Scorched Earth

The forgotten men of the Russian campaign. That is how the long suffering soldiers of Army Group North described their war in Russia. While titanic struggles were being played out in Stalingrad, Kursk and Moscow, Army Group North maintained a long drawn out siege in Leningrad. Then in 1944, the front flared into life and a desperate life or death struggle began, as Army Group North began the dangerous retreat back to the borders of the Reich.

Between 1941 and 1944, Army Group Centre fought a titanic dual with the Red Army, the outcome of which would prove decisive over the course of World War Two. From the halcyon days of the advance into Russia, to the first reverse outside Moscow and on to the terrifying Soviet advances of 1944, this is the gripping saga of the war in the central sector of the Eastern Front.

Many of the critical battles of World War Two were fought out in the sector of operations designated Army Group South. The capture of the Crimea, the disastrous battle for Stalingrad, the false dawn at Kharkov and the failure of Operation Citadel are just some of the titanic engagements to be covered in this gripping survey of the men who served in the southern arm of the gigantic thrust into Russia.

Ground-breaking 3D graphics and state-of-the-art computer animation provide some of the highlights in this authoritative, entertaining look at the great German siege guns of World War Two. The programme features extraordinary archive footage culled from German and Allied sources and all-new footage of surviving examples of German heavy artillery. Among a team of eminent military authorities who help to tell the fascinating.

By the end of World War Two, the once mighty Luftwaffe was a pitiful shadow of its former self - a beaten force shattered by the massive superiority of Allied airpower. This fascinating programme tells how German High Command contributed to its downfall, despite the undoubted skill of German fighter pilots and several innovations in aircraft design. German Fighters features archive footage taken from German and Allied sources and the very latest 3D computer generated animation techniques.

This is the story of the rise and fall of one of the legendary forces of warfare. During its brief existence, the Afrika Korps forced the Allied forces ranged against it into a for war of attrition, thereby cementing its place in the annals of military history. The Afrika Korps will be forever associated with its brilliant commander Erwin Rommel, the Desert Fox of legend, whose masterfully-executed battle plans gained the respect of even his enemies. This programme combines superb footage from the German and Allied archives with comment and analysis by some of the UK's leading military authorities to tell the story of a proud force which finally met its match at the Mareth Line in Tunisia in March 1943.