Great Escape at Dunkirk
Season 45 Episode 5 | 52m 59s
As France fell to the German armies in May 1940, 400,000 Allied troops were trapped on the beaches of Dunkirk. Their annihilation seemed certain—a disaster that could have led to Britain’s surrender. But then, in a last-minute rescue, Royal Navy ships and a flotilla of tiny civilian boats evacuated hundreds of thousands of soldiers to safety across the Channel—the legendary “miracle of Dunkirk.”
Aired: 01/24/18
Expires: 03/31/20
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NOVA
Great Escape at Dunkirk
Bombing Hitler's Dams
Can experts recreate an Allied attack from WWII and destroy dams with a bouncing bomb?
3D Spies of WWII
The allies used special arial photos to deal a blow to the Nazi rocket program.
Nazi Attack on America
A sunken German U-boat off the coast of New Orleans tells the story of Operation Drumbeat.
Bombing Hitler's Supergun
Discover how Allied forces conspired to destroy one of Hitler’s most diabolical weapons.
