Top Rated War Politics TV Series - Page 29

Peacemaker

2020

Peacemaker

2020
4.8
Finnish peace negotiator Ann-Mari Sundell has recently retired from her post as a crisis response adviser in the Ministry for Foreign Affairs. Suddenly, she is invited by the UN mandate to lead an international conflict resolution process in Turkey. As the peace talks proceed, Ann-Mari has to reconcile with her past before her personal life comes in the way of the whole peace process.
Sui Tang Heroes

2003

Sui Tang Heroes

2003
7.4
The Last Journey Of The Vikings

2020

The Last Journey Of The Vikings

2020
7.4
Nearly 1,000 years ago, the Vikings left Scandinavia and settled across Europe - giving their name to Normandy along the way - before their Norman descendants seized the English throne at the Battle of Hastings in 1066. But what do we really know about them? By combining expert analysis with compelling drama, 'The Last Journey of the Vikings' (Swedish title: 'Vikingarnas sista resa') tells a new and often surprising story about this complex people.
The Story of Drug Trafficking

2020

The Story of Drug Trafficking

2020
7.4
This series explores the history of drug trafficking from a political perspective and reveals the murky role played by many states which have used the drug trade as an instrument of power. Opium, heroin, cocaine, and designer drugs have sparked wars, financed militias, and brought down states.
The Magnificent Three: Amsterdam, London, New York

2017

The Magnificent Three: Amsterdam, London, New York

2017
7.8
The story, from 1600 to the present day, of the ruthless competition between Amsterdam (Netherlands), London (UK) and New York (USA) for world trade supremacy, as great minds blazed paths to glory and iconic architecture soared skyward.
Mobile Suit Gundam MS IGLOO 2: Gravity Front

2008

Mobile Suit Gundam MS IGLOO 2: Gravity Front

2008
7.4
The storyline takes place during the One Year War of the Universal Century. It explores the ground phase of the One Year War from the Earth Federation's point of view.
Decolonisation

2020

Decolonisation

2020
8.8
The history of decolonization from the point of view of colonized peoples, an epic story that still resonates and reverberates to this day.
Inside Hitler's Killing Machine

2016

Inside Hitler's Killing Machine

2016
5.6
May 1945: With the end of the war and the surrender of the Third Reich, the world discovered the full horror of a genocidal system on a scale never before seen in the history of humanity. The elimination of millions of individuals had been meticulously planned by a regime whose organization and methods were just beginning to be understood.
Salvo D'Acquisto

2003

Salvo D'Acquisto

2003
5.6
During World War II, 22-year-old Carabinieri deputy brigadier Salvo D'Acquisto makes an heroic gesture of self-sacrifice by "confessing" an act of sabotage for which 22 civilians had been rounded up by the Germans, and is executed by firing squad in their place on September 23, 1943.
The Red

2014

The Red

2014
7.6
In 1937, the Japanese imperialists launched a brutal war of aggression against China. Xu Tian was a color-blind accountant in Shanghai with military training who decided to stay close to his mother after the death of his father. After an accident involving a group of patriots led by a friend of his late father, he was touched by the patriotic spirit. He used his sharp mind to help the patriots transporting important materials, which also drew the attention of Japanese occupying the city to himself. During this period, he befriended Jin, a conman-turned-businessman and Tielin, a police officer working in the Shanghai French Concession. At the same time, pharmacist Tian Dan rented a room in Xu's house after losing her parents in an incident Xu was deeply involved. On the backdrop of the national crisis, people were living their intertwined lives with their own agenda, be it for revenge, for duty, for self-interest, or for ideology.
The Pacific War in Color

2018

The Pacific War in Color

2018
7.4
Witness iconic assaults, intense battles, and intimate moments of the Pacific War, in color.
Spies

2013

Spies

2013
3.8
State Border

1980

State Border

1980
6.4
The Road to Calvary

1977

The Road to Calvary

1977
2.8
St. Petersburg, 1914. Pre-revolutionary bourgeois society, decadent intelligentsia - the signs of this troubled time. The focus is on the Bulavina sisters Dasha and Kata, their personal lives, loves, hobbies, and heartfelt dramas.
Life and Fate

2012

Life and Fate

2012
8.6
The plot takes place in 1942-1943, during the defense of Stalingrad. The Jew Viktor Strum is a talented nuclear physicist working in one of the country's institutes on the creation of an atomic bomb. At this time, Strum's relatives die in Nazi camps and NKVD dungeons, and persecution begins against him. The inventor can only be saved by his scientific brainchild, which Stalin himself became interested in. The state needs such a powerful weapon as an atomic bomb. The scientist has to make a choice: to remain faithful to science and work for the "leader of the nation" or to abandon his vocation and be destroyed.
Attempted Murder

2018

Attempted Murder

2018
7
In 1990 the head of the Treuhand, Hans-Georg Dahlmann, was targeted by the RAF. When he made Sandra Wellmann, mother of one son, his assistant, he had no idea what additional danger he was exposing himself to. Because Wellmann is doing common cause with RAF members Bettina Pohlmann and Klaus Gelfert and is supposed to provide them with information for the planned attack on Dahlmann.
And Quiet Flows the Don

2015

And Quiet Flows the Don

2015
3.8
The action begins in 1912. The heroes of the painting - neighbors, villagers, Cossacks from the Tatarsky farm of the village of Vyoshenskaya - have lived on this land for centuries, they are connected by kinship, friendship, love, common labor and military service. But this durable and self-sufficient world with its unique way of life, habits and a special system of views and values is collapsing under the onslaught of bloody turmoil and revolution. Don is divided by hatred. The seemingly immutable age-old foundations of Don life - land, farm, family, military duty - are dissolving in the crucible of fratricidal war. The Melekhov, Korshunov, and Astakhov families are involved in the cycle of military and political events.
Battle of the Atlantic

2002

Battle of the Atlantic

2002
6.9
Explores the desperate struggle for survival on a hostile ocean during the longest and bloodiest battle of the Second World War.
Empire is Under Attack

2000

Empire is Under Attack

2000
6.8
In this TV-series the events of the beginning of the 20th century in Russia are highlighted. Revolutioners, terrorists, spies - and investigator Putilovskii and his team fight them as best they can.
WWI: The First Modern War

2014

WWI: The First Modern War

2014
7
When ancient war tactics became overwhelmed by powerful new weapons like tanks, air attacks, weapons of mass destruction and submarines, a pivotal game-changing moment in history occurred. History is delving into the background of each weapon explaining the how and why they were developed, the strategy, and their ultimate effectiveness.