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Five members of the same platoon were killed on the 10th July 2009 in what remains the worst incident for a British foot patrol in the history of the Afghan campaign. Through powerful and touching interviews with some of the young soldiers who survived the attack, this film reveals how their lives are still haunted by the horrors of Helmand.

See all upcoming broadcasts of Life after War: Haunted by Helmand (6)

 

Although it's not WW2, those in the UK who have access to Military History Channel could do worse than have a look at "Gallipoli from Above", an Australian-made documentary with a new perspective on the first days of the campaign which challenges the usual "we were screwed by those bastard Pommie officers" narrative.

First shown a few days ago and repeated tonight at 1900 and again next Sunday (Feb 3rd) at 2000.

Gallipoli from Above: The Untold Story Synopsis - TV Shows - The History Channel from FOXTEL (Australia & New Zealand)

 

Just noticed that "The Bombing of Darwin", another good Aussie documentary, is also on Military History tonight at 1800.

 

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The German invasion of Poland in 1939 ended the happy childhood of Henia Bryer. Ahead of Holocaust Memorial Day she tells BBC One how she was sent to four concentration camps, but survived them all.

BBC News - Holocaust survivor Henia Bryer: Prisoner number A26188

 

Anybody watching the One show on BBc1 tonight, notice the photo of the guy in Parachute regiment uniform with ww2 medal ribbons..... and what looked like a Phantom P,insignia on his left shoulder it was about 12-13 mins in during a segment on songs that have meaning, a woman chose the beatles song Michelle.... and found out it had meaning her Father the guy in the pic.

 

There's a documentary on the Hindenberg on C4 at 2100 tonight. Time to get the kettle on.

 

American TV is showing Gallipoli on the Military Channel on Sat, March 9 at 8 PM eastern. I haven't seen it in 30 years but I remember it being real good.

Gallipoli (1981) - IMDb

 

Went The Day Well

Film4 Wednesday 13/3/13 11am

 

Yep - and just got a shock! "Bishop Len Brennan" scuttling around the disused corridors of Oflag IVC! I didn't know Jim Norton had been in Colditz...

List of Father Ted characters - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

 

Walking through History, Channel 4 , Saturday night 2000 hrs,6 April 2013

Tony Robinson starts out on a 60 mile hike through the historic landscape along the Dorset coast....Chesil Beach defences still standing after 70 years ..frontline defences against Hitler

 

Country File BBC1
7pm 7/4/13

Medway Queen story Dunkirk

 

Not WW2 but about the Royal Family

From the Telegraph


Edward Vlll's Murderous Mistress. One-off drama on Channel 4, tonight 9pm

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/tvandradio/9983938/Edward-VIIIs-Murderous-Mistress-Was-there-a-cover-up-of-Edward-VIIIs-fling-with-a-murderess.html

 

10:30 pm this evening on BBC2

The Briton charged and found guilty of a massive fraud involving the sake of bogus bomb detectors in Iran.

Ron

 

The Art of War
1942 and Hitlers Soft Underbelly
9pm BBC4 29/4/13
After defeat at Dunkirk,why did the Allies pursue Hitler through the soft underbelly of Africa and the Mediterranean and not take the more direct route through France.
David Reynolds explains the sense of Britains strategies in this excellent film.

 

Looks like after,





The First World War from Above
The story of the Great War told from a unique new aerial perspective

It's WW1, but a good watch nonetheless.

 

On Dave in five minutes (Freeview 12 @ 10:30pm) QI XL with Stephen Fry amusingly explaining how British clandestine propaganda encouraged German troops to fake Tuberculosis in a rather unpleasant way.

 

Dunkirk ITV 4 12.10pm

 

Exercise Tiger at Slapton Sands, American training on Discovery Channel right now (1pm) on Wartime Secrets with Harry Hill. Sky channel 520.

 

Sorry, meant 2pm. repeated at 3pm channel 521 (don't know how to edit).