Luftwaffe Blitz

The Nazi War Machine of WWII Disc 2/5
English | XviD MPEG 4 Codec ~807 kbps | 720 x 576 | MP3 VBR ~122 kbps | 25 fps | 40 min | 886 MB

This is the story of the creation of the Nazi war machine. Trace its origins from the Freikorps and street thugs battling in the German streets after the Great War, to the secret German army that was trained in the Soviet Union to hide from the prying eyes of the victorious Allies. See the growth of the Panzer Corps, the mighty Luftwaffe and the feared SS. This is the most comprehensive look at the military force that took Europe by storm during WWII.

The most unusual war of the 20th century took place in 1969. El Salvador and Honduras faced one another in a qualifying set for the 1970 World Cup. Tensions were already boiling over in the two countries over the issue of Salvadoran workers in Honduras. But soccer sometimes brings out the worst in people, and the games turned from friendly competition into a full-scale military invasion by El Salvador on its neighbor. Although the fighting lasted only four days, the combat damaged two nations already teetering on the brink of economic collapse. And it all started over a soccer game.

And you will find few war stories this potentially interesting in The Century of Warfare, an interminable series from the History Channel. A low-budget 1993 British production that relies on public domain footage, library music, and a monotonous British narrator with a soporific voice, this 26-episode series somehow manages to make one of the most inherently interesting subjects stunningly pedestrian and dull.