Battle of Tobruk

October 23, 2001

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German field marshal Erwin Rommel scores a major victory at the Libyan seaport of Tobruk.

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Battlefront: Season 1 - 40 Episode s

1x1 - Dunkirk
September 25, 2001
British and Allied forces are pushed back by an overwhelming German Army. 400,000 Allied troops are trapped in the French town of Dunkirk. After several failed attempts at rescue, the British Navy was able to rescue 330,000 troops.
1x2 - Fall of Poland
October 2, 2001
German tanks roll into Poland in September 1939.
1x3 - Battle for Norway
October 9, 2001
Early in the war, the Germans decide they need to guarantee access to the Norwegian port of Narvik to ensure their supplies of Swedish iron ore. The British, however, send destroyers to up-end the German plan.
1x4 - Bombing of England
October 16, 2001
Hitler has taken France and has his sights set on England. At a heavy toll, the Royal Air Force swings into action to stop Hitler from crossing the Channel.
1x5 - Battle of Tobruk
October 23, 2001
German field marshal Erwin Rommel scores a major victory at the Libyan seaport of Tobruk.
1x6 - Operation Mercury: Fall of Crete
October 30, 2001
After British forces withdrew in defeat from Greece to the island of Crete in early 1941, they were soon fighting German invasion armies again. This time, 5,000 of Hitler's elite paratroopers landed to complete their conquest in the Mediterranean.
1x7 - Battle of Malta
November 6, 2001
In 1941, Mussolini desperately wants to wrest the tiny island of Malta from the British for control of the Mediterranean. When his inadequate air force fails to bomb the Maltese into submission, Hitler's Luftwaffe joins the campaign.
1x8 - Fall of Singapore
November 13, 2001
Before the sneak attack on Pearl Harbor, the Japanese initiate the Pacific War by firing on the British in Malaya. Their route to the rubber-rich nation takes them into Singapore, the World's most armed fortress.
1x9 - Pearl Harbor
November 20, 2001
During a two-hour surprise attack on the American Pacific fleet anchored at Pearl Harbor, Japanese navy pilots score a near-complete victory.
1x10 - Fall of the Philippines
November 27, 2001
American and Philippine troops and Philippine scouts take on a fast advancing Japanese invasion.
1x11 - Battle of Midway
December 4, 2001
Only one isolated atoll prevents an enemy invasion of Hawaii. Midway Island is where the Japanese fleet converges on a tiny American base with a massive strafing and bombing attack.
1x12 - Solomon Islands
December 11, 2001
For the first time since Americans entered the war, Marines face Japanese infantrymen at Guadalcanal. In the jungles, two powerful armies clash in a six month battle that claims nearly 30,000 lives.
1x13 - Battle of Dieppe
December 18, 2001
The Allies launch an ill-fated attack on the German-occupied port of Dieppe, France.
1x14 - Battle of Stalingrad
December 25, 2001
German forces encounter Russian resistance.
1x15 - El Alamein
January 1, 2002
Erwin Rommel battles Allied forces in North Africa in 1942.
1x16 - North Africa
January 8, 2002
In the North African desert in 1942, American fighting forces encounter the dreaded Rommel for the first time to stop the German war machine.
1x17 - The Forgotten Front
January 15, 2002
The Japanese meet resistance from British forces as they advance through Burma to take India in 1944.
1x18 - Battle of Sicily
January 22, 2002
Fresh from victory in North Africa, the Allies successfully invade the island of Sicily, staging an eventual Italian withdrawal from the war.
1x19 - Bombing of Ploesti
January 29, 2002
Bombing of Ploesti
1x20 - Monte Cassino
February 5, 2002
Allied troops are advancing through Italy and meet a stiff German defensive position in an old monastery Monte Cassino.
1x21 - Gilbert Islands
February 12, 2002
Bloody fighting erupts on a group of tiny Pacific islands in November 1943.
1x22 - Battle of Anzio
February 19, 2002
Allied armies encounter German resistance in the Italian fishing town of Anzio.
1x23 - Kwajalein
February 26, 2002
Examining the battle at the Kwajelein Atoll in the South Pacific during 1944. Included: operations by the Seabees.
1x24 - Battle in Palau
March 5, 2002
American forces overtake Japanese troops on the islands of Palau on the way to the Philippines.
1x25 - D-Day
March 12, 2002
D-Day, the 6th of June--one of the most pivotal moments in world history. In a massive armada of thousands of ships, 3,000,000 allied troops land at Three Beaches in Normandy, France.
1x26 - Retaking France
March 19, 2002
Six weeks after the D-Day invasion of the beaches of Normandy, the allied forces are pushing the Germans back through the French countryside. Town by town is won back as Panzer divisions retreat back to the Meuse River.
1x27 - Operation Dragoon
March 26, 2002
Allied Forces continue across France pushing the German troops back into Germany.
1x28 - Liberation of Paris
April 2, 2002
Both political and military expediency were factors in the return of the French capital to its people.
1x29 - Arnhem
April 9, 2002
The Allies launch an attack designed to push the Germans back to the Rhine River.
1x30 - Liberation of the Philippines
April 16, 2002
Gen. Douglas MacArthur's return to the Philippines, and the final push to retake the islands after two years of Japanese occupation.
1x31 - The Last Stronghold
April 23, 2002
American B-29 high-altitude bomber attacks Japan near the end of World War II.
1x32 - Mount Belvedere
April 30, 2002
The Battle of the Gothic Line in 1944.
1x33 - Battle of the Bulge
May 7, 2002
The December 1944 battle pitting American forces against German Panzer divisions in the Ardennes Forest.
1x34 - Mount Hot Rocks
May 14, 2002
American forces landing on the shores of Iwo Jima encounter Japanese combatants willing to fight to the death.
1x35 - Battle of Remagen
May 21, 2002
German forces retreat across the Rhine on the Remagen bridge near the close of the war.
1x36 - Battle of Okinawa
May 28, 2002
Kamikaze pilots guard the island of Okinawa from American forces.
1x37 - Fall of Berlin
June 4, 2002
In 1945, Soviet and American troops press Hitler's armies from the west and the east, culminating in the fall of Berlin.
1x38 - Commerce Raiders
June 11, 2002
Heavily armed vessels disguised as ordinary cargo ships patrolled allied waters, sinking supply boats and stealing their content.
1x39 - Bombing of Germany
June 18, 2002
The development of the B-17 bomber, which allowed American planes to reach inside Germany and bomb its cities.
1x40 - U-Boat War
June 25, 2002
U-boats posed the deadliest threat to Allied convoys traveling the Atlantic.

