The annihilation of Hiroshima ends the war with Japan, but peace brings new enmities and...
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The Allied advance through Germany recaptures Berlin, but uncovers the atrocities of the...
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The Allied advance through Germany recaptures Berlin, but uncovers the atrocities of the...
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Paris Liberated; Allied defeat at Arnhem
As Paris falls to the Allies and German resistance in Italy falters, the defeat at Arnhem in the...
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D-Day and the Liberation of Normandy
1944’s hush-hush Allied plans to invade occupied France bring success, but hard fighting, as...
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Allied victories in North Africa and Italy
With Benghazi and Tripoli in Allied hands, the North African campaign ends with defeat for...
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More good news for the Allies as the siege of Leningrad by the Germans is lifted, and Rommel’s...
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North Africa wavers but Stalingrad stands firm
The Axis powers strengthen their hold on the Far East and Europe.
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Singapore besieged and Lidice massacred
The Axis powers (Germany, Italy and Japan) strengthen their hold on the Far East and Europe,...
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The Battle of Britain and Pearl Harbor
How the conflict spread to North Africa, Russia and, with the bombing of Pearl Harbor, the Far...
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The German army outflanks the British Expeditionary Force (BEF) and forces the epic retreat of...
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WW2 begins quietly with little actual fighting, but BBC reporters develop brilliant skills at...
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The Spanish Civil War and beyond
Jonathan Dimbleby listens to the 1930s drumbeat of war through the burgeoning reporting skills of...
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