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Liam Dale

The Road to War: September – December 1939
From the moment Adolf Hitler marched his troops into Poland on the 1st of September 1939, the Second World War was inevitable, and as the opening skirmishes are played out, see for yourself the events that shaped the escalating crisis.

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World War II: Ep 1. The Road to War: September-December 1939

Battle Lines Drawn: January – March 1940 
As the New Year dawned and the people of Britain faced the introduction of rationing, all eyes turned northwards to Scandinavia, where Adolf Hitler was preparing for full-scale invasion. U-Boat attacks increased and at Scapa Flow a German Air Raid claimed the first British casualties.

World War II: Ep 2. Battle Lines Drawn: January-March 1940

First Blood: April – June 1940
When Winston Churchill became Prime Minister of the wartime coalition government in May 1940, he pledged his “blood, toil, tears and sweat” and within days of his appointment he was called upon to honour his promise. As the Low Countries fell to Adolf Hitler, and France was poised to follow suit, rescuing thousands of Allied servicemen from the beaches of Dunkirk was Churchill’s top priority, as he proved beyond doubt that he was indeed the right man for the job.

World War II: Ep 3. First Blood: April-June 1940

Britain Under Attack: July – September 1940
With mainland Europe under Hitler’s control, the German Fuhrer turned his attention to Operation Sealion, and the Battle of Britain, expecting an easy victory. However he’d underestimated the enormity of the task and the spirit of a nation inspired by Winston Churchill.

World War II: Ep 4. Britain Under Attack: July-September 1940

Fighting Further Afield: October – December 1940
Worldwide, the conflict continued to escalate as Japan made their presence felt as signatories of the Tripartite Pact, giving Hitler’s Axis of Evil more power than ever. Britain stood alone as the nightly bombing raids of the Blitz devastated major cities, while overseas British troops joined the Allied campaign for supremacy in North Africa.

World War II: Ep 5. Fighting Further Afield: October-December 1940

On Land, in the Air and all at Sea: January – March 1941
The Luftwaffe continued its attempts to bomb Britain into submission, while the German Afrika Korps strengthened its position as Rommel, Hitler’s “Desert Fox”, took charge. At sea the naval forces battle each other and the elements, as the Japanese embark upon a spy mission to gather information about the American Fleet at Pearl Harbour.

World War II: Ep 6. On Land, in the Air and all at Sea: January-March 1941

The Blitz, the Bismarck and Barbarossa: April – June 1941
With Britain failing to fall at Hitler’s feet, the Blitz drew to a close, as the Fuhrer turned his attention eastwards. The sinking of the German battleship, the Bismarck, lifted the spirits of the British Navy, and as Hitler’s campaign for Russia, code named Operation Barbarossa, got underway, the course of World War II veered dramatically.

World War II: Ep 7. The Blitz, the Bismarck and Barbarossa: April-June 1941

Russian Roulette: July – September 1941
If Hitler had expected a decisive victory in Russia, at speed, he was thwarted at every turn and while the Luftwaffe bombed Moscow and the Siege of Leningrad began, the Soviet Red Army refused to capitulate as they watched and waited for the winter snows. Trouble was also brewing in the Pacific as America took diplomatic action against the Japanese.

World War II: Ep 8. Russian Roulette: July-September 1941

America at War: October – December 1941 
As Hitler and the Germans focussed on Russia, the situation in the Pacific developed to epic proportions when the Japanese air force attacked the American Naval Fleet, stationed at Pearl Harbour on the 7th of December. This immediately brought the USA into the fray, and back in the European Theatre of War, Hitler now had a great deal more than Russia to worry about.

World War II: Ep 9. America at War: October-December 1941

The Fall of Singapore: January – March 1942
With Britain no longer facing Hitler alone, the first GIs arrived in the UK, while the Japanese took the advantage afforded them by their surprise attack on Pearl Harbour. As Singapore fell, the Allies looked on in horror as Japan also had control of Java, Burma and New Guinea, as they edged ever closer towards Australia.