Historical overview:
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greco-Persian_Wars
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/First_Persian_invasion_of_Greece
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Second_Persian_invasion_of_Greece
I. First Persian Invasion:
Judgement Day at Marathon (45:00)
http://youtu.be/4EYEeITctjg
Marathon Battle (21:53)
History Channel: Decisive Battles
http://youtu.be/ZiOwZ6XWyDQ
Marathon short version (10:37)
http://youtu.be/Cx-XB2eh-pQ
Map:
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Battle_of_Marathon_Greek_Double_Envelopment.png
History
lesson of events leading up to Battle of Marathon / note that written
history of this event is weak, and so different historians take
different stances (24:00):
http://youtu.be/wz6ICKqsP08
II. Second Persian Invasion Battle of Thermopolye (1:30:00)--
http://youtu.be/ukhc5SV2mb4
History lesson-
Battle of Thermopolye & Sea Battle of Artemisium (26:00)
http://youtu.be/hID2iXWl_Zk
Map:
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Artemisium#/media/File:Battle_of_Thermopylae_and_movements_to_Salamis,_480_BC.gif
III. Sea Battle of Salamis(35:30)
http://youtu.be/HJa3Y6hawO0
History lesson-
http://youtu.be/KwDmcBsrdVE
Note: This is part of a complete series of 38 videos about Greek history (including the other Greco-Persian battles).
IV. Battle of Plataea (9:44)
http://youtu.be/pkQe8efbYDM
History lesson-
Battle of Plataea (16:27)
http://youtu.be/3X-ZjayCARo
V. Battle of Mycale (12:42)
http://youtu.be/HR_M5GsiorE
Google 'Battle of Mycale' for further info.
The
history lesson series continues and leads up to the unification of
Greece by Macedonian monarch Phillip II and the conquering of the
Persian empire by Alexander the Great.
VI. Phillip II of Macedonia (44:21)
http://youtu.be/li2mC1mRu_E
VII. Alexander the Great (2:15:05)
http://youtu.be/DocfrH4dm28