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Dan and Peter Snow present Twentieth Century Battlefields

Peter and Dan Snow embark on a new series examining the battles that shaped the world of today.

Dan and Peter visit the scenes of some of the 20th century's greatest battles. Combining state-of-the-art computer graphics and real-life experience of what it must have been like to fight, they uncover the story behind these world-defining conflicts.

Inside Twentieth Century Battlefields

From 'Twentieth Century Battlefields: 1918 Western Front'

Episode 1: 1918 Western Front

Peter and Dan travel to the Western Front in France to investigate the battle that gave Britain and its allies decisive victory in World War One - Amiens.
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From 'Twentieth Century Battlefields: 1942 Midway'

Episode 2: 1942 Midway

Peter and Dan explore a pivotal engagement in the war in the Pacific, when the fates of the US and Japanese navies were decided in just a few brief minutes.
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From 'Twentieth Century Battlefields: 1942 Stalingrad'

Episode 3: 1942 Stalingrad

Peter and Dan go to Russia to retell one of the most epic battles of World War Two, when the German and Soviet armies fought bitterly for every inch of Stalin's city.
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From 'Twentieth Century Battlefields: 1951 Korea'

Episode 4: 1951 Korea

Peter and Dan examine the two most important engagements of the Korean War - a fascinating but largely forgotten conflict from the earliest days of the Cold War.
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From 'Twentieth Century Battlefields: 1968 Vietnam'

Episode 5: 1968 Vietnam

Peter and Dan explore the Tet Offensive, a turning point in the Vietnam War that precipitated a huge change in American public opinion.
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From 'Twentieth Century Battlefields: 1973 Middle East'

Episode 6: 1973 Middle East

Of the many conflicts between Israel and the Arab nations of the Middle East, the war in October 1973 was one of the most crucial, as Peter and Dan discover.
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From 'Twentieth Century Battlefields: 1982 Falklands'

Episode 7: 1982 Falklands

Peter and Dan travel to the Falklands to explore the last battle on British soil, twenty-five years after the war to recapture the islands from Argentina.
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From 'Twentieth Century Battlefields: 1991 Gulf'

Episode 8: 1991 Gulf

Peter and Dan examine the United Nations-backed war to remove the forces of Saddam Hussein's Iraq from Kuwait.
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