
World War II: Battlefield Europe - Season 1 Episode 4 The War Begins, 1939
With Germany's land grab in 1939, Britain and France reluctantly concluded that Hitler was bent on European domination. Follow the story of the Molotov-Ribbentrop Pact between Germany and the Soviet Union, the dramatic invasion of Poland in September 1939, and the rise of a new kind of German warfare called blitzkrieg (lightning war").
- Year: 2020
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- Genre: Documentary
- Studio: The Great Courses
- Keyword: germany, france, europe, world war ii, soviet union, joseph stalin, franklin delano roosevelt, benito mussolini, d-day, north africa, battle of britain, military history, blitzkrieg, world history, adolf hitler, winston churchill, nazi germany, united states of america (usa), harry s. truman
- Director: David R. Stone, PhD
- Cast: David R. Stone, PhD