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The Phoney War

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

• 13 mins

Dunkirk and the Fall of Paris

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

• 14 mins

D-Day and the Liberation of Normandy

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

• 13 mins

Paris Liberated; Allied defeat at Arnhem

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

• 13 mins

Burma, Berlin and Belsen

The Allied advance through Germany recaptures Berlin.

• 14 mins

From Hiroshima to Cold War

The annihilation of Hiroshima ends the war with Japan.

• 17 mins