Battlefields (2001)

Season 1

British military historian Professor Richard Holmes takes the viewer through four major battles of world war two. The Battles of Cassino, El Alamein, Arnhem (Operation Market Garden), & the RAF Bomber Command. An insightful overview of each of these diverse campaigns is given in each of the four episodes.

Released Sept. 25, 2001 Episode 50 min None+

Genres: Documentary, War

Keywords: imdb.world-war-two, imdb.el-alamein, imdb.monte-cassino, imdb.arnhem-holland

Network: BBC Two

Country: United Kingdom
Languages: English

IMDb

7.5

/69/

Trakt

/6/

TMDb

/1/

Professor Richard Holmes
Self

S1E1 - El Alamein

Montgomery's victory over Rommel, Germany's commander in North Africa, in October 1942 was a brilliant success but was not without great human cost.

Sept. 25, 2001, midnight

S1E2 - Cassino

Professor Richard Holmes CBE presents a detailed account of the battle of Cassino featuring archive footage, evidence and interviews with surviving soldiers who fought there.

Oct. 2, 2001, midnight

S1E3 - Bomber

Professor Richard Holmes CBE presents a detailed account of the RAF Bomber Command featuring archive footage, evidence and interviews with surviving pilots and crew.

Oct. 9, 2001, midnight

S1E4 - Arnhem

Professor Richard Holmes CBE presents a detailed account of Operation Market Garden featuring archive footage, evidence and interviews with surviving soldiers who fought there.

Oct. 16, 2001, midnight

BBC Two

50 min/ep

200 min

Sept. 25, 2001

Oct. 16, 2001, midnight

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