The Allies are about to launch the largest amphibious assault ever attempted in a bid to establish a beachhead on the French coast. Combat action ranges from the ferocious Battle of Stalingrad to the fight for control of the Pacific. In the European arena, amazing color footage records the lighting advance of German troops pushing toward Moscow and the inhuman conditions of the Warsaw ghetto.
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Roused to full combative fury by the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, America now mobilizes her formidable industrial and military might to meet enemies on two global fronts. Equally fascinating is the personal side of the war's early years, from American factories churning out vital materials to the home movies of Hitler's mistress. As WWII begins in earnest, rare footage reveals the bravado of Stalin's Russia and the bleak aftermath of the Allied retreat from Dunkirk.
Witness newly found color combat footage of the onslaught of terror and technology deployed by Hitler in his support of Franco's Nationalists in the Spanish Civil War. In the German heartland, pre-war passions being nurtured under Hitler's single-minded leadership would soon unleash conflict and suffering on a global scale. A striking, unprecedented look at a world, a time and a conflict we all thought we knew so well, this is World War II, quite literally, as you've never se en it before. From the earliest days of the Blitz to D-Day and Hiroshima, home movies and rare archival film footage are combined with dramatic first-person accounts and diaries to reveal the personal side of the decision-makers - as well as the millions of innocent bystanders - at the center of this worldwide conflagration. Assembled after years of research, this rarely seen color film footage offers a graphic and extraordinary new perspective on the greatest military struggle the world has ever endured.ĭetailing the entire course of the conflict, World War II: The Lost Color Archives provides a unique new perspective on everything from the war's most critical battles and key personalities to details of life on the home front to the plight of uprooted refugees.
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But the recently re-discovered archival materials of this remarkable series are about to permanently alter the way we look at the war and those who fought it.
Until today, our collective memories of World War II have live almost exclusively in black and white. WWII - Lost Color Archives, D2 WWII - Lost Color Archives, D2 - The Lost Color Archives (2000)
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