简介：TheultimatesuccessorfailureofmanyofthebattlesofWorldWarIIboileddowntomenandmachineslockedinafighttothedeath.Butbehindthescenesoftheseepicstruggleswerehighlyorganisedandhighlydisciplinedservicemenandwomenwhohavenowpassedintotheannalsofmilitaryhistory.Specialregiments,squadronsandnavalservices,togetherwithclandestineforcesandformations,gavethevast,overallfightingforcesofWorldWarIIanextraedgeinthemostpivotalbattles.GladiatorsofWorldWarIIexaminestheestablishmentandbackgroundofthegreatestfightingforcesoftheSecondWorldWar.Eachprogramexaminesadifferentunit,dissectingitscommandstructure,militaryobjectives,battleformationsanditssuccessorfailureinapplyingitstacticsandstrategytoeachofthemajortheatresinwhichitfought.Thisseriesalsoexamines,inthelightofnewlyreleasedinformationandrecentlydiscoveredrarearchivefilm,someoftheindividualstoriesofthemenandwomenwhoweremembersofthesefightingbodies.Thestoriesofthesewarriorshaveseldombeertoldbefore.ThesearethestoriesoftheGladiatorsofWorldWarII.…