforced by a curfew, forcing all inhabitants to be inside their houses from eight at night onwards. Despite the fact that the mass executions and the transport of prisoners in cattle wagons is a daily occurrence, the Polish people are not easily intimidated and throughout the country posters and graffiti denounce the atrocities committed by the invaders.
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  • Premiere Date
    May 2, 2017