World War II: Witness to War

The world had largely ignored the growing threat of Nazism during the late 1930s and now the appeasement of Hitler was about to have terrible consequences. (S1, ep 1)

This is the story of that battle, during which a handful of young pilots faced and eventually defeated the might of Goering's bombers. (S1, ep 2)

With the invasion of Britain officially postponed, the Germans looked for another way to knock Britain out of the war. (S1, ep 3)

Pearl Harbour: In 1941, Japan, the Axis ally of Germany and Italy, attacked the US naval base at Pearl Harbour, Hawaii, with no warning and no declaration of war. (S1, ep 4)

Towards the end of the war, the bombing of the city of Dresden provided one of the most controversial episodes of the war. This episode tells the story. (S1, ep 5)

The fall of Singapore and brutal Burma Railway highlight the conflict, alongside the Chindits and Merrill's Marauders. (S1, ep 6)

The stories of the siege of Tobruk and the battle of El Alamein, the result of which saw the first serious defeat of the German army. (S1, ep 7)

This episode remembers some of the thunderous naval battles which took place during the Pacific War. (S1, ep 8)

The decision by Hitler to send his armies east into Russia was probably the most significant of the war. (S1, ep 9)

6th June 1944, the day that British, US and Canadian troops were sent across the English Channel to begin the job of reclaiming continental Europe. (S1, ep 10)

Survivors recount the horrors behind surviving a merciless place and hear the shock as they discover the evil secret of Germany's concentration camps. (S1, ep 11)

The war in the Pacific nears its violent end as a drastic tactic triggers the nuclear age. The brave men share their thoughts on the war's most tragic events. (S1, ep 12)