Tim Saunders Movies

  • 2024
    The Waterloo Collection: Hougoumont and D'Erlon's Attack

    The Waterloo Collection: Hougoumont and D'Erlon's Attack

    The Waterloo Collection: Hougoumont and D'Erlon's Attack

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    Following on from Ligny and Quatre Bras, Part II starts by focusing on the concentration of the Allies on the ridge of Mont St Jean and the plans of t...

    The Waterloo Collection: Hougoumont and D'Erlon's Attack
  • 2012
    Bruneval Raid: Operation Biting

    Bruneval Raid: Operation Biting

    Bruneval Raid: Operation Biting

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    In 1941 Dr RV Jones realised that the Germans had developed their own radar system that would account for increasing RAF bomber casualties. An enemy W...

    Bruneval Raid: Operation Biting
  • 2015
    Second Ypres 1915: The Great Gas Attack

    Second Ypres 1915: The Great Gas Attack

    Second Ypres 1915: The Great Gas Attack

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    The Second Battle of Ypres was fought from 21 April–25 May 1915 for control of the strategic Flemish town of Ypres in western Belgium, following the...

    Second Ypres 1915: The Great Gas Attack
  • 2010
    Wittmann v Ekins: The Death of a Panzer Ace

    Wittmann v Ekins: The Death of a Panzer Ace

    Wittmann v Ekins: The Death of a Panzer Ace

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    At about 1230 on the 8th August 1944 near St Aignan in Normandy Hauptsturmführer Michael Wittmann the top German tank ace and Coy Comd in an SS Heavy...

    Wittmann v Ekins: The Death of a Panzer Ace
  • 2012
    Operation Market Garden: Arnhem - Battle of the Woods

    Operation Market Garden: Arnhem - Battle of the Woods

    Operation Market Garden: Arnhem - Battle of the Woods

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    Jumping in to Drop Zones eight to ten miles from Arnhem on the second day of Operation Market Garden was always going to be difficult for Brigadier “S...

    Operation Market Garden: Arnhem - Battle of the Woods
  • 2015
    Battle of the Bulge: Siege of Bastogne

    Battle of the Bulge: Siege of Bastogne

    Battle of the Bulge: Siege of Bastogne

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    With the Fifth Panzer Army fighting its way towards the River Meuse, the cross roads town of Bastogne, vital for the success of Hitler's last attempt...

    Battle of the Bulge: Siege of Bastogne
  • 2024
    Arnhem: The Battle for the Bridges - Part 1

    Arnhem: The Battle for the Bridges - Part 1

    Arnhem: The Battle for the Bridges - Part 1

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    The Battle of Arnhem, fought in the early autumn of 1944, remains without a doubt the most hotly debated battle of the North West European Campaign, b...

    Arnhem: The Battle for the Bridges - Part 1
  • 2024
    Victory and Pursuit: The Waterloo Collection - Part 4

    Victory and Pursuit: The Waterloo Collection - Part 4

    Victory and Pursuit: The Waterloo Collection - Part 4

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    This final part takes us through the dramatic events when Wellington’s Anglo-Dutch Army aided by Blucher’s Prussians defeat Napoleon. The French army...

    Victory and Pursuit: The Waterloo Collection - Part 4
  • 2024
    The 42nd of Foot - Black Watch - Dress and Equipment at Waterloo

    The 42nd of Foot - Black Watch - Dress and Equipment at Waterloo

    The 42nd of Foot - Black Watch - Dress and Equipment at Waterloo

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    This film shows the kit and equipment that the 42nd of Foot, The Black Watch wore and used at Waterloo. The Battalion was in 9 Bde of Picton's 5th Di...

    The 42nd of Foot - Black Watch - Dress and Equipment at Waterloo
  • 2014
    Néry and the Retreat from Mons

    Néry and the Retreat from Mons

    Néry and the Retreat from Mons

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    Following the Battles of Mons and Le Cateau the already near exhausted British Expeditionary Force, who had been marching and fighting for six days wi...

