This documentary series narrated by Ray Foushee provides a comprehensive look at the role that Benito Mussolini and Italy played in WWII and the battle for Rome. It highlights Italy's early invasion of Albania and Greece to their defeats and ultimate surrender. It also examines and provides context for the strategically important battles for Crete, the island of Malta and the Battle of El Alamein fought in Egypt.
Road To Rome – Episode 1: Axis Of Blood And Steel
2007
Benito Mussolini and the rise of the National Fascist Party is chronicled leading up to the war.
Road To Rome – Episode 2: North Africa
2007
The British and Australian forces route the Italians in North Africa.
Road To Rome – Episode 3: War In The Balkans
2007
Benito Mussolini's appetite for building an Italian empire was growing and his forces invaded Albania and faced little resistance. He then turned his…
Road To Rome – Episode 4: Crete
2007
In May 1941, Nazi Germany began an airborne invasion of Crete against Greek and other Allied forces.
Road To Rome – Episode 5: Malta
2007
Details the Siege of Malta which occurred from 1940–42.
Road To Rome – Episode 6: El Alamein
2007
Highlights the First Battle of El Alamein which was fought in Egypt between Axis forces (Germany and Italy) of the Panzer Army Africa and Allied forces…
Road To Rome – Episode 7: Kasserine
2007
The Battle of Kasserine Pass took place in February 1943 in west central Tunisia. This was the first major engagement between American and Axis forces…
Road To Rome – Episode 8: Sicily
2007
The Allied invasion of Sicily, codenamed Operation Husky, was a major campaign of World War II, in which the Allies took the island of Sicily from the…
Road To Rome – Episode 9: Cassino
2007
The Battle of Monte Cassino was a costly series of four assaults by the Allies against the Winter Line in Italy held by Axis forces during the Italian…
Road To Rome – Episode 10: Anzio
2007
The Battle of Anzio took place from January 22, 1944 (beginning with the Allied amphibious landing known as Operation Shingle) to June 5, 1944 (ending…
Road To Rome – Episode 11: Battle For Rome
2007
Chronicles the long and arduous battles to retake Rome from the Nazi's.
Road To Rome – Episode 12: The Po Valley
2007
As the war entered its final stages the Allied troops continued to take back Italian territory from the Nazi's and were able to cross the Gothic Line along…