After the outbreak of the War of Resistance Against Japan, under the call of Tan Kah Kee, the leader of overseas Chinese in Southeast Asia, the overseas Chinese formed a "Southern Overseas Chinese Technician Team" to work as drivers and maintenance workers on the Myanmar-Burma Highway to join the anti-Japanese national salvation movement.
The story of the last year of the war in Europe, from the D-Day landings in Normandy in June 1944 to the dual German surrender, first in Reims then Berlin, in May 1945. Eleven months of unprecedented combat.This was the deadliest year of WW2.
Two hundred years of Argentine history (1806–2006), told through major socio-political events that shaped the nation. Narrated by Felipe Pigna and built from recorded and archival footage, reenactments, graphics, and animation.
The cavalry has been part of America's history since before the nation was founded and is still in service today. Charge into the fight with this 5-part series chronicling one of the most important branches of the military. From the horse-mounted regiments that birthed our nation to the armored machines paving the front lines, cavalry units have changed warfare and the outcome of battles for over 200 years.
He's a nobleman, and she's a peasant serf.… They weren't meant to be together. Perhaps this is how this love story would have ended if it hadn't been for the war. Napoleon invaded the borders of the Russian Empire, and this day changed the usual way of life and class prejudices. The world will never be the same again. War is writing a new love story.
A comprehensive cast of the main players provides an enthralling account of one of the most turbulent periods of Australian political history. For the first time, Kevin Rudd gives his full account of the period and relives in vivid detail the events of losing the Prime Ministership. Julia Gillard is forthright with her recollections and analysis and doesn't spare her colleagues.
WWII in the Pacific focuses on the events, notable figures, various bands of brothers, and heroic actions of the Allied powers. Take an inside look, starting with the conflict and tensions leading up to the war, the attack on Pearl Harbor, the evolution of the Pacific Theater, and the development and dropping of the atomic bomb, up until the subsequent end of WWII.
Epic History makes videos about the most dramatic and important stories from our past, from the rise and fall of empires to global conflicts and revolutions. Our team have history degrees and decades of experience in documentary production, and regularly collaborate with specialist historians around the world, so you’re in safe hands as we explore some of the most epic moments in history.
It is July 1941, and the Nazis are advancing towards Kyiv. A special squad is tasked with investigating major cases by acting both at the frontline and in the city itself, where rising criminals are joining German subversives in infiltrating the city, while a number of Soviet government representatives are happily profiting from other people’s misery.