Sort by Popularity - Most Popular Movies and TV Shows tagged with keyword "turning-point-in-the-war"

1. Gettysburg (2011 TV Movie)

85 min | Documentary, History, War

An examination of the Battle of Gettysberg on both the personal and strategic level.

Director: Adrian Moat | Stars: Sam Rockwell, George Wunderlich, Peter Carmichael, Garry E. Adelman

Votes: 562

2. Battle of Kursk (2009 Video)

57 min | Documentary, History, War

The tidal wave of the German advance had lost momentum when it broke against the outskirts of Moscow; the cold Russian winter had saved the city. Now the two most powerful armies on earth ... See full summary »

Director: Robert Garofalo | Stars: Roy Ward, Adolf Hitler, Ivan Konev, Friedrich Paulus

Votes: 10

3. Battle of Midway: The True Story (2019 TV Special)

50 min | Documentary, History, War

It was one of the largest naval engagements ever and a turning point in WWII. The Battle of Midway changed the face of warfare and made victory in the Pacific possible.

Stars: Timothy Orr, Hill Goodspeed, Ian W. Toll, Laura Lawfer Orr

Votes: 13

4. The World at War (1973–1974)
Episode: On Our Way: U.S.A. 1939-1942 (1973)

TV-PG | 52 min | Documentary, History, War

The opposition to the United States' entry into the war, Lend Lease, U-boat attacks on Atlantic convoys and American responses, mobilization of America after Pearl Harbor, loss of the Philippines, Doolittle Raid, Midway and Guadalcanal.

Stars: Laurence Olivier, Averell Harriman, George Ball, Norman Corwin

Votes: 439

5. The World at War (1973–1974)
Episode: Red Star: The Soviet Union - 1941-1943 (1974)

TV-PG | 53 min | Documentary, History, War

The rise of the Red Army, mobilization of Soviet production, the Siege of Leningrad, the Soviet partisans, and the Battle of Kursk.

Director: Martin Smith | Stars: Laurence Olivier, Olga Rybakova, Vsevolod Klokov, Nikolai Volkov

Votes: 425

6. Battlefield (1995–2004)
Episode: The Battle of Kursk (2000)

Documentary, History, War

In the summer of 1943 more than 2,000,000 men of the German and Russian Armies and over 6,000 tanks were gathered together near the Russian town of Kursk. The scene was set for one of the ... See full summary »

Stars: Heinz Guderian, Hermann Göring, Adolf Hitler, Ivan Konev

Votes: 6

7. Battlefield (1995–2004)
Episode: The Battles for Tunisia (2001)

Documentary, History, War

The campaign in Tunisia in World War Two saw the battles that finally ended the brutal war in the desert. We look at the weapons used and tactics and tell the story of the battle itself.

Stars: Jonathan Booth, Harold Alexander, Kenneth Anderson, Claude Auchinleck

Votes: 6

8. Battle Honours (2021– )
Episode: Big Red One (2021)

Documentary, History, War

The story of the longest serving infantry division in the US Army, who fought in every major campaign in Western Europe in which American forces were engaged.

Directors: Adam Luria, Ian Bremner | Stars: Harley Reynolds, Flint Whitlock, Jon Trigg, Benjamin Hilton

9. World War Weird (2017– )
Episode: Episode #2.3 (2018)

Documentary, History, War

Crossword puzzles in a national newspaper begin to attract the attention of MI5, the answers are code words for the upcoming D-Day operation. Is this the work of a spy?

Director: Mike Ibeji | Stars: Andrew Robertshaw, Martin Morgan, Guy Walters, Joshua Levine

10. Apocalypse Hitler attaque à l'Est (2021)
Episode: La Lutte décisive (2021)

Documentary, History, War

October 1941: as Hitler believes his triumph imminent, his men and tanks are freezing where they stand. Meanwhile, the Red Army consolidates his positions.

Directors: Isabelle Clarke, Daniel Costelle | Stars: Mathieu Kassovitz, Stephen Rashbrook, Nathan Rippy, Lavrenti Beria

Votes: 33

11. Rise of the Nazis (2019–2023)
Episode: Stalingrad (2022)

Documentary, History

The Nazis have lost in Moscow. Hitler and Stalin take charge of their armies - with no-one to hold them back. In Stalin, Hitler has met his match - it's now a fight to the death.

