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WORLD AT WAR: PINCERS-VOLUME 19
VH177
VHS videocassette, I, 45, C VH3432
VHS videocassette, J-H, 52, C
Program #1: Al chooses his words carefully on a job application. Paris is liberated on August 25, 1944, and the Allies are poised for
For his interview, Beth and Carl help him decide that clear, concise the pincer-like advance on Germany−the Russians from the East
language will be more effective than big words and fancy phrases. and the other Allies from the South and West. (WORLD AT WAR)
Program #2: Carl's teammates enjoy his description of a wrestling
(WORLD AT WAR) (Zenger,)
victory, but his father doesn't understand the specialized
vocabulary. Program #3: Carl tells Peggy, who is new, that he
WORLD AT WAR: RECKONING-VOLUME 25
VH3438
VHS videocassette, J-H, 52, C
knows how it feels not to conform to the cliques at school. He
The Yalta agreement divides Germany into zones controlled by the
found his peers in a couple of punsters. (WATCH YOUR
various occupying armies, but by the summer of 1945, East-West
LANGUAGE) (WATCH YOUR LANGUAGE) (Gift,) tensions increase. Japan surrenders, the U.S. decides that the
occupation force will be American, and MacArthur begins the task
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of re-making Japan in the American image. (WORLD AT WAR)
VH693 VHS videocassette, I-J-H, 44, C (WORLD AT WAR) (Zenger,)
Shown in detail are the events from 1931-1941 which drew us
inexorably into the war, beginning with the Japanese incursion into WORLD AT WAR: REMEMBER-VOLUME 26
Manchuria and ending with the attack on Pearl Harbor. (NAVC,) VH3439
VHS videocassette, J-H, 52, C
For many surviving soldiers, the horrors of the war seem to be
WORLD AT WAR: GENOCIDE-VOLUME 20
submerged amid memories of camaraderie and reminiscences of
VH3433
VHS videocassette, J-H, 52, C small things which made the war liveable. This final program is a
Heinrich Himmler is already Reichsfuhrer of the SS when the Nazis
memorial to 55 million casualties, directing viewers to remember the
come to power in 1933. Himmler's dream is to purify the
dead, the privations, the brutality, and the lack of distinction
between combatants and noncombatants in total war. (WORLD AT
"Germanic race," and the National Socialist Party gives him power
WAR) (WORLD AT WAR) (Zenger,)
to attempt to realize this ambition. This episode focuses on the
philosophic rationale behind the attempt to create an "aryan" WORLD AT WAR: THE BOMB-VOLUME 24
Germany. (WORLD AT WAR) (WORLD AT WAR) (Zenger,) VH3437 VHS videocassette, J-H, 52, C
In August, 1945, the world's first uranium and plutonium bombs are
WORLD AT WAR: HOME FIRES-VOLUME 15 dropped on Japan. With Stalin violating the Yalta agreement, and
VH3428 VHS videocassette, J-H, 52, C the human cost of invading Japan climbing, American
The Battle of Britain is a significant defeat for the German decision-makers see the bomb as a means of impressing both enemy
Luftwaffe, forcing Germany to aim its bombing runs away from the and ally alike. (WORLD AT WAR) (WORLD AT WAR) (Zenger,)
heavily defended London to the less well-defended outlying cities.
As the provincial cities are hit, the situation grows desperate.
WORLD AT WAR: A NEW GERMANY-VOLUME 1
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VH3414
VHS videocassette, J-H, 52, C
(1933-1939)−Embittered by defeat in WWI and stricken by a deep
WORLD AT WAR: JAPAN-VOLUME 22
depression, Germany rallies to the new hope promised by the Nazis.
Hitler seizes power, book burning and anti-Jewish legislation ensue,
VH3435
VHS videocassette, J-H, 52, C
and Europe watches with growing apprehension as Germany rearms.
