Popular War Politics TV Series - Page 40

World War II: When Lions Roared

1994

World War II: When Lions Roared

1994
6.5
A 1994 war television miniseries which portrays Roosevelt, Churchill, and Stalin as they maneuver their countries through several of the major events of World War II - such events include the Blitz, Operation Barbarossa, the bombing of Pearl Harbor, the North African Campaign, the Allied invasion of Italy, and concluding with the Tehran Conference.
Journey to Vucjak

1986

Journey to Vucjak

1986
7
With WWI finally ending in 1918, Croatian journalist Kresimir Horvat travels from Zagreb to his village of Vucjak in Zagorje and becomes a witness of history as Austria-Hungarian Empire dissolves.
XIII

2008

XIII

2008
6
The first female US President Sally Sheridan is shot dead by a sniper during her Veterans Day speech. Her assassin narrowly escapes the scene with his life, national security hot on his heels - or so it seems. Three months later, an elderly couple discover the body of a wounded man in a tree, wearing a parachute. The young man cannot remember the slightest thing about his own identity.
Expressway of First Empire

2010

Expressway of First Empire

2010
8
Seventeen Moments of Spring

1973

Seventeen Moments of Spring

1973
7.7
A Soviet spy is tasked with disrupting the negotiations between Karl Wolff and Allen Dulles taking place in Switzerland, aimed at forging a separate peace between Germany and the Western Allies.
Algo habrán hecho por la historia de Chile

2010

Algo habrán hecho por la historia de Chile

2010
Series that narrates the history of Chile, from the Spanish colonization by Pedro de Valdivia and the begin of the Arauco War, to the Centennial of Chile in 1910. The show uses two main styles, jumping from one to the other. One style is the use of actors to represent certain key events. The second style is the plain explanation of the things taking place, which could be done with visual gags, with the hosts in some modern day location, or at a representation of an event.
Angolmois: Record of Mongol Invasion

2018

Angolmois: Record of Mongol Invasion

2018
6.8
The story follows a group of samurai attempting to defend Japan from the first Mongol invasion in 1274.
The Assets

2014

The Assets

2014
7
1985 serves as the backdrop to the final showdown of the Cold War when Sandy and her partner Jeanne Vertefeuille vowed to find the mole that would turn out to be the most notorious traitor in US history, Aldrich Ames. Sandy is in a race against time to save the Soviet intelligence officers from being caught and killed. Living her own double life at home, this beautiful wife and mother vowed to stop at nothing until she uncovered the truth.
Eastern Zhou, Spring and Autumn Period

1996

Eastern Zhou, Spring and Autumn Period

1996
8
Xuan Yuan Sword Luminary

2018

Xuan Yuan Sword Luminary

2018
7
* Based on a Taiwanese PC role-playing game series. In and Nei are two sisters who have wandering the land together ever since their village was destroyed by the villainous Taibai Empire. Their childhood friend, Shou, has been enslaved by the Taibai himself, and uses his brilliance at tinkering and inventing to get by as a slave to the Empire's whims. One day, In accidentally discovers a legendary sword, which grants her fantastic abilities in combat, and allows her to summon a mystical, mechanical fox spirit named Yun, who is sworn to fight by her side. Meanwhile, Shou is making fast friends with a mysterious young girl who just may hold a great amount of power within the Taibai Empire. As Shou and the Fu sisters find themselves increasingly caught up in the Empire's battle for supremacy over the land, it will take all of the magic and might that the budding resistance armies can muster to turn the tide of war once and for all. Source: ANN
Night of Fallen

2023

Night of Fallen

2023
The story takes place between 2014 and 2017 and deals with the events of Mosul during the years of its occupation by ISIS. It shows the tragic conditions that the people of Mosul experienced during that era and how the Iraqi Armed Forces, in partnership with the Peshmerga forces and the Popular Mobilization Forces, were able to defeat terrorism.
The Devil's Confession: The Lost Eichmann Tapes

2023

The Devil's Confession: The Lost Eichmann Tapes

2023
5.2
After the World War II, architect of the Final Solution, Adolf Eichmann, fled to Argentina. While in hiding, he did a series of taped interviews detailing his role in Nazi atrocities. Now, for the first time ever we can hear The Devil's Confession!
Akif

2023

Akif

2023
7
The Three-Body Problem

2022

The Three-Body Problem

2022
3.4
A science-fiction drama adapted from the novel of the same name by the famous science fiction writer Liu Cixin. “Three-Body Problem” tells the story of nanomaterials scientist Wang Miao and criminal police Shi Qiang who jointly unveiled the mystery of the “Three-Body Problem” world of an extraterrestrial civilization..
The First War for Western Civilization

2016

The First War for Western Civilization

2016
The Greco-Persian War was pivotal in the creation of the modern world - yet all that is generally remembered are the 300 Spartans at Thermopylae. This documentary examines the whole history, from the Ionian Revolt (497BC) to the Peace of Callias (449BC), and also covers the legacies of the war - including Democracy.
The Message

2020

The Message

2020
6.5
1942, Nanjing. Following a series of assassination attempts on officials of the Japanese-controlled puppet government, the Japanese spy chief gathers a group of suspects in a mansion for questioning, and eventually, torturing. A tense game of "cat and mouse" ensues as the Chinese code-breaker attempts to send out a crucial message while protecting his/her own identity.
Снайпер: Оружие возмездия

2010

Снайпер: Оружие возмездия

2010
6.5
War at the Peace Table

1975

War at the Peace Table

1975
A RAI television miniseries that reconstructs the Allied Conferences held during the World War II, from Placentia Bay (1941) to Potsdam (1945).
Clash of Futures (1918-1939)

2018

Clash of Futures (1918-1939)

2018
7.2
From the armistice of 1918, which marked the end of the First World War, to the declaration of war in September 1939, the beginning of the Second World War: an era during which there was an aspiration to create a new world, prosperous and at peace, but which provoked a new tragedy, seen through the destinies of thirteen people who were both actors and witnesses of the upheavals of the so-called inter-war period.
Student Soldiers

2017

Student Soldiers

2017
In 1944 when Japan attacked Guangxi for the second time. It tells the story of passionate patriotic students Mo Jiajun and Du Shaowei who secretly went to the front to help in the war and began to change their fate and consciousness.