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The World Wars Blu-Ray

Please note this is a region B Blu-ray and will require a region B or region free Blu-ray player in order to play THE WORLD WARS from HISTORYTM brings you the story of the devastating three decades of 20th-century world war through the eyes of the men whose characters were forged in the trenches before they commanded a world on the brink of disaster See how from Ypres and the Somme to the Battle of the Bulge and the invasion of Normandy the iconic figures of WWII became synonymous with either battlefield glory or murderous fascism Format PALLanguage EnglishSubtitles English SpanishSubtitles For The Hearing Impaired EnglishRegion Region B2 (Read more about DVDBlu-ray formats)Number of discs 2
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Please note this is a region B Blu-ray & will require a region B or region free Blu-ray player in order to play THE WORLD WARS from HISTORYTM brings you the story of the devastating three decades of 20th-century world war through the eyes of the men whose characters were forged in the trenches before they commanded a world on the brink of disaster See how from Ypres & the Somme to the Battle of the Bulge & the invasion of Normandy the iconic figures of WWII became synonymous with either battlefield glory or murderous fascism Format PALLanguage English Subtitles English Spanish Subtitles For The Hearing Impaired English Region Region B2 (Read more about DVDBlu-ray formats) Number of discs 2

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