They must pull together to survive and do their bit for the war effort.
The shopkeepers and their customers are plunged into World War Two, and for the first time profit isn't everything.
Detailing the only occupied part of the UK during WWII.
In 1939 Berlin was an exciting place to live for the young Dietmar Haack, but his secure and privileged home was turned upside down w...
Roger Finn explains reasons for rationing, Pat Fawcett talks about her fathers death during the war and Hannah Newman recalls her expe...
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...
Jools plays a Count Basie song and explains why simplicity can be better then being over the top.
Documentary film celebrating the big band sound and uncovering the social history behind the music that kept the ...
Charles Wheeler shows how Germany's desire for expansion in eastern Europe, starting with Poland, developed into a worldwide conflict.
Using archive footage and eyewitness accounts, this instalment looks at the USA's isolationism and events leading up to bombing of Pearl Harbor.
This episode traces Japan's road to war from drawing plans to destroy the US fleet in the Pacific (1907) to the Pearl Harbour attack (1941).
In this programme, he discusses the economic and political problems France faced in the aftermath of victory in World War I and asks why this led...
Charles Wheeler examines the role played by Italy.
Charles Wheeler examines the role of the Soviet Union in the war, and Stalin's relationship with Hitler.
Charles Wheeler examines events on the German side.
To evacuate the thousands at Dunkirk, the Admiralty requisitions small boats, while the Navy races to lift as many as it can.
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.
Hundreds of thousands of British and Allied troops find themselves in an impossible situation. Christopher Nolan's epic wartime action thriller.
What would Britain have been like if Winston Churchill had won the 1945 general election?
What happened to Winston Churchill in the years after the 1945 general election?
In 1945, Britain was the most indebted country in the world.
With the formation of the Arts Council in 1945, on-going state patronage of the arts began.
Reality show where a contemporary family are placed in a house for a number of months in an attempt to live under the conditions experienced in warti...
Tragedy strikes at the heart of Harry's unit as the siege drags on in Tobruk. In Manchester, Kasia is confronted by more of the horrors of war. In Franc...
The Nazis have taken Paris with not a bullet fired. Webster and Albert's life in the city they love will never be the same again.
Harry leads his unit on the route to Dunkirk as they fight to make it onto the beach and aboard a ship. Grzegorz and Tom also struggle to survive the ch...
December 1939, and Tom fights for his life on board the HMS Exeter at the Battle of River Plate. Meanwhile, Harry and Lois have a more personal battle t...
Film documenting the stories of Samuel Willenberg and Kalman Taigman, two slave labourers who escaped from Treblinka extermination cam...
As viewers come to terms with the loss of a great British hero, Richard Dimbleby hosts a collection of tributes to Winston Churchill from hi...
Why did the Second World War begin only twenty years after the end of the First?
Secondary history series examining why WWII broke out only 20 years or so after WWI, and what led to the Holocaust. It begins with...
The German defeat at the Battle of Stalingrad.
Hitler shows little compassion for German soldiers stuck in Russia during the winter.
Veterans of World War II describe the retreat to Dunkirk in 1940 and the largest military evacuation in history. Their first real experien...
In the final documentary of the series, MP Mo Mowlam argues for Winston Churchill as the greatest Briton, portraying him as an inspiratio...
Dramatized documentary following the life of Nazi soldier Henry Metelmann. As a soldier fighting in Kursk and Stalingrad, he eventually b...
Andrew Roberts reveals many of Churchill's weaknesses as a subordinate in charge of the Royal Navy, and the great strengths they became ...
Peter and Dan Snow explain about one of the most epic battles of World War II and describe how the tactics...
The Snows fly to the middle of the Pacific Ocean to revisit the battle of Midway.
Watch commemorations from above while hearing the powerful stories from veterans who were part of the largest military seaborne operation...
As peace descends in 1945, the series ends with a sombre reminder of the human cost of the bloodiest conflict in history.
This episode looks at the end of the war, and at how the superpowers confronted each other to establish a new political order.
This episode looks at the Allied scientists' attempts to develop a new, immensely powerful weapon, and debates the moral implications of its ...
Ferocious fighting characterises the Allied offensive in the Pacific. The Japanese are fanatical in defence and severe casualties are incurred...
A look at Japan's fight for survival in 1944, as the country was crippled by shortages of food, metals and fuel.
As the net closes upon Berlin, Hitler retreats to an underground bunker and faces the end of the Reich with his officers.
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