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Secrets of war. The complete 65 episode series  Cover Image DVD DVD

Secrets of war. The complete 65 episode series / [the DocuMedia Group L.L.C.].

Heston, Charlton, (narrator.). Documedia Group. (Added Author). Mill Creek Entertainment, (film distributor.).

Summary:

Discover the most cunning stories of deception and sabotage that forever changed the course of history. With each episode telling a strong, specific and factual story, Secrets of was has become an instant classic offering the most historically accurate complete guide to espionage in the 20th century ever produced. This series brings to life the conflicts that pulsed through the battles behind the battlefields. Uncover the strong, specific and factual tactics used by history's most influential leaders.

Record details

  • Physical Description: 13 videodiscs (3250 min.) : sound, color, black and white ; 4 3/4 in.
  • Distributor: [Place of publication not identified] : Mill Creek Entertainment, [2013]

Content descriptions

General Note:
Originally broadcast on television 1998-2000.
Contains all 65 episodes from the series.
Title from container.
Sources used: videodisc container; Internet movie database WWW site, May 25, 2022; Wikipedia WWW site, May 25, 2022.
Formatted Contents Note:
Disc 1. Espionage. German intelligence in WWII -- British secret intelligence in WWII -- Breaking the Japanese code -- Weapons of the shadow war -- Women spies in World War II.
Disc 2. Espionage. The Cambridge Five -- Stalin's -- The O.S.S. -- Roosevelt's spymasters -- D. Day Deceptions.
Disc 3. Shadows of the Third Reich. Hitler's Secrets -- Secret weapons of the Third Reich -- Nazi propaganda -- Nazi gold -- Rommel's enigma.
Disc 4. Shadows of the Third Reich. The Holocaust secret -- The Ultra enigma -- Battle of the Atlantic -- Sitzkrieg: the Phony War -- Hitler's last days.
Disc 5. Vietnam-A war unwanted. Vietnam: Alpha strike -- Vietnam: hidden in plain sight -- Vietnam: special operations -- Vietnam: Johnson's battleground -- Vietnam: Ho Chi Minh's revolution.
Disc 6. Weapons of War. Super guns -- Psychological warfare -- Tools of deception -- Spy planes -- Bio-chemical weapons.
Disc 7. Weapons of War. The Wizard war -- Battlefield deceptions -- Churchill's gambles -- Secret submarines in WWII -- Korea: Stalin's secret air war.
Disc 8. The Cold War. Cold War: Eisenhower's operatives -- The hunt for atomic secrets -- Cold War: the strangelove factor -- Cold War: Inside the CIA -- Cold War: Inside the KGB.
Disc 9. The Cold War. Cold War: The Kennedy years -- Cold War: Khrushchev's regime -- Cold War: Nixon's secrets -- Cold War: Castro's revolution -- Cold War: Brezhnev's Kremlin.
Disc 10. On All Fronts. The French resistance -- Japan: the invasion that never was -- The battle of Britain -- Hisohito's War -- Mussolini's henchman.
Disc 11. Modern War. The Gulf war: steel rain -- The Gulf war: secrets in the sand -- The Gulf war: Architects of Desert Storm -- The Gulf war: Iraq's secrets -- The invasion of Panama.
Disc 12. Deadly Intelligence. Mao's secrets -- Shadows of the six day war -- Israeli intelligence -- Korea: behind the bamboo curtain -- Spies in the sky.
Disc 13. The Price of War. Prisoners of War part I -- Prisoners of War part II -- Prisoners of War part III -- The Balkans tinderbox -- WWI: Germany's secret gambles.
Creation/Production Credits Note:
Music composed by Ramon Balcazar.
Participant or Performer Note:
Narrated by Charlton Heston.
Subject: War > History > 20th century.
Military art and science > History.
Genre: Documentary television programs.
Nonfiction television programs.

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  • 2 of 2 copies available at Missouri Evergreen. (Show)
  • 1 of 1 copy available at Crawford County.

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