The Atlantic became a killing field as German submarines took on the might of the dominant British Navy. These stealthy, silent killers were able to sink 5,200 ships by war's end, nearly bringing Britain to its knees. 8.2/10(13)
- Curate an exhibition of paintings of WW1 heroes and heroines to help reflect on the way ideas about heroism has changed from 1914 onward. - Explore how heroism is represented in post-WW2 German culture. - Discuss how WW1 and heroism are represented in films produced or co-produced in Ge...
This example of cooperation between belligerents was accomplished because Wiseman worked closely with the head of the US Federal Reserve, Paul Warburg. Warburg's brother Max was Chief of German Intelligence and a close friend of Kaiser Wilhelm. The London-based central bankers use wars to weaken n...
It’s up to a band of ordinary sailors to find a way to safely make their trip across the globe and find a way to outsmart the vicious nature of the encroaching German fleet of ships. This action-drama taking place during World War II is directed by Henrik Martin Dahlsbakken with a ...
‘I should have got a stronger grip on her,’ wrote Lord Montagu in a letter home from his sickbed in Malta in 1916, after being rescued from the wreckage of the SS Persia which was hit by a German torpedo while crossing the Mediterranean. But to his enduring pain, Eleanor Thornton, ...
The Little Ships: The Heroic Rescue at Dunkirk in World War II by Louise Borden 1997, 30 pages, grades 2-4 A true story from World War II of the evacuation of hundreds of thousands of allied soldiers stranded at this small French port during the German Blitzkrieg. The British had to cal...
Seven Years in Tibet: A German mountaineer and POW escapes from a prison camp in India during WW2 and spends years of his life in still-independent Tibet. A great true story. McDonald’s: Behind the Arches. The building of the biggest restaurant chain ever. ...
Tue, Nov 24, 2009 Celebrations in UK and USA. Politics of peace take over. Trust between allies starts to break down. Japan surrender after atom bombs dropped on Hiroshima and Nagasaki. Start of cold war. Marshall plan for Europe and Berlin air drop. ...
From the German U-Boats of WW1, to the nuclear subs of today, this program will tell the story of the great subs of history. Rate Top-rated S1.E8 ∙ Tanks2005 Tanks combine armor, firepower, and mobility. Over the past century, dozens of tanks have been designed and built to blast...