2004
TV-PG

Summary Examine tanks developed prior to and during World War II, such as the Steel Tiger, the Churchill Tank, the T-34, and the Sherman, as well as three major tank battles: The Battle of Kursk, The Battle of Normandy, and The Ardennes Offensive. View more details

War
History

2004
TV-PG

Tanks!

Directed : Unknown

Written : Unknown

Stars : Graham McTavish Bob Carruthers David Fletcher John Erickson

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Details

Genres : History War

Release date : Dec 31, 2003

Countries of origin : United States

Official sites : Amazon Prime

Language : English

Production companies : Eagle Rock

War
History

Details

Genres : History War

Release date : Dec 31, 2003

Countries of origin : United States

Official sites : Amazon Prime

Language : English

Production companies : Eagle Rock

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Episode 1 • Dec 31, 2003

The Sherman Tank: The Workhorse

During the Second World War the United States experienced a revolution in tank design and production. As Hitler's army swept through Europe, America transformed itself from an isolationist backwater into an industrial giant.

Episode 2 • Jan 07, 2004

The Churchill Tank: Britain Fights Back

In 1940, Nazi Germany unleashed a blitzkrieg on an unprepared Europe. Hitler's tank division shocked the world with their overwhelming mobility, armor, and firepower. In 1942, Britain unveiled its new weapon of war to counter Nazi terror.

Episode 3 • Jan 14, 2004

The T34 Tank: Russia's Cutting Edge

The Russian T34 medium tank was one of the technological wonders of World War II. The colossal tank stunned the German army and prevented it from seizing Moscow. The Third Reich's attempts to clone the T34 never came to fruition.

Episode 4 • Dec 31, 1997

Sturmgeschutze & Panzerjaeger

Witness the enduring images of the panzer formation of World War II and the Nazi's infamous Panther and Tiger tanks that have become synonymous with the Wehrmacht. Undoubtedly well-known, they were not the most numerous fighting vehicles.

Episode 5 • Jan 07, 1998

Steel Tigers

Although it seems commonplace in the armies of today, the tank is a surprisingly new invention. Tanks first saw action less than a century ago in the First World War. The Tiger was the most complete fighting machine of World War II.

Episode 6 • Jan 14, 1998

Sturmartillerie

Necessity is the mother of invention. Out of sheer desperation, self-propelled artillery vehicles were rushed into production from war ravaged German factories to shore up their defensive lines on the Russian Front.

Episode 7 • Dec 31, 1998

The Battle of Kursk

The battles on the Russian front during World War II were among the most destructive engagements ever fought. Between 1941-1945, Nazi Germany and Soviet Russia fought an ideological war that cost millions of lives.

Episode 8 • Jan 21, 1999

The Battle of Normandy

During the dark days of August 1942 there was still a chance that the Nazis might emerge victorious in World War II. After America entered the conflict, it would take the U.S. time to assemble a fighting force in continental Europe.

Episode 9 • Jan 27, 1999

The Ardennes Offensive

In December 1944, the Nazi regime launched a surprise counteroffensive in the Ardennes region of Belgium. The Battle of the Bulge represented a strategy devised by Hitler to split Allied forces between the Eastern and Western Fronts.

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