Forgotten Frontlines
1 Season • 2022 PG
The stories of the Allied victory defined the greatest generation, but it's not the whole story. Conspiracies to covert ops, some pieces of the narrative fell through the cracks. Forgotten Frontlines brings to life these unheard of war efforts.
S1.E1 - Operation Mincemeat
Next Showing on Quest:
Sep 9 @ 3:09PM
Operation Mincemeat would be the Trojan Horse of World War II. Now, Patrick is heading to Southern Spain to investigate the details of the ruse, and how it may have saved thousands of lives and pushed the Allies towards victory.
S1.E2 - Battle of the Castle Itter
Next Showing on Quest:
Sep 16 @ 3:30PM
The Battle of Castle Itter is the strangest WWII battle the world has never heard of and the only battle where the Allies joined forces with the Germans to defeat the Nazis; high up in the Austrian alps, a castle houses some political prisoners.
S1.E3 - Huertgen Forest
Next Showing on Quest:
Jul 21 @ 12:22PM
Between September 1944 and February 1945, US troops fought their longest battle in history, one so punishing soldiers called it 'The Meat Grinder' or 'Death Factory.'
S1.E4 - Operation Gunnerside
Next Showing on Quest:
Jul 28 @ 12:30PM
In 1943, a facility nestled in the Norwegian hills could provide Nazis with a piece to their nuclear puzzle; with the threat of nuclear weapons looming, the Allies carry out the most successful act of sabotage in World War II.
S1.E5 - Pegasus Bridge
Next Showing on Quest:
Aug 4 @ 1:39PM
Six gliders drop from the skies near Cabourg in a surprise attack to take Pegasus Bridge over the One River; securing the bridge is a crucial step in protecting a north flank invasion.
S1.E6 - The Nazi Titanic
Next Showing on Quest:
Aug 11 @ 1:15PM
When Goebbles featured the SS Cap Arcona in a propaganda film about the Titanic, he never imagined the German ocean liner would meet a similar fate. This is the story of the Nazi Titanic, a floating metaphor for the war.