DescriptionA study of one of Hitler's greatest blunders, which spelled doom for the Third Reich. Even after Japan's attack on Pearl Harbor, President Roosevelt fought internal resistance to joining the war against Germany and Italy. But Hitler solved the problem when he declared war on the U.S. What led to this strategic mistake?
DescriptionDid the Allies blunder in 1944 by bombing a beautiful Franciscan monastery, when they could have outflanked the crack German troops holed up there?
DescriptionA look at one of the biggest blunders of WWII, when a plot by German opposition failed to kill Hitler in 1944 at the Wolf's Lair. There, a young aristocratic officer placed a briefcase containing a bomb under Hitler's map table. When the explosion failed to kill Hitler, the disorganized conspirators were soon rounded up and hanged.
DescriptionBy Autumn 1944, lengthy supply lines severely hampered Allied pursuit of retreating German forces. At one point, the Port of Antwerp could have been seized and the problem solved. Why were Germans allowed to reinforce the area, enabling a bloody resistance?
DescriptionNo German spy operated successfully from Britain during WWII. Ill-trained and undermotivated, most were picked up within hours of landing and "turned" to send back misinformation. Why, though the clues were there, did the Abwehr not realize what was going on?
DescriptionIt was September 1944, during "Operation Market Garden", that the British 1st Airborne Division and the Polish 1st Independent Parachute Brigade were given the mission to secure a bridge at Arnhem. But most of the troops were dropped far from their target, and the result was a crushing defeat for the Allies.
