Count Basie | Dancing through the Blitz: Blackpool’s Big Band Story

01: Retreat | Dunkirk (2004)

The Allies are in retreat, but the Navy can only pick up a few soldiers and Churchill is advised to make peace to save the rest.

03: Occupation | Landmarks

Documentary abt the story of Hans Verhoven, who was just eight when the German forces occupied Holland. He recalls the days of hunger and cold; da...

04: Victory...for Some | Landmarks

Roger Finn explains reasons for rationing, Pat Fawcett talks about her fathers death during the war and Hannah Newman recalls her experien...

05: Defeat...for Others | Landmarks

In 1939 Berlin was an exciting place to live for the young Dietmar Haack, but his secure and privileged home was turned upside down with ...

1: Advance Britannia | Andrew Marr's History of Modern Britain

Andrew Marr revisits Britain in 1945 and finds the country victorious but nearly bankrupt, beginning a battle ...

10: 1939: Total War | People's Century

The Second World War enmeshes civilians to the horrors of war on an unprecedented scale.

10: Wolf Pack | The World at War

German U-boats cause havoc among Allied merchant shipping in the Atlantic.

11: Red Star | The World at War

Following Operation Barbarossa in 1941, the Soviet Army battles the Germans almost alone for two years - with a loss of over 20 million lives.

12: Whirlwind | The World at War

While Bomber Command are unable to hit their targets precisely and begin bombing German cities under cover of darkness, the Americans reinfo...

13: Tough Old Gut | The World at War

Churchill described Italy as the 'soft underbelly of the crocodile', thinking the Allies could cut through it to reach Germany. However,...

14: 1945: Fallout | People's Century

Nuclear weapons make the world more dangerous than ever before. The destruction of Hiroshima and Nagasaki in 1945 by atom bombs is haile...

14: It's a Lovely Day Tomorrow | The World at War

As Allied troops prepare to defend Burma, they are confronted in dreadful monsoon conditions by the Japanese, who are well-...

15: Home Fires | The World at War

After their defeat in the Battle of Britain, the Luftwaffe changes the direction of bombing raids from London to the provincial cities.

16: Inside the Reich | The World at War

In the summer of 1940, the German forces are the conquerors of western Europe. At home the feeling is that the war is over as German ...

17: Morning | The World at War

The story of the 1944 D-Day invasion, in which British, American and Canadian forces launched the largest ever amphibian invasion on the beach...

18: Occupation | The World at War

In 1940, the Germans strike against Holland, a country which has a strong indigenous Nazi movement but also liberal traditions and a courag...

19: Pincers | The World at War

With the liberation of Paris in August 1944 the war seems to be over. However, as the Germans retreat, Poland suffers a tragic episode.

2: 1942 Midway | Peter and Dan Snow: 20th Century Battlefields

The Snows fly to the middle of the Pacific Ocean to revisit the battle of Midway.

2: Churchill | Secrets of Leadership

Andrew Roberts reveals many of Churchill's weaknesses as a subordinate in charge of the Royal Navy, and the great strengths they became ...

2: Distant War | The World at War

An uneasy calm settles on Britain as Churchill replaces Chamberlain as prime minister.