Discover the most daring covert operations, ingenious spy gadgets and cunning military deceptions that forever changed the course of history... Painstakingly researched with previously classified footage from private sources and government archives all over the world. SECRETS OF WAR exposes the real stories of the 20th century's greatest conflicts! Battle of the Atlantic The struggle for the Atlantic pitted Germany's lethal U-boat fleet against every weapon the Allies could muster to protect their vital supply routes to great britain. The story of naval intelligence, code breaking and code stealing in the Battle of the Atlantic... The Battle of Britain June 1940. England stands alone against brutal aggression. The Germans have yet to be stopped in their lightning thrust across Europe. The British are outnumbered, but they have a secret weapon four years in the making. There are only 500 RAF fighter pilots in the Battle of Britain, but behind then, deep in the shadows of war, over 10,000 special men and women fought the battle of "Ultra", which helped make victory possible...

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Secrets of War - World War II Battle Set (1998)

Unrated

War/Documentary · 1h 44m · 10/17/2000

Description

Release Country

United States

Barcode

014381877427

Release Date

10/17/2000

Media Type

TV Series

Audio

English

Studios

Image Entertainment/The Documedia Group, LLC

Video Format

NTSC

Aspect Ratio

1.33:1

Discs

Cast

Charlton Heston

Narrator (33 episodes, 1998-2002)

Thomas B. Allen

Himself - Co-Author 'Spy Book' (8 episodes, 1999)

Paul Beaver

Historian / ... (6 episodes)

Keith Melton

Himself - Author 'The Ultimate Spy Book' / ... (6 episodes)

Mark Seaman

Himself - Author 'The Bravest of the Brave' / ... (5 episodes)

Anthony Cave Brown

Himself - Author 'Bodyguard of Lies' (4 episodes, 1998)

Harry Hinsley

Himself - Signals Analyst, Bletchley Park (4 episodes, 1998)

Norman Polmar

Himself - Co-Author 'Spy Book' (4 episodes)

Paul Kemp

Naval Historian & Author 'Underwater Warriors' / ... (4 episodes)

M.R.D. Foot

Himself - Author 'S.O.E' (3 episodes, 1998)

Terry Charman

Himself - Historian, Imperial War Museum / ... (3 episodes)

Tim Naftali

Himself - Author 'One Hell of a Gamble' (3 episodes, 2001)

Peter Kornbluh

Himself - Author 'Bay of Pigs Declassified' / ... (3 episodes)

David Kahn

Himself - Historian, Author 'The Codebreakers' (3 episodes)

Winslow Wheeler

Himself - Assistant Director General Accounting Office / ... (3 episodes, 1998)

Bradley Smith

Himself - Author / ... (2 episodes)

Robert McNamara

Himself - U.S. Secretery of Defence, 1961-1968 (2 episodes, 2001)

Kenneth Pollack

Himself - Military Analyst, Wash. Inst. Near East Policy (2 episodes)

Vladislav Zubok

Himself - Co-Author 'Inside the Kremlin's Cold War' (2 episodes, 2001)

Fred I. Greenstein

Himself - Author 'The Hidden-Hand Presidency' / ... (2 episodes)

Tom Shachtman

Himself - Author 'The Phony War' (2 episodes)

John Waller

Author 'The Unseen War in Europe' / ... (2 episodes)

Rupert Allason

Himself - Author 'Thread of Deceit' (2 episodes)

Michael Berenbaum

Himself - Holocaust Scholar / ... (2 episodes)

Dan Quayle

Himself - Former U.S. Vice-President / ... (2 episodes, 1998)

Philip Brenner

Himself - Author 'From Confrontation to Negotation' / ... (2 episodes, 2001)

James Baker III

Himself - Former Secretary of State 1988-92 / ... (2 episodes, 1998)

Paul Paillole

Himself - Colonel 'Ret.' French Intelligence / ... (2 episodes)

Richard H. Shultz

Himself - Author 'the Secret War Against Hanoi' / ... (2 episodes, 2001)

Henry Kissinger

Himself - Former Secretary of State (2 episodes, 2002)

Bernard E. Trainor

Himself - Author 'The General's War' / ... (2 episodes, 1998)

James Schlesinger

Himself - Director of the CIA - 1973 / ... (2 episodes, 2001)

Douglas Waller

Himself - Author 'The Commandos' (2 episodes)

Kenneth Timmerman

Himself - Author 'The Death Lobby' (2 episodes)

John Nowers

Himelf - Director, Royal Engineers Museum / ... (2 episodes)

David Fisher

Himself - Author 'The War Magician' (2 episodes, 1998)

Christopher Andrew

Himself - Author 'For the President's Eyes Only' / ... (2 episodes, 1999)

Mark Urban

Himself - Author 'UK Eyes Alpha' (2 episodes)

David Alan Johnson

Himself - Author 'Germany's Spies and Saboteurs' (2 episodes)

Crew

Michael Kase

Director

J.V. Martin

Director

Michael B. Christy

Writer

J.V. Martin

Writer

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