Timewatch

Timewatch· Season 20 · Episode 6

Hitler, Churchill, and the Paratroopers

S20E06·February 16, 2001·50m·BBC Two

In 1941 the first large-scale paratroop attack took place when Hitler ordered the invasion of Crete. Within a week Churchill gave the order to evacuate the island, but the two leaders' interpretations of the battle could not be more different. This film evokes the horror of the conflict, examines the war leaders' conclusions and the lessons that are still relevant to paratroopers today. 6/6.

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