This first episode covers Hitler's invasion of Poland, when the world stood on the brink of war, and features stunning colourised footage of the catastrophe faced by the Polish army as it was crushed by the Nazi war machine.
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Series 1 Episode 1
This first episode covers Hitler's invasion of Poland, when the world stood on the brink of war, and features stunning…
- Contains images of warfare and death which some viewers may find upsetting
- This programme has episodes with subtitles available.
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Series 1 Episode 2
The story of Hitler's lightning invasion of France and its rapid collapse, of the evacuation from Dunkirk, and of the…
- Contains images of warfare and death which some viewers may find upsetting
- This programme has episodes with subtitles available.
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Series 1 Episode 3
The story of Hitler's invasion of the Soviet Union, of Rommel's war against the British in North Africa and of the…
- Images of warfare and death which some viewers may find upsetting
- This programme has episodes with subtitles available.
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Series 1 Episode 4
The story of the sudden Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor and the early days of the war in the Pacific.
- Images of warfare and death which some viewers may find upsetting
- This programme has episodes with subtitles available.
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Series 1 Episode 5
This episode looks at the turning of the war against Germany, with Allied victory at El Alamein and Russian triumph at…
- Contains images of death and warfare that some viewers may find upsetting
- This programme has episodes with subtitles available.
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Series 1 Episode 6
The dramatic story of the D-Day landings and of the liberation of Paris. In the east the Soviets liberate Auschwitz and…
- Contains images of warfare and death that some viewers might find upsetting
- This programme has episodes with subtitles available.
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