(1941-1945) After the surprise attack on Pearl Harbor, early military
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successes transform the fears of the Japanese people into
triumphant exultation, the scales tip, and a fierce defense of the WORLD AT WAR: ALONE-BRITAIN-VOLUME 4
homeland is prepared, but the Americans have a secret weapon VH3417 VHS videocassette, J-H, 52, C
which will end the war. (WORLD AT WAR) (WORLD AT WAR) Over 300,000 Allied troops are rescued at Dunkirk, Churchill
(Zenger,)
inspires the British to fight on alone, and the Royal Air Force battles
the Luftwaffe in the skies over London in the Battle of Britain.
WORLD AT WAR: MORNING-VOLUME 17
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VH3430
VHS videocassette, J-H, 52, C
D-day, the morning of June 5, 1944, the largest amphibious WORLD AT WAR: AMERICA ENTERS THE WAR-VOLUME 7
invasion force ever assembled fights its way ashore on the beaches VH3420
VHS videocassette, J-H, 52, C
of Normandy. The Allied forces make beachheads in five locations, After Pearl Harbor, many Americans want to focus the war effort on
but meet strong opposition and suffer many casualties. (WORLD AT Japan; Congress is opposed when Roosevelt wishes to enter the
WAR) (WORLD AT WAR) (Zenger,)
war against Hitler. Surprisingly, Hitler draws the U.S. into the
European conflict by declaring war on the U.S. (WORLD AT WAR)
(WORLD AT WAR) (Zenger,)
WORLD AT WAR: NEMESIS-VOLUME 21
VH3434
VHS videocassette, J-H, 52, C
WORLD AT WAR: BANZAI-JAPAN STRIKES-VOLUME 6
As Germany's defenses fall, Hitler awaits the fate of the Reich from VH3419 VHS videocassette, J-H, 52, C
his bunker, learns of betrayals by Goehring and Himmler, marries the Japan tries to control larger areas of Asia, friction with the U.S.
faithful Eva Braun, and chooses suicide rather than capture.
draws Japan closer to the Axis nations, and Japan attacks the U.S.
(WORLD AT WAR) (WORLD AT WAR) (Zenger,)
fleet at Pearl Harbor and captures Hong Kong, Burma, Malaya,
Singapore, the Dutch East Indies, and the Philippines. (WORLD AT
WORLD AT WAR: OCCUPATION-VOLUME 18
WAR) (WORLD AT WAR) (Zenger,)
VH3431
VHS videocassette, J-H, 52, C
In 1940, without warning, the Germans attack the Netherlands, a WORLD AT WAR: BARBAROSSA-VOLUME 5
neutral country. After Rotterdam is bombed, the Dutch capitulate. VH3418
VHS videocassette, J-H, 52, C
The Nazi occupying force proceeds subtly, promising "no Master now of most of Europe, including the Balkans, Germany
animosity," so that life seems to go on as usual. (WORLD AT WAR) turns against Russia. After devastating German victories over the
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Red Army, the German High Command delays, and the advance
falters a few kilometers from Moscow. (WORLD AT WAR) (WORLD
AT WAR) (Zenger,)
WORLD AT WAR: PACIFIC-THE ISLAND TO ISLAND WAR-VOLUME
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WORLD AT WAR: DISTANT WAR-VOLUME 2
VH3436 VHS videocassette, J-H, 52, C VH3415 VHS videocassette, J-H, 52, C
The Pacific offensive begins late in 1943 with General MacArthur (1939-1940) Germany invades Poland and bombs Warsaw into
and Admiral Nimitz in command. The tenacious grasp of the submission. Britain languishes unprepared during the months of the
Japanese on the Pacific islands is more costly to break than the "phony war," Chamberlain topples, and Winston Churchill comes to
Americans imagined, and the casualties mount. (WORLD AT WAR) the fore. The Nazi war machine rolls into the Low Countries and
(WORLD AT WAR) (Zenger,)
France. (WORLD AT WAR) (WORLD AT WAR) (Zenger,)
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