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The story of the 20 momentous years from 1936 to 1956 that changed the course of history, as told by Jonathan Dimbleby and through the words of remarkable ΒιΆΉΤΌΕΔ correspondents.

Updated: weekly
Episodes available: indefinitely

Episodes to download

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    From Hiroshima to Cold War

    Fri 28 Aug 2015

    The annihilation of Hiroshima ends the war with Japan.

  • Burma, Berlin and Belsen

    Wed 26 Aug 2015

    The Allied advance through Germany recaptures Berlin.

  • Paris Liberated; Allied defeat at Arnhem

    Mon 24 Aug 2015

    The defeat at Arnhem in the Netherlands is a major setback for the Allies.

  • D-Day and the Liberation of Normandy

    Sun 23 Aug 2015

    1944’s hush-hush Allied plans to invade occupied France bring success.

  • Dunkirk and the Fall of Paris

    Wed 12 Aug 2015

    The German army forces the epic retreat of Dunkirk as Paris falls to Hitler’s forces.

  • The Phoney War

    Mon 10 Aug 2015

    WW2 begins quietly with little actual fighting: telling the story of β€˜the Phoney War’.

  • The Spanish Civil War and beyond

    Sun 9 Aug 2015

    The 1930s drumbeat of war through the burgeoning reporting skills of the ΒιΆΉΤΌΕΔ's reporters.

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