Battle Ground - Axis Rising (1939-1941)

In the years leading up to WWII, Germany, Japan and Italy embarked on campaigns aimed at the expansion of their empires and the subjugation of millions of people around the world. In the run up to war, these Axis power were engaged in massive arms build-ups, unmatched by powers in the west. In the Far East, Japan was flexing its muscles, expanding into China and Manchuria, with its sights set on taking over the entire hemisphere. Italy invaded Ethiopia and Germany was stockpiling arms, munitions, tanks and aircraft, waiting for the right time to pursue their dream of a Thousand Year Reich. Nine rare films tell the enthralling story of that prelude to WWII. From the economic and political landscape that led to the despotic take-over of Japan, Germany and Italy, to the battles that led the world into war. You will see how the seemingly unstoppable German Blitzkrieg swept across Europe, and how Japan invaded China and planned its devastating Pearl Harbor raid on the American Navy, finally bringing the USA into the war. These amazing films mark some of the early, dark days of WWII, when it seemed like nothing could stop the Axis of Germany, Japan and Italy, bent on world domination.