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War Walks is a BBC television documentary series presented by the historian Richard Holmes, then Professor of Military and Security Studies at Cranfield University.The series is about battlefields [1] (though it could be questioned whether the Blitz had a battlefield), [2] which are visited by Holmes, [3] and is also about the corresponding battles. [4]
The Birmingham Blitz was the heavy bombing by the Nazi German Luftwaffe of the city of Birmingham and surrounding towns in central England, beginning on 9 August 1940 as a fraction of the greater Blitz, which was part of the Battle of Britain; and ending on 23 April 1943.
Operation Steinbock or Operation Capricorn (German: Unternehmen Steinbock), sometimes called the Baby Blitz or Little Blitz, was a strategic bombing campaign by the German Air Force (the Luftwaffe) during the Second World War. It targeted southern England and lasted from January to May 1944. Steinbock was the last strategic air offensive by the ...
The Baedeker Blitz or Baedeker raids was a series of bombing raids in April and May 1942 by the German Luftwaffe on English cities during World War II. The name derives from Baedeker , a series of German tourist guide books , including detailed maps, which were used to select targets for bombing.
Edward Roscoe Murrow (born Egbert Roscoe Murrow; April 25, 1908 – April 27, 1965) [1] was an American broadcast journalist and war correspondent.He first gained prominence during World War II with a series of live radio broadcasts from Europe for the news division of CBS.
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Following the bombing, and near destruction, of Coventry in November 1940, Turner was tasked with creating decoys for seven major cities. Turner referred to the new sites as "Special Fire" or "SF". However, one early site (near Bristol ) was given the name "Starfish", which subsequently became used for all of the decoys.
The following series has eight episodes. Episode 1: The True Story of the Bridge on the River Kwai. First broadcast 28 October 1997. [19] Episode 2: Lords of the Maya. First broadcast 4 November 1997. [20] [21] Episode 3: Alison: A Personal History. First broadcast 11 November 1997. [22] [23] Episode 4: The Gentlemen Spies. First broadcast 18 ...