World War II: The Price of Empire
The story of how a world that was centuries in the making was completely remade in years of war; traditional powers fell from greatness as new forces rose to make the modern world.
Director: Michael Cove, Oliver Waghorn
The Gathering Storm
The inter-war years saw the rise of dictators, appeasement and the policies of the Third Reich until the invasion of Poland, and Japan's 1937 invasion of China escalated into a…
The Phony War
The invasion of Poland forces even resistant nations into declaring war, Chamberlain is replaced by Winston Churchill, and hardly-remembered early naval encounters start to shape the war.
Blitzkrieg
War explodes across western Europe; the Germans' mobile armour, airborne troops and airpower on the battlefield makes their assault unstoppable, and France is ready to fall to the Nazis.
Alone
Germany seeks to neutralise British strength from the air in the Battle of Britain; the Luftwaffe has been deterred, but the Blitz begins as the Germans move to support their…
Barbarossa
The war in Europe is transformed when Hitler unleashes Operation Barbarossa on the 22nd of June 1941; the Nazi invasion of the Soviet Union has begun.
World War II: The Price of Empire — Episode 6
The story of how a world that was centuries in the making was completely remade in years of war; traditional powers fell from greatness as new forces rose to make…
World War II: The Price of Empire — Episode 7
The story of how a world that was centuries in the making was completely remade in years of war; traditional powers fell from greatness as new forces rose to make…
World War II: The Price of Empire — Episode 8
The story of how a world that was centuries in the making was completely remade in years of war; traditional powers fell from greatness as new forces rose to make…
The Beginning of the End
The Allied leaders meet for their first conference to discuss the coordination of their efforts, a Japanese division is destroyed at sea, and the Red Army begins its advance towards…
Overlord
The Germans continue their retreat from Russia, but the most significant event at this stage of the war is the second front in Europe with the D-Day landings on June…
Hell Is On Us
The Allies continue their eastward push from Normandy and close on the German border; in the east, the Soviet Union unleashes Operation Bagration, the greatest offensive of the war.
Unconditional Surrender
The Allies succeed in crossing the Rhine and fight their way through Germany as the Red Army finally forces Axis troops from Soviet territory and closes on the capital, Berlin.
One Thousand Suns
Berlin falls and the war in Europe ends. Okinawa falls with terrible losses on both sides as each prepares for the invasion of the first of the major home islands…
