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Monte Cassino

From the Line of Fire Series
Run time 48mins. Order code 829. Price
£13.99.
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El Alamein

From the Line of Fire Series
Run time 48mins. Order code 830. Price
£13.99.
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The Battle of Berlin

From the Line of Fire Series
Experience the terrible final battle for Berlin in 1945
from the perspective of the attacking Red Army and the positions of the
shattered German forces who made a final desperate defence of the city.
Run time 48mins. Order code 662. Price
£13.99.
DVD Order Code CDVD1022. Special Promotion Price £13.99.
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The Battles for Normandy

From the Line of Fire Series
Run time 48mins. Order code 663. Price
£13.99.
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Stalingrad

From the Line of Fire Series
The bitter, bloody and inhuman struggle for Stalingrad was
the turning point of the war on the eastern front and a pivotal moment of
World War Two. Germany's defeat there signalled to the Allies at large
that Hitler and the Reich could be beaten.
Run time 48mins. Order code 443. Price
£13.99.
DVD Order Code CDVD1021. Special Promotion Price £13.99.
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The Battle of the Bulge

From the Line of Fire Series
Discover why the last major German offensive of World
War Two so nearly succeeded and how heroic defensive actions by American
GI's thwarted their plans.
Run time 48mins. Order code 660. Price
£13.99.
DVD Order Code CDVD1018. Special Promotion Price £13.99.
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Arnhem

From the Line of Fire Series
This is the story of 'Operation Market Garden', the
code-name of the offensive which was supposed to bring the Allies
victory before the end of 1944. Despite the bravery of the Allied
troops, the attack was a costly failure... the war would not be over by
Christmas.
Run time 48mins. Order code 439. Price
£13.99.
DVD Order Code CDVD1024. Special Promotion Price £13.99.
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Galliopoli

From the Line of Fire Series
The story of the ill-starred Allied campaign in the
Dardanelles that was supposed to knock turkey out of World War
One. It was the brain child of Winston Churchill, who convinced
Allied High Command that an attack at Gallipoli would also open up vital
supply lines to Russia and establish a third front against
Austria-Hungary. Gallipoli has become a by-word for the bravery
and sacrifice of the ANZACS - the Australian and New Zealand troops who
fought and died during the ten month campaign that saw an estimated
36,000 Commonwealth troops lose their lives before the ignominious
Allied withdrawal in January 1916. It was not only Turkish shot
and shell at infamous places such as Anzac Cove and Suvla Bay that
claimed so many lives, but also those other traditional hidden enemies
of the soldier - sickness and disease.
Run time 48mins. Order code 968. Price
£13.99.
DVD Order Code CDVD1013. Special Promotion Price £13.99.
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From the Line of Fire Series
On August 3rd 1990, Iraq, under its ferocious dictator
Saddam Hussein, invaded Kuwait, its oil-rich neighbour. Not long out of
a war with Iran, Iraq badly under estimated the reaction of the watching world
to its unprovoked attack; in particular, they believed that the US would not
dare to become involved. A coalition against Iraq was formed and it
struck back with awesome power in january 1991. Iraq's air defence
system and the country's infrastructure were taken apart by air attacks that
utilised the very latest warfare technology - and it was technology as much as
anything else that brought Iraq's armed forces to its knees. Saddam had
promised the 'mother of all battles' - words that came to haunt him and his
army as they were caught in the open on the bloody road to Basra.
Run time 48mins. Order code 969. Price
£13.99.
DVD Order Code CDVD1014. Special Promotion Price £13.99.
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Goose Green 1982

