The Night of the Long Knives is considered the first act of horror committed by the Nazis. Hitler's rise to power and total control had him caught between conservative tendency and revolutionary aspirations that were dividing the country.
In Their Footsteps is a ten-part documentary depicting Australian families and war.
The first episode aired in Australia on 8 May 2011 on the Nine Network.
In each episode an Australian will retrace the steps of a close ancestor’s wartime experience.
British military historian Professor Richard Holmes takes the viewer through four major battles of world war two. The Battles of Cassino, El Alamein, Arnhem (Operation Market Garden), & the RAF Bomber Command. An insightful overview of each of these diverse campaigns is given in each of the four episodes.
It was one of the largest naval engagements ever and a turning point in WWII. The Battle of Midway changed the face of warfare and made victory in the Pacific possible.
The Drum is an Australian current affairs and news analysis program which appears on ABC News 24 weekdays at 6:05pm. The program is presented by Steve Cannane. It was formerly hosted by Chris Uhlmann and has been hosted by Annabel Crabb. The main fill in hosts are Peter Lloyd, Tim Palmer and Peter Wilkins.
The program follows on from The Drum website which offers blogs and discussions from various commentators. Regular contributors include Annabel Crabb, Barrie Cassidy, Leigh Sales, Jonathan Green, Michael Brissenden, Alan Kohler, Madonna King, Antony Green, Ben Knight, Dominic Knight, Craig Murtrie, Rhys Muldoon and Jeff Waters. In addition there have been many more guest contributors.
Follows Sharon's term as PM from the moment he was elected. The series goes through his leadership under mass terror attacks, his willingness to support the two-state solution, his decision to start Operation Defensive Shield in 2002, his demand from the Palestinians to replace Yasser Arafat as a condition for all negotiations, the establishment of the separation fence, and the disengagement from Gaza that turned his greatest supporters into sworn enemies. In addition, the series returns to selected chapters in Sharon's life as a child in Kfar Malal, as a family person, as a soldier and as minister in Israeli governments. Among the interviewees: Gilad Sharon, Dov Weissglas, Eyal Bronze, Uri Monday, Moshe Kaplinsky, Israel Maymon, Assi Yavni, Tzipi Livni, Gideon Saar and Aria Eldad.
June 1944. 1.5 million Allied soldiers stand poised to embark on the largest amphibious assault in military history. For tens of thousands of young American soldiers in particular, this war against the Nazis seems like an adventure. Most are overseas for the first time, and few have any experience of combat. For those bound for Omaha Beach, the baptism of fire will come at 0630 on 6th June – H-Hour, D-Day. It will prove a horrifying and unforgettable experience. D-Day: The Soldiers’ Story features the intimate personal testimony of the men who formed the spearhead of the Allied liberation of Western Europe on that fateful day. They include survivors of the US 29th Infantry Division’s first assault wave at Omaha Beach, the German machine-gunners who resisted them, and members of the French Resistance in Normandy. Expert analysis is provided by Antony Beevor (D-Day, Stalingrad, Berlin) and German military historian Peter Lieb.
Set in the fictional continents of Westeros and Essos, A Song of Ice and Fire is a sprawling epic of power, betrayal, war, and survival. As noble houses vie for control of the Iron Throne, ancient forces stir in the North, threatening to engulf the world in darkness. From the cold Wall in the far north to the sun-scorched lands of Essos, the series follows a vast cast of characters—lords and ladies, knights and assassins, bastards and queens—whose fates intertwine in a brutal game where loyalty is rare and victory often comes at a terrible cost. With complex politics, morally grey characters, and shocking twists, the series redefines the boundaries of fantasy fiction.
Within weeks of Pearl Harbor, Nazi U-boats attacked American ships within sight of the North Carolina coast leaving a trail of death and destruction; now, a team of experts turn this forgotten graveyard into a protected sanctuary in honor of the fallen.
On the eve of the second Passover holiday, a squad of five commandos from the PFLP cuts the northern border fence and penetrates into Kibbutz Misgav-Am. Their mission is to take hostage the Kibbutz members in order to negotiate the release of prisoners held in Israeli jails. But that night, most Kibbutz members are away on a concert and the Kibbutz is half empty, a light comes on in one of the small kibbutz houses, making it the target for the commandos to break into. When they realize this is not a family home but rather the dormitory for the very young children of the kibbutz, it's already too late.
This is the story of one of Europe's biggest migrations; one of people fleeing poverty or persecution and hoping for a better life. German-speaking people descended the Rhine and Danube rivers, from the 17th century until the end of the First World War, and settled in America, Eastern Europe, Russia and Africa.