WW2: War and WordsEpisodes Episode guide
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The Spanish Civil War and beyond
The 1930s drumbeat of war through the burgeoning reporting skills of the BBC's reporters.
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The Phoney War
WW2 begins quietly with little actual fighting: telling the story of ‘the Phoney War’.
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The Battle of Britain and Pearl Harbor
How the conflict spread to North Africa, Russia andthe Far East.
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Singapore besieged and Lidice massacred
The Axis powers strengthen their hold on the Far East and Europe
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Paris Liberated; Allied defeat at Arnhem
The defeat at Arnhem in the Netherlands is a major setback for the Allies.
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North Africa wavers but Stalingrad stands firm
The Axis powers strengthen their hold on the Far East and Europe.
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Leningrad and El Alamein
More good news for the Allies as the siege of Leningrad by the Germans is lifted.
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From Hiroshima to Cold War
The annihilation of Hiroshima ends the war with Japan.
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Dunkirk and the Fall of Paris
The German army forces the epic retreat of Dunkirk as Paris falls to Hitler’s forces.
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D-Day and the Liberation of Normandy
1944’s hush-hush Allied plans to invade occupied France bring success.
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Burma, Berlin and Belsen
The Allied advance through Germany recaptures Berlin.
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Allied victories in North Africