"Actor: Second World War"

• Royal Navy Collection -Spithead And Other Royal Navy Fleet Reviews 1914-1939 | DVD | (27/06/2011) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £5.99

  Events included :- TRACKLIST 1914 - Spithead and HMS Iron Duke 1919 - Southend - The World War Peace Pageant 1922 - Torbay King George V and The Atlantic Fleet 1923 - Spithead - The Dominion Premiers' Inspection Of The Fleet 1924 - Spithead - Royal Review Of The Fleet 1931 - Spithead - Spring Fleet Manoeuvres 1935 - Spithead - King George V Silver Jubilee Review 1936 - Portland - King Edward VIII and The Home Fleet 1937 - Spithead - King George VI Coronation Review 1938 - Weymouth - King George VI and The Home Fleet 1939 - Weymouth - King George VI and The Reserve Fleet

• German Fighting Tanks | DVD | (26/07/2011) from £18.88   |  Saving you £-3.89 (-26.00%)   |  RRP £14.99

  The 15th October 1935 saw the first tank regiment of the German Wehrmacht. In each tank department the middle sized tanks presented the main battle force. With 3300 tan ks and 250 assault guns began in June 1941 the Eastern Campaign. As of August 1942 (TIGER) and from January 1943 (PANTHER) these new heavy tanks reinforced the troops. In the summer of 1943 during the greatest tank battle of all times at Kursk they were first deployed in large quantities in combat operations.

• German U-Boats | DVD | (28/07/2011) from £11.45   |  Saving you £3.54 (23.60%)   |  RRP £14.99

  The North Atlantic was the main battlefield of the German submarines. From the beginning of 1942 the Anglo-American convoys ran on the northern route between Iceland and the ice-free Russian port of Murmansk and Archangelsk. The disruption or destruction of these huge supplies of materials was one of the main tasks of the German U - Boats. Aircraft Carriers Cruisers Destroyers Corvettes and countless smaller Patrol vessels were involved in battles in the Atlantic and the Arctic Ocean and played their part in the outcome of the fighting.

• German Tank Wars | DVD | (27/07/2011) from £9.98   |  Saving you £7.00 (87.61%)   |  RRP £14.99

  On the fronts were many different types of tanks assault guns and self-propelled guns in use. Light tanks of the type I and II medium tanks of the type III IV & PAN THER and the heavy battle tanks of the type: TIGER KNIGSTIGER etc. as well as numerous assault guns in different versions were in operation. The Tank divisions of the Wehrmacht and their support units came to use on all sections of the front. During the 1st World War tanks were used to support the infantry. They were linked on the battlefield with the slow infantry units to protect them and give them artillery support. The mass use of tanks gave a sinister influence on the outcome of events.

• German Fighter Squadrons | DVD | (01/06/2011) from £3.99   |  Saving you £11.00 (275.69%)   |  RRP £14.99

  The main task of the Luftwaffe was to support the combat units of the German army. The types and varieties of aircraft and the equipment and weaponry they carried had been developed specifically for these needs. Besides a powerful fighter weapon numerous Fighter and Hunter aircraft units were formed. The Ju 87 (Stuka) Ju 88 Me 110 (Bf 110) amongst others formed the core of the fast battle groups while the He 111 was used as the standard medium range bomber. The nations involved in the Second World War 1939 to 1945 fought for the airspace over Europe and the Pacific Ocean. It was a deadly race for air supremacy. Only those who held it could hope for victory.

• German Battle Units | DVD | (25/07/2011) from £13.98   |  Saving you £1.01 (6.70%)   |  RRP £14.99

  After the British and French had declared war on the German Reich on the 3rd September 1939, the Western Front became a ghost front. It was only the start of the Western Campaign on 10th May 1940, that started the battles. The fast advance on Moscow in 1941, forced the German soldiers to bring tremendous march achievements. On dirt roads, often through boggy ground, the German troops pushed eastwards. The Wehrmacht soldiers had to cope with an enormous workload. According to the Versailles Treaty, Germany was only allowed to have an army of 100 000 men. This army, from 1919 until 1921, was referred to as the “Provisional Reichswehr”.

• German Main Battle Lines | DVD | (25/07/2011) from £13.98   |  Saving you £1.01 (6.70%)   |  RRP £14.99

  During the year 1942 according to information from England about 1000 attacks were flown on German territory including 17 heavy attacks with a quantity of more than 500 tons of bombs and incendiary's. In 1944 this figure increased almost fivefold to about 1.6 million tons. The German arms industry was not crucial affected by these attacks on the contrary in December 1944 the monthly output reached its absolute peak. In 1944 the Wehrmacht was on the retreat on all fronts. Gradually the main battle lines moved ever closer to the Reich.