Forgotten Frontlines - Season 1

Forgotten Frontlines

Season 1

2022 • 6 Episodes

Episodes

Operation Mincemeat - Forgotten Frontlines

1. Operation Mincemeat

May 15, 2022

Operation Mincemeat was the Trojan Horse of World War II, that may have saved thousands of lives and pushed the Allies towards victory.

Battle Of Castle Itter - Forgotten Frontlines

2. Battle Of Castle Itter

May 22, 2022

The Battle of Castle Itter is the strangest WWII battle the world has never heard of and the only battle where the Allies joined forces with the Germans to defeat the Nazi's.

The Huertgen Forest - Forgotten Frontlines

3. The Huertgen Forest

May 29, 2022

Between September 1944 and February 1945, US troops fought their longest battle in history - one so punishing soldiers called it 'The Meat Grinder' or 'Death Factory'.

Operation Gunnerside - Forgotten Frontlines

4. Operation Gunnerside

June 5, 2022

It's hard to imagine the destruction the world might have seen had the Nazis had access to nuclear weapons. In 1943 this seemed like a real possibility.

Pegasus Bridge - Forgotten Frontlines

5. Pegasus Bridge

June 5, 2022

Six Horsa gliders dropped from the skies near Cabourg in a surprise attack to take Pegasus Bridge over the One River.

The Nazi Titanic - Forgotten Frontlines

6. The Nazi Titanic

June 19, 2022

When Joseph Goebbles featured the luxurious SS Cap Arcona in a propaganda film about the Titanic, he never imagined this German ocean liner would meet a similar tragic fate.