As the forces of Nazi Germany overrun Europe and America is drawn into the war, American troops and their British allies launch a campaign to stop Hitler on battlefields in the deserts of North Africa and in the mountains of Sicily
Druhá svetová vojna: 1939-1945 Séria
Táto séria sa ponorí do búrlivých rokov druhej svetovej vojny, od jej vypuknutia v roku 1939 až po jej koniec v roku 1945. Prostredníctvom osudov kľúčových postáv a na základe skutočných udalostí približuje hlavné bitky a strategické rozhodnutia. Sleduje hrdinstvo, obete a zložitosť globálneho konfliktu, ktorý formoval moderné dejiny. Ponúka pútavý pohľad na odvahu a odolnosť ľudského ducha tvárou v tvár bezprecedentnému nepriateľovi.
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