Format:
Video disc
Title:
Unsung heroes of World War II. Europe
Other title(s):
Europe
Unsung heroes of World War 2. Europe
Unsung heroes of World War Two. Europe
ISBN:
9781629979816
Edition:
Widescreen.
Publication:
Chantilly, VA : The Great Courses, [2020]
Physical Description:
2 videodiscs (approximately 360 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 course guidebook (ii, 140 pages : illustrations ; 19 cm)
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General Note:
"12 lessons/[approximately] 30 minutes per lesson."
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Program content: ©2020.
"Course no. 30100."
Course guidebook includes lecture outlines and biographical references (pages 132-139).
Contents:
disc 1. Andrée de Jongh and the Resistance ; The Tory Rebels who helped save England ; Victor de laveleye and V for victory ; Wilhelmina and Haakon : royalty fight back ; Polish pilots and the battle of Britain ; Wendell Willkie : a godsend to this country -- disc 2. The Earl of Suffolk and heavy water ; Marie-Madeeine Fourcade: spymaster ; John Winant and the special relationship ; Marian Rejewski and breaking enigma ; Tommy Hitchcock and the P-51 mustang ; The Dutch sisters who saved a general.
Summary:
A series of lectures highlighing lesser-known individuals who made significant contributions to the allied war effort in Europe, presented by historian Lynne Olsen.
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