WWII: 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.

Battle of Britain: This is the story of that battle, during which a handful of young pilots faced and eventually defeated the might of Goering's bombers.

U-Boat Terror: With the invasion of Britain officially postponed, the Germans looked for another way to knock Britain out of the war.

In 1941, Japan, the Axis ally of Germany and Italy, attacked the US naval base at Pearl Harbour, Hawaii. No warning and no declaration of war, just a sudden, frenzied assault on the unsuspecting base. Killing almost 2500 US personnel and sinking 18 ships.

Bombing the Reich: 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.

Japan sought resource-rich lands, invading Nanking and Southeast Asia. The fall of Singapore and brutal Burma Railway highlight the conflict, alongside the Chindits and Merrill's Marauders.