Canada: A People's History - Episode 14: 1940 to 1946 CE. Canada comes of age in the anguish of World War II, with soldiers on the beaches at Dieppe and women in the industrial work force back home. The country's military role, and the domestic, social and political consequences of the war are traced through poignant stories of Canadians on both sides of the Atlantic. The horrific global conflict steals the innocence of a generation... but brings hope for a new future.
In April of 1945, Germany stands at the brink of defeat with the Russian Army closing in from the ea...
The lives of Erik Lanshof and five of his closest friends take different paths when the German army ...
A touching story of an Italian book seller of Jewish ancestry who lives in his own little fairy tale...
After World War II, Antonia and her daughter, Danielle, go back to their Dutch hometown, where Anton...
It's the hope that sustains the spirit of every GI: the dream of the day when he will finally return...
Dictator Adenoid Hynkel tries to expand his empire while a poor Jewish barber tries to avoid persecu...
The attractive Oberleutnant Paul Wendlandt is stationed in North Africa as a fighter pilot. While in...
Austrian mountaineer Heinrich Harrer journeys to the Himalayas without his family to head an expedit...
The lifelong friendship between Rafe McCawley and Danny Walker is put to the ultimate test when the ...
A dramatic history of Pu Yi, the last of the Emperors of China, from his lofty birth and brief reign...
Jelena and dr Mirkovic realize that their relationship is not just fulfilling the party's task of be...
In the 1930s, Count Almásy is a Hungarian map maker employed by the Royal Geographical Society to ch...
The true story of pianist Władysław Szpilman's experiences in Warsaw during the Nazi occupation. Whe...
The true story of how businessman Oskar Schindler saved over a thousand Jewish lives from the Nazis ...
The story of the battle of Iwo Jima between the United States and Imperial Japan during World War II...
A dying man in his forties recalls his childhood, his mother, the war and personal moments that tell...
At the dawn of World War II, a young motorcycle courier in the Austrian army encounters a wounded fo...
A story of a Dutch young man who build a friendship with an American soldier from another time.
During the Nazi occupation of Poland, an acting troupe becomes embroiled in a Polish soldier's effor...
Based on the book of the same title by best-selling author Henry Buckton, this film is enhanced by a...