Professor Saul David uses the BBC archive to chart the history of the world's most destructive war, by chronicling how the story of the battle has changed. As new information has come to light, and forgotten stories are remembered, the history of World War Two evolves. The BBC has followed that evolution, and this programme examines the most important stories, and how our understanding of them has been re-defined since the war ended over 70 years ago.

September of 1944, a few days before Finland went out of the Second World War. A chained to a rock F...

A pragmatic U.S. Marine observes the dehumanizing effects the U.S.-Vietnam War has on his fellow rec...

In April of 1945, Germany stands at the brink of defeat with the Russian Army closing in from the ea...

The lives of Erik Lanshof and five of his closest friends take different paths when the German army ...

Nazi propaganda film “exposes” the United States and its plans against Germany and the German people...

Michael Moore's view on how the Bush administration allegedly used the tragic events on 9/11 to push...

Based on a real-life story, this drama focuses on a small group of Allied soldiers in Burma who are ...

Looking for Angelina is based on one of the most important murder trials in Canada. Angelina Napolit...

12 American military prisoners in World War II are ordered to infiltrate a well-guarded enemy châtea...

Based on a true story, over 76 hours of a successful military operation conducted in the Piochar reg...

Paris, 1884. Bella Fontanges, a renowned ballerina, is married to Georges de Segar. But after just a...
The destruction of the city and its architectural heritage during the Allied bombing of the Second W...

Five American soldiers fighting in Europe during World War II struggle to return to Allied territory...

Jamie Graham, a privileged English boy, is living in Shanghai when the Japanese invade and force all...

After their airplane crashes behind enemy lines, four soldiers must survive and try to find a way ba...

When a US Naval captain shows signs of mental instability that jeopardize his ship, the first office...

Britain's Special Operations Executive (SOE) provides trained agents, arms and other assistance to t...

During the Second World War, the allies' key objective was to crack the German army's encrypted comm...

The story of the biggest demonstration in human history, which took place on 15th February 2003, aga...