Surviving WW2

It wasn’t just the frontline troops who suffered during the battles and barbarity of the Second World War. This fascinating history documentary looks at the civilians who were caught in the crossfire. It reveals how an 11-year-old Jewish boy hid from the Nazis, tells the story of an unjustly imprisoned Japanese-American man who served his country, and investigates a young woman's Blitz experience.

Many brave soldiers faced years of incarceration behind enemy lines, facing abominable treatment and unsure if they would ever be released. This thrilling history documentary uncovers the luck, courage and determination that helped allied prisoners of war endure captivity. The riveting stories include those of soldiers who survived infamous German stalags and Japanese forced-labor campaigns.

Many members of the armed forces found themselves in highly perilous positions during the Second World War. But one of the war's most hazardous jobs was piloting an aircraft. This intriguing history documentary explores the constant race to provide more aerial firepower, revisits one of the conflict’s most daring raids, and hears from a glider pilot who risked it all the night before D-Day.