Battlefront: All seasons

S1: Season 1
40 Episode s

1x1 - Dunkirk

1x2 - Fall of Poland

1x3 - Battle for Norway

1x4 - Bombing of England

1x5 - Battle of Tobruk

1x6 - Operation Mercury: Fall of Crete

1x7 - Battle of Malta

1x8 - Fall of Singapore

1x9 - Pearl Harbor

1x10 - Fall of the Philippines

1x11 - Battle of Midway

1x12 - Solomon Islands

1x13 - Battle of Dieppe

1x14 - Battle of Stalingrad

1x15 - El Alamein

1x16 - North Africa

1x17 - The Forgotten Front

1x18 - Battle of Sicily

1x19 - Bombing of Ploesti

1x20 - Monte Cassino

1x21 - Gilbert Islands

1x22 - Battle of Anzio

1x23 - Kwajalein

1x24 - Battle in Palau

1x25 - D-Day

1x26 - Retaking France

1x27 - Operation Dragoon

1x28 - Liberation of Paris

1x29 - Arnhem

1x30 - Liberation of the Philippines

1x31 - The Last Stronghold

1x32 - Mount Belvedere

1x33 - Battle of the Bulge

1x34 - Mount Hot Rocks

1x35 - Battle of Remagen

1x36 - Battle of Okinawa

1x37 - Fall of Berlin

1x38 - Commerce Raiders

1x39 - Bombing of Germany

1x40 - U-Boat War

S1: Season 1