Director: Julian Jones | Stars: Richard John Evans, Richard Overy, Heike B. Görtemaker, Garry Kasparov

Votes: 69

12. Adolf Hitler's War (2020)
Episode: Scorched Earth (2020)

Documentary, History, War

In Kursk, a battlefield the size of Wales, the tide turns and the Soviets push back, but as Germany retreats, they destroy all evidence of their genocidal activities.

Directors: Michael Cove, Mike Kenneally | Stars: Sergei Kudryashov, Alexander Vershinin, Ivan Patrylyak, Ihar Melnikau

13. The U.S. and the Holocaust (2022)
Episode: The Homeless, The Tempest-Tossed (1942-) (2022)

TV-14 | 131 min | Documentary, History

A group of government officials supports and finances rescue operations. Allied soldiers begin to liberate concentration camps and find mass graves. The public sees the sheer scale of the Holocaust.

Directors: Sarah Botstein, Ken Burns, Lynn Novick | Stars: Peter Coyote, Daniel Mendelsohn, Deborah Lipstadt, Eva Geiringer

Votes: 146

14. Hitler: Uncovering His Fatal Obsession (2021)
Episode: Barbarossa Unleashed (2021)

45 min | Documentary, History, War

More than three million Axis soldiers, the largest invading force in history, storm across the Soviet Union border as if it didn't exist in June 1941.

Directors: Dominic Saville, Lyndy Saville | Stars: Max Hastings, Anthony Beevor, Richard John Evans, Donald Rayfield

15. World War II in Colour (2009)
Episode: Turning the Tide (2009)

TV-MA | 51 min | Documentary, History, War

Allies turn the tide in the Atlantic, where initially German U-Boats harass freely convoys to supply Britain. The Kriegsmarine calls off their submarines. The route to bring American soldiers who will land on D-Day is clear.

Stars: Robert Powell, Winston Churchill, Arthur Harris, Adolf Hitler

Votes: 243

16. The Balkans in Flames (2021–2022)
Episode: Yugoslavia In Ruins (2021)

Documentary, History, War

The Srebrenica massacre is a wake-up call for the international community, which decides to intervene after four years of war. That same year, the warring parties sign a peace treaty. But ... See full summary »

Stars: Misha Glenny, James Gow, Marie-Janine Calic, Gerry Kremer

17. America's 60 Greatest Unsolved Mysteries and Crimes (2010– )
Episode: 5-1 (2010)

Documentary, Crime, History

We conclude the countdown of the greatest unsolved American mysteries and crimes with three cigars that changed the course of the American Civil War and a presidential assassination conspiracy.

Director: Ron Meyer | Stars: Rick Beyer, Paul Aron, Jack Levin, Michael Newton

18. How to Lose a War (2023)
Episode: The Men Who Gave the Orders (2023)

Documentary, History, War

Explore the men in charge whose rampant egos and misguided belief in their own abilities led to their country making fatal mistakes in the war.

Director: Tim Bosanquet | Stars: Tim Benbow, Russell A. Hart, Alexander Henry, Giuseppe Finaldi

19. Military Masterminds (2022)
Episode: Combat Power (2022)

52 min | Documentary, History, War

Combined arms operations use the force of different military corps to increase combat power. Combining these forces needs incredible planning and authority.

Director: Roberto Irwin | Stars: Dan Hill, Jenny Grant, Daniel L. Davis, Christopher Hickey

20. How to Lose a War (2023)
Episode: The Homefront (2023)

Documentary, History, War

In our final episode, we examine how each Axis Power had troubles on their own home front, leading to disaster in the final days of the war.

Director: Tim Bosanquet | Stars: Alexander Henry, Giuseppe Finaldi, Russell A. Hart, Guy Walters

21. The Heavy Water War: Stopping Hitler's Atomic Bomb (2015)
Episode: Episode #1.5 (2015)

TV-14 | 43 min | Drama, History, War

The Nazis are building up again the Heavy water facility in record time after the bombing. Norsk Hydro company director is facing accusation of being a war collaborator. In England, the Americans decide to bomb Rjukan and Vemork.

Director: Per-Olav Sørensen | Stars: Christoph Bach, Peri Baumeister, Espen Reboli Bjerke, Torstein Bjørklund

Votes: 230