Matching archive film and photography to their original locations, a look at the most extraordinary events of WWII from a unique perspective.
In 1942, the Nazis develop the world's first cruise and ballistic missiles. The Allies try to stop Hitler before he rains down terror from above.
1945, Stalin is waging a war of annihilation against Nazi Germany. On the eastern front, more than a million Soviet soldiers storm into Berlin. But to achieve their prize, the Red Army must defeat several German strongholds.
By 1943 Hitler's army had been waltzing through Europe for almost three years. The Allies gather the crème de la crème of their air forces for one of the most daring bomber missions of the war.
In May 1940, Hitler's army has 400,000 Allied troops trapped on the beach at Dunkirk. The Royal Navy plans a daring rescue mission which, if successful, could turn the tide of the war.
May 1940 - 400,000 Allied troops are surrounded by Hitler’s marauding army on the beaches of Dunkirk. Deep in the tunnels under Dover Castle, the Royal Navy plans a rescue mission. As the troops are targeted by Luftwaffe fighter planes and with the Nazi noose tightening, can the Allied soldiers escape to Britain to continue the fight? Success or failure could decide the outcome of the war.
Natasha Billson
Self
Johnny Shipley
Director
Carlo Massarella
Producer
Catherine Watling
