War Documentaries

The Unknown War (1978) – S1, Ep5 – The Defense of Stalingrad

The Defense of Stalingrad In 1942 some of the fiercest combat ever took place in the monumental battle between the[…]

To the East This is the story of ordinary Russian civilians who worked to supply the military with tanks, planes,[…]

Kiss of Death An affair with a queen could be an affair to remember, if you survived. France’s Marguerite of[…]

A royal affair could be a dangerous liaison. Anne Boleyn flirted with Henry VIII and lost her head. England’s Princess[…]

Folly When monarchs erred, they erred on a grand scale. Queen Adelaide of Sicily married a cad and was conned[…]

Bizarre When the love of his life died, Henry III of France went on a binge of free spending,[…]

Warmongers Richard the Lionheart of England went down in legend as a kind king and a great warrior. In fact,[…]

Sorcery The reign of Louis XIV, France’s Sun King, was clouded by black magic. The Holy Roman Emperor Rudolf II[…]

Richard II Tyranny: Last in the part-dramatised history series with Dan Jones. Richard II was the boy king who stopped[…]

Edward II In a complicated political ans social climate, Edward II, grandson of Henry III, faces his greatest opponent –[…]