WWII Diaries

In this first film of the series, '1939', follow the prelude to war and consider how the Treaty of Versailles, drawn up after the First World War, failed to keep the peace.

In '1940,' we follow Hitler's trail of occupation into Denmark and Norway, the invasion of Belgium and France & the Miracle Of Dunkirk where Churchill initiated Operation Dynamo to rescue the thousands of BEF that were stranded under Nazi attack

In this third film of the series, '1941', see how Adolf Hitler increased the Nazi stranglehold on Europe, while Winston Churchill inspired the people of Britain to stand together in the midst of nightly Luftwaffe bombing raids.

In this fourth film of the series, '1942', watch the arrival of the American GIs in Britain, bringing a new spirit of hope, while Hitler continued his relentless bombing inspired leadership of Field Marshall Erwin Rommel.

In this fifth film of the series, '1943', watch the cracks start to appear in Hitlers plans for world domination.

In this penultimate film of the series, '1944', the time had come for the beginning of the end of World War II.