September 1st, 1939. Nazi Germany invades Poland. The campaign is fast, cruel and ruthless. In these circumstances, how is it that ordinary German soldiers suddenly became vicious killers, terrorizing the local population? Did everyone turn into something worse than wild animals? The true story of the first World War II offensive that marks in the history of infamy the beginning of a carnage and a historical tragedy.

A WWII film about children evacuated from Britain and sent to Canada for their safety. The film begi...

This short documentary about the Canadian seamen who manned Canada's eastern ports during WWII is th...

Documents the major trial of the Nazi war criminals and the violent acts that they were accused of.

A story about a German family during World War II with every family member having a different approa...

Tells the story of the tragic events in Ukraine in 1932-33, the genocidal Great Famine or the Holodo...

Recounts the so-called 'Battle of Inchon', an episode at the end of World War II during the amphibio...

A feature-length, condensed version of the 1952 documentary TV series 'Victory at Sea'.

The title of the film, set in Luxembourg in 1942, during the Nazi occupation, amalgamates the words ...
Funding ceased due to Brexit pullout by backers. In the early hours of the 6th of June 1944 Allied ...
An elderly, soft-spoken veteran recalls when she joined the Soviet Air Force’s first all-female bomb...

A 3-year-old girl and her family's long journey from a Greek refugee centre to Uppsala.

On March 24, 1944, in the heart of Nazi Germany, 76 British, Canadian, Norwegian and French pilots w...

Documentary detailing the successful Operation Mincemeat in 1943, which led to the Allies successful...

Vladimir Ilyich Ulyanov, better known as Lenin, is remembered as the instigator of the October Revol...

Professor Saul David uses the BBC archive to chart the history of the world's most destructive war, ...

The extraordinary story of how Hollywood changed World War II – and how World War II changed Hollywo...