The figures are stark and almost impossible to comprehend: military deaths estimated between 21-25 million, civilian deaths between 50-55 million. The greatest manmade event in history was also the most lethal, taking far more lives away from the battlefield than on it. “Hell on Earth” tells the story of The Second World War” from a perspective that recognises these overwhelming facts: war as a human experience.
It tells the story of Li Qing Tong, a brave female general who faithfully defended Great Song Kingdom, after her father, the late General, died. However, her life changes forever when she meets Si You Yu, a young talented doctor who approaches Li Qing Tong purposefully, but later fell in love with her.
At the end of the 16th century, Dutch subjects revolted against legitimate Spanish rule. What starts with the discontent of a minority grows into a war that will last more than a lifetime. From Groningen to Brussels, from Den Briel to Groenlo, the battle erupts everywhere. And often that struggle has a strangely modern appearance. Terrorism, propaganda, executions, radicalization, shock and awe; all themes that can easily be found in the war that was fought from 1568 to 1648. In a 7-part television series, the NTR will bring the stories about the 80-year war that can be found all over the country from September 28, every Friday at 9.05 pm on NPO 2. And Hans Goedkoop oversees the battlefield with experts.
Based on real facts, recalls the alliance between Portuguese, Timorese and Australians against a common enemy that did not hesitate to commit the greatest atrocities against the local populations and against all those who opposed him.
In 1942, Huo Fei, a patriotic overseas Chinese businessman, returned to Shanghai and married Xia Meng Yao, the daughter of the big entrepreneur Xia Peng Ju. Luo Yun Kui, a member of the Communist Party of China, returned to Shanghai with Huo Fei. Under the arrangement of the organization, he hoped to use the shipping business of the Xia family to transport a batch of scarce medicines to the mainland. When the medicines were about to be shipped, they were seized by Nobunaga Kimura, the captain of the Japanese military police stationed in Shanghai.