Après quatre mois de captivité chez les "Viets", le lieutenant Raspeguy obtient, grâce à son influence, un nouveau commandement: le dixième régiment de parachutistes en Algérie surnommés "les lézards". Mais durant la guerre, il doit faire face à divers problèmes: son ami Ben Mahidi est devenu le chef des rebelles terroristes et il tombe amoureux de Aïcha, qui n'est autre que la sœur de Mahidi.
Il y a 70 ans, le 14 juin 1940, la Wehrmacht entrait, triomphale, dans Paris. La capitale, qui s'était déclarée «ville ouverte» (sans résistance), avait été désertée par le gouvernement français et les deux tiers des trois millions d'habitants ! Cet anniversaire est l'occasion pour la télévision de revenir sur Juin 1940, sans doute le mois le plus terrible de l'Histoire de France.
De nombreux paysages de France, marqués par le déluge de feu des deux guerres mondiales, portent encore les cicatrices de l'Histoire. Du champ de bataille de Verdun aux ruines d'Oradour-sur-Glane, en passant par les blockhaus de la ligne Maginot et le souvenir douloureux de Vichy, ces lieux témoignent de la violence des conflits passés. À travers les récits de témoins, de passionnés et d'historiens, le documentaire questionne la préservation de ces lieux : faut-il les effacer ou les garder comme témoignages de l'histoire ? Il souligne comment certains vestiges, comme les bunkers du Mur de l'Atlantique ou les ruines du Vercors, reflètent une résistance héroïque, tandis que d'autres, tel que le camp de Natzweiler-Struthof, rappellent les atrocités de la Seconde Guerre mondiale.
Cinquante ans après la mort du général de Gaulle, ce film retrace son parcours, de sa naissance en 1890 à son enterrement à Colombey-les-Deux-Églises en 1970. Cette épopée raconte la force visionnaire et le destin rectiligne de cet homme qui a changé le cours de l'Histoire et qui influence encore la vie des Français.
Dans l'imaginaire collectif, les mousquetaires sont ceux décrits par Dumas, qui passent leur temps à se battre en duel et à déjouer des complots. Cependant, les vrais mousquetaires ont formé la compagnie militaire rattachée au Roi. Bénéficiant des technologies militaires les plus avancées de l’époque, ils étaient l’équivalent des forces d’interventions spéciales au cours des guerres de Louis XIII et Louis XIV.
Damien se bat contre un sort que la France a jeté sur son village. Construit il y a 60 ans sur un champ de bataille indéminable de la guerre 14-18, le Polygone servait , dans le plus grand silence, de zone de test pour les détonateurs de la bombe atomique française. On y faisait des explosions à base de produits hautement toxiques tout en imposant le silence.
Battlefield is a documentary series initially shown in 1994 that explores the most important battles fought primarily during the Second World War but also the Vietnam War. The series employs a novel approach in which history is described by detailed accounts of major battles together with background and contextual information.
Myths die hard, and the history of the 20th century is no exception to this rule. Even today, we hold popular beliefs that we take for Evangelical truths. Thus, we believe that Hiroshima caused Japan to surrender, that the Marshall Plan saved Europe, that Adolf Hitler was a military genius, or that Mao Zedong was a necessary evil for China’s modernization. Of course, these judgements contain some truth; but, too broad-stroked to be accurate, they contradict the historical reality by denying its complexity. What if the truth was slightly different? Through an exploration of great national or international myths, this full archive documentary collection revisits the key moments of the 20th century with a new perspective in order to provide a new, smarter and more subtle interpretation, bringing elements to light that have been forgotten or sometimes overshadowed.
This ten-part docuseries tells the comprehensive story of the First World War, featuring excerpts written by Winston Churchill, Karen Blixen, Georges Clémenceau, David Lloyd George, Siegfried Sassoon and Rudolf Hess.
The very first submarine, which legend claims lurked beneath New York Harbor during the American Revolutionary War. The small ships that rescued thousands from Dunkirk. The destroyer that forced the easing of the Cuban Missile Crisis. Over the centuries, conflicts have prompted advances to ship designs, making vessels stronger, faster, smarter, and capable of changing the course of wars. Join us as we examine the world's greatest Combat Ships, and reveal how they shaped world history and inspired men and women to acts of incredible courage.
Legend has it that there is a treasure of immense value buried in the Philippine jungle - now a team of American experts, with the help of the only surviving witness, try to uncover the clues to solve the greatest mystery of WW2.
Covers the 1941 Japanese military strike on a Hawaiian naval base in never before seen detail.
Terror of the World: The story of a deadly war that intertwines Germany, Poland, Japan, Italy and Spain, and the remorseless development of weapons and bombers.
Two-part documentary telling the story of the battle for control of the North Sea during the First World War.
During the second world war, the Nazis looted everything they could get their hands on, including an estimated 600 tons of gold, thousands of pieces of artwork, and millions of priceless artifacts. While some of these items have been found, much of it remains missing. Treasure hunter Darrell Miklos believes some of these stolen riches were loaded into specially modified U-Boats that are currently lying at the bottom of the Caribbean Sea. His evidence: two top-secret documents acquired over 40 years of research.
Series charting the history of the warship.
He fired cannon on his own countrymen, wooed the mistress of a formidable opponent and even threatened the Pope. He was Napoleon, one of the most brilliant and complex figures in history. This absorbing appraisal of his life offers a new perspective of the little man from Corsica, who rose to new heights of power by seizing every brutal, outrageous opportunity in his path. Step inside Napoleon's world through dramatic recreations of key events. Ride into the heat of battle with large-scale reconstructions of his campaigns. From the glory of his empire to his defeat at Waterloo and miserable exile on Elba, here is an entertaining and complete portrait of an extraordinary life
Hawaii, Pacific Ocean. A postcard decor. Clean. Azure. Yet in this heavenly place, one of the most memorable battles of WWII took place 80 years ago.
The story of how the Battleship was used and not used as the ultimate weapon of war during its day up to its demise.
Submarines today are highly complex machines crammed with technology and weapons. As impressive as their construction is, as terrifying is their destructive power. Hardly any other weapon triggers as many emotions as the submarine. It strikes from ambush and can use nuclear missiles to drag the whole world into the abyss. Submarines originated from a completely non-military idea, namely to be able to view the world under water. But the interest in the military use of submarines soon prevailed.
