Eisenhower, Rommel, Zhukov; Assume your rightful place among the great generals commanding the Allies, Germans or Soviets as they advance through the decisive battles of WWII. Blitzkrieg is the latest development in WWII realtime strategy gaming combining flexibility, historic accuracy and endless playability into one of the most challenging and enjoyable games yet

On the morning of November 30th, 1939, the Soviet Union unleashed its vast military might on its defiant neighbor. Soviet medium bombers attacked the Finnish capital of Helsinki, and immense Soviet resources in men and material surged across the entire length of the border in an attempt to crush the overmatched Finnish military. Instead of the rapid Blitzkrieg type victory Stalin’s high command predicted, the illprepared and poorly led Soviet Army marched into a frozen, desolate meatgrinder, learning the meaning of sisu, a Finnish term that could be roughly translated as strength of will, determination, perseverance, and acting rationally in the face of adversity. Instead of fleeing from the vast Soviet onslaught, the Finns fought bravely, using their knowledge of the land, and pulling from their fierce national pride and “sisu” to inflict massive casualties on the invaders, and earning themselves the nickname of The White Death. The Winter War had begun.

The Nazis developed a terrifying new military tactic Blitzkrieg that caught first Poland and then Britain and France utterly unprepared. The fall of Poland and how Hitler then conquered France in just a few weeks is charted. This was an achievement that had eluded Germany throughout all the four years of World War I. Also revealed is how heroic French resistance allowed the British to escape from Dunkirk and live to fight another day.

The Nazis developed a terrifying new military tactic Blitzkrieg that caught first Poland and then Britain and France utterly unprepared. The fall of Poland and how Hitler then conquered France in just a few weeks is charted. This was an achievement that had eluded Germany throughout all the four years of World War I. Also revealed is how heroic French resistance allowed the British to escape from Dunkirk and live to fight another day.

How aircraft were used in direct support of ground forces. Camera gun shots in colour of aircraft attacking ground targets. Blitzkrieg - the JU87 Stuka divebomber and the role it played in the German Blitzkrieg offensives. Colour graphics are used to explain how the Stukas operated with the Panzers. Close Air Support (The Allied version) in North Africa, Europe and the Pacific, including colour footage. Descent from the Skies - The employment of airborne forces during World War II. Examples include Norway 1940, Belgium and Holland 1940, Crete 1941, Sicily, Normandy, Arnhem, Rhine Crossings. Gliders are also included. Secret War - how aircraft inserted agents into enemy territory.

BLITZKRIEG - Unleashing the Nightmare: During the early months of World War Two, the world was introduced to a new and terrifying military concept - the tactic of Blitzkrieg. Country after country fell as a result of this new lightning war, until the seemingly unstoppable armies of the Third Reich stood on the coastline of Northern France.

THE LUFTWAFFE - Messengers of Death: The Luftwaffe was at the cutting edge of Blitzkrieg and it was instrumental in bringing the war to the great cities of Europe, most notably during the Blitz on London during 1940. As the war progressed, however, the pilots were forced to fly more in defence of their country, often in inferior and outdated aircraft..

At the outbreak of World War II, German forces were recognizedas the best equipped and most efficient in the world. However,the early successes of the Blitzkrieg campaign disguised somefundamental deficiencies, especially in the Luftwaffe. The priceGermany and Hitler would pay for not investing in four-enginelong-range bombers would be a major contributing factor in theoutcome of the war.

This program shows how the German Panzers and Stukas unleashed a new form of warfare which proved devastating, swiftly overrunning Norway, Denmark, France, and the Low Countries. Cavalry versus Tanks The Maginot Line The Luftwaffe Triumphant Panzers drive to the Channel

In 1931 Winston Churchill dies in a car crash, the Tehran conference is not held, the decision to open a second front had been taken. Britain defeated in the war and soon Germany wins the entire Old World. In 1951 the German army ferried across the Atlantic and attack the U.S., a powerful blitzkrieg capturing all the east coast. Washington, New York ... one after another, the city fell under the onslaught of the Nazis.
Danny Carson - a simple American who decided alone to resist the German war machine. As a true patriot and son of his people he will have to resist the invaders, to join the few partisans and expel the occupiers from their homeland.

The Panzer was a vital cog in Hitler s awesome war machine - a decisive weapon at the cutting edge of Blitzkrieg . At Kursk, the tank would have a major influence on the eventual outcome of the war. Made with the co-operation of the Bovington Tank Museum, this film features rare action footage of the Panzers, including the famous Tiger Tank, in action and unique footage of the last surviving Panzers to produce a powerful record of the evolution of massed armoured warfare from 1939 to 1943.

The Panzer III emerged as one of the formative images of German military success in the newsreels produced by the Propaganda Ministry, documenting the Blitzkrieg victories of the early war years. While proving adequate to the task of countering allied armor in France and the Western desert, the fateful encounter with the superior Soviet T-34 tank, following the invasion of Russia in 1941, revealed the technical shortcomings of the Panzer III.Its days as a battle tank were numbered, but the Panzer III could still be seen serving in the East as a command tank until 1944, and in other secondary theaters such as Norway until Germany’s surrender.

Examples used: Nazi Germany Blitzkrieg Campaign, Battle of France, World War II and 2003 invasion of Iraq, Iraq War

This book covers every phase of the Eastern Front campaigns, from the Nazis' early Blitzkrieg successes, the battle for Moscow, the terrible siege of Leningrad, the turning point street fighting for Stalingrad and the subsequent Soviet successes at Kursk and Operation Bagration to the climatic fall of Berlin and the link--up between Soviet and Western armies amid the ruins of the 1000 year Reich