From the Line of Fire Series
The fight at Goose Green in May 1982 was the most
famous battle of the Falklands War, which saw British and Argentine
troops struggle for control of the Falkland Islands. In the wake
of the shock Argentine invasion, Britain sent a hastily assembled task
force to the South Atlantic charged with the job of restoring British
sovereignty. The Argentine positions at Goose Green were thought
to pose a threat to the British advance across the Islands and troops
from the Parachute Regiment wre sent to deal with it. After 12
hours of bloody fighting, the Argentine position was finally overrun and
the British advance on the capital Port Stanley could continue.
Moving pictures were beamed back to Britain of the aftermath of the
battle, bringing home the stark realities of combat - a sobering
reminder amid the political rhetoric and jingoism.
Run time 48mins. Order code 970. Price
£13.99.
DVD Order Code CDVD1015. Special Promotion Price £13.99.
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Port Stanley 1982

From the Line of Fire Series
June 1982 saw the final battles of the Falklands
War. for the servicemen of the British Task Force, the campaign to
defeat a determined enemy had been difficult and costly, but now the
capital Stanley, the final prize, lay within their grasp. This
programme tells the story of the drive to liberate Stanley, during which
battles such as those at Tumbledown and Mount Longdon found their way
into the pages of British military history. Featuring computer
animated 3D graphics that clearly illustrate the strategy, tactics and
the ebb and flow of the battles, the programme draws on extensive
archive footage. Also featured are atmospheric battle recreations,
new location footage and expert comment and analysis.
Run time 48mins. Order code 971. Price
£13.99.
DVD Order Code CDVD1016. Special Promotion Price £13.99.
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The Six Day War 1967

From the Line of Fire Series
The story of the Arab-Israeli War of 1967, the echoes
of which are still heard today in the Middle East. In May of that
year, Egypt, under President Nasser, blocked the Tiran Straits to
Israeli shipping and began to gather huge numbers of troops in the Sinai
Peninsula. At the same time King Hussein's Jordan allowed Iraqi
troops across her borders. Israel was swift to respond to this
turn of events, which she perceived as a clear threat to her
security. There were devastating pre-emptive air strikes against
the Egyptian air force. Jordanian and Syrian attacks were halted
and repelled; after only six short days Israel had captured East
Jerusalem, the the Golan Heights, the west Bank and Sinai itself.
Although Sinai was returned to Egyptian control in 1979, Israel held on
to her other prizes and it is these 'occupied territories' which are so
much a part of the troubles that blight the region to this very day.
Run time 48mins. Order code 972. Price
£13.99.
DVD Order Code CDVD1017. Special Promotion Price £13.99.
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The Somme

From the Line of Fire Series
July 1st 1916 was the blackest day in the history of the
British Army when a combination of bad planning and German bullets sent
Kitchener's Army to their doom. An army that had taken two years to make
took only a day to destroy.
Run time 48mins. Order code 661. Price
£13.99.
DVD Order Code CDVD1019. Special Promotion Price £13.99.
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Mons

From the Line of Fire Series
The small British Expeditionary Force, moving up into
Belgium on the left flank of the French 5th Army, met with the full
weight of the German 1st Army advancing towards Paris under the
Schlieffen Plan. A short but intense fire fight - where the British
caused heavy casualties to the thick masses of enemy infantry - was
followd by a British withdrawal out of the canal salient. This
manoeuvre was made more urgent by news that the French Army on the right
flank was in retreat.
Run time 48mins. Order code 862. Price
£13.99.
DVD Order Code CDVD1020. Special Promotion Price £13.99.
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Cambrai

From the Line of Fire Series
At Cambrai in November 1917, a tank force of over
three hundred tanks punched a hole four miles deep into the German lines
in the space of a single morning, an advance comparable in size to that
made at Passchendale in four months. But the Germans
counter-attacked and the result of the battle was a virtual draw, with
the front lines shifting slightly. However the battle of Cambrai
marked a major turning point in the course of the war - and military
history as a whole. The era of trench warfare was coming to an end
and technology was beginning to reign supreme on the battlefields of
Europe.
Run time 48mins. Order code 864. Price
£13.99.
DVD Order Code CDVD1023. Special Promotion Price £13.99.
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