    Néry and the Retreat from Mons
  • 2015
    Battles of the Marne & the Aisne

    Battles of the Marne & the Aisne

    Battles of the Marne & the Aisne

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    While the Allies were nearing panic as the Germans approached Paris, Marshal Foch quickly realised the German intent and that the Schlieffen plan was...

    Battles of the Marne & the Aisne
  • 2015
    The Schlieffen Plan

    The Schlieffen Plan

    The Schlieffen Plan

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    In 1914 the German Attack on France was based on a later iteration of the plan that Von Schlieffen produced in 1905. The plan was aimed at fighting a...

    The Schlieffen Plan
  • 2024
    Siege Warfare 1812: Ciudad Rodrigo & Badajoz - The Keys to Spain

    Siege Warfare 1812: Ciudad Rodrigo & Badajoz - The Keys to Spain

    Siege Warfare 1812: Ciudad Rodrigo & Badajoz - The Keys to Spain

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    Due to the hostile terrain of the Iberian Peninsula Siege Warfare took on an importance here more than anywhere during the Napoleonic Wars. For the Fr...

    Siege Warfare 1812: Ciudad Rodrigo & Badajoz - The Keys to Spain
  • 1914
    The Race to the Sea - 1914

    The Race to the Sea - 1914

    The Race to the Sea - 1914

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    In October 1914 as the Battle of the Aisne drew to a close both the Allies and the Germans started to dig in. In an attempt to go back to mobile warfa...

    The Race to the Sea - 1914
  • 2013
    Assault on Normandy: Gold Beach - Battle for the Beachhead

    Assault on Normandy: Gold Beach - Battle for the Beachhead

    Assault on Normandy: Gold Beach - Battle for the Beachhead

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    69 Infantry Brigade had a highly successful landing and now had to fight its way through German defences to its objectives eight miles away. It was he...

    Assault on Normandy: Gold Beach - Battle for the Beachhead
  • 2016
    Battle of the Bulge: Kampfgruppe Peiper

    Battle of the Bulge: Kampfgruppe Peiper

    Battle of the Bulge: Kampfgruppe Peiper

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    This film tells the story of one of the most contentious combats of WW2, the actions of Kamfgruppe Peiper during the Battle of the Bulge.From the outs...

    Battle of the Bulge: Kampfgruppe Peiper
  • 2024
    Battle of the Bulge: An Intelligence Failure?

    Battle of the Bulge: An Intelligence Failure?

    Battle of the Bulge: An Intelligence Failure?

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    On the 16th December 1944 Hitler launched Operation Wacht am Rhein against the largely unsuspecting American component of the Allied Army. Twenty Divi...

    Battle of the Bulge: An Intelligence Failure?
  • 2024
    Battle of the Bulge: German Field Artillery

    Battle of the Bulge: German Field Artillery

    Battle of the Bulge: German Field Artillery

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    in 1944 when the Germans launched their last major offensive of the war they had to compensate for their lack of aircraft, manpower and armour. They d...

    Battle of the Bulge: German Field Artillery
  • 2015
    Battle of the Bulge: Saint Vith

    Battle of the Bulge: Saint Vith

    Battle of the Bulge: Saint Vith

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    The Northern most thrust into the wintery Ardennes of General Manteuffel's Fifth Panzer Army fell on the inexperienced 106th US Infantry Division, wh...

    Battle of the Bulge: Saint Vith
  • 2024
    Battle of the Bulge: Hitler's Last Gamble

    Battle of the Bulge: Hitler's Last Gamble

    Battle of the Bulge: Hitler's Last Gamble

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    In 1944 Adolf Hitler decided that his only military option " as Defeat was staring Germany in the Eyes" was to carry out a major offensive in the west...

    Battle of the Bulge: Hitler's Last Gamble