Hitler’s Assault - How World War II Began
August 13, 2009
But that historical wisdom is not strictly true. The first shots opening Nazi Germany`s war were fired just a few minutes earlier when German Luftwaffe planes launched a ferocious attack on Wieluń, a Polish town which had no military or industrial targets of any significance.
This horrific bombing forms the dramatic framework of the film documentary, told from both angles, with German Wehrmacht soldiers elaborating on their first wartime experiences and Poles explaining how, as civilians, they were subjected to aerial attacks, how they fled the fighting, how they were forced to leave their homes: personal memories 70 years after the opening of World War II hostilities.
For the first time, in a joint German-Polish project, film makers from both countries describe the events that marked the beginning of Hitler's assault on Poland.
A co-production between DW-TV and TVP Polonia.
Broadcasting Hours:
Part 1
DW-TV EUROPE/AFRICA
TUE 01.09.2009 - 18:30 UTC
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THU 03.09.2009 - 14:30 UTC
THU 03.09.2009 - 21:30 UTC
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Part 2
DW-TV EUROPE/AFRICA
TUE 08.09.2009 - 18:30 UTC
WED 09.09.2009 - 06:30 UTC
THU 10.09.2009 - 12:30 UTC
Berlin UTC +2 | Cape Town UTC +2 | Moscow UTC +4
DW-TV USA
TUE 08.09.2009 - 20:30 UTC
WED 09.09.2009 - 12:30 UTC
THU 10.09.2009 - 00:30 UTC
San Francisco UTC -7 | Edmonton UTC -6 | New York UTC -4
DW-TV LATIN AMERICA
TUE 08.09.2009 - 20:30 UTC
WED 09.09.2009 - 04:30 UTC
Caracas UTC -4,5 | La Paz UTC -4 | Buenos Aires UTC -3
DW-TV ARABIA
TUE 08.09.2009 - 20:30 UTC
WED 09.09.2009 - 12:30 UTC
THU 10.09.2009 - 04:30 UTC
Algiers UTC +1 | Cairo UTC +3 | Dubai UTC +4
DW-TV ASIA
TUE 08.09.2009 - 18:30 UTC
WED 09.09.2009 - 06:30 UTC
Delhi UTC +5,5 | Jakarta UTC +7 | Hong Kong UTC +8
TUE 08.09.2009 - 19:00 UTC
WED 09.09.2009 - 13:00 UTC
WED 09.09.2009 - 17:00 UTC
WED 09.09.2009 - 20:30 UTC
THU 10.09.2009 - 06:30 UTC
THU 10.09.2009 - 14:30 UTC
THU 10.09.2009 - 21:30 UTC
Delhi UTC +5,5 | Jakarta UTC +7 | Hong Kong UTC +8