The Era of the Second World War: 01: The Drift to War | History File

S01E04: Hiroshima | Days That Shook the World

Documentary recalling 6 August 1945, when the atom bomb was dropped on Hiroshima, with testimony from American colonel Paul Tib...

01: Advance Britannia | Andrew Marr's History of Modern Britain

Andrew Marr revisits Britain in 1945 and finds the country victorious but nearly bankrupt, beginning a battle...

Hiroshima

Dramatic reconstruction of the devastating impact of the first atomic bomb to be used against people on the citizens of Hiroshima.

Dunkirk (2017)

Hundreds of thousands of British and Allied troops find themselves in an impossible situation. Christopher Nolan's epic wartime action thriller.

08: Their Finest Hour | Battlefield Britain

Peter and Dan Snow take an in-depth look at the battles that shaped our nation. The Battle of Britain was the pivotal air battle ...

08: Pearl Harbour to Hiroshima | Twentieth Century History

On 7th December 1941, Japanese planes bombed the US fleet at Pearl Harbour. Programme looks at what caused Japan t...

S02E03: Attack on Pearl Harbor | Days That Shook the World

The 1941 attack on Pearl Harbor, which changed world history.

Darkest Hour (2017)

As the Nazis advance against Britain's European allies, newly elected prime minister Winston Churchill must decide whether to leave neighbouring countrie...

The Era of the Second World War: 03: The Home Front | History File

The Home Front examines the extent of the changes bought about by the strains and dangers of bombing, fami...

German youth | The Dark Charisma of Adolf Hitler

Hitler targeted the German youth, he wanted to indoctrinate them with Nazi ideology as early as possible.

20: Genocide | The World at War

This edition recounts Himmler's plans to realise Hitler's vision of a pure Aryan Germany. Narrated by Laurence Olivier.

06: Why Appeasement? | Twentieth Century History

A look back at at the inter war years and the events leading up to the Second World War. The programme also examines the dip...

What Happened at Hiroshima | What Happened at..?

On the 80th anniversary of the bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, Jordan Dunbar hears from the only people who have ever ex...

05: The Road to Treblinka | Nazis: A Warning from History

Documentary showing how the Nazi invasion of the Soviet Union in June 1941 was a crucial catalyst for the radicalis...

14: 1945: Fallout | People's Century

Nuclear weapons make the world more dangerous than ever before. The destruction of Hiroshima and Nagasaki in 1945 by atom bombs is haile...

Episode 2 | D-Day: The Last Heroes

The concluding part of historian Dan Snow's documentary series tells the powerful and heroic stories of those who risked their lives on th...

Episode 5 | World War II: Behind Closed Doors

The story of the Red Army's fight through Eastern Europe in 1944, as well as the behind the scenes history of the most famous A...

S05: Two Cities at War: E01 | A House Through Time

David meets the residents of two apartment blocks in London and Berlin. From the ashes of World War I, the Nazi Party emer...

04: Alone | The World at War

Britain is alone after Dunkirk and facing the Germans across the English Channel. The outlook is grim.

09: Churchill | Great Britons (2002)

In the final documentary of the series, MP Mo Mowlam argues for Winston Churchill as the greatest Briton, portraying him as an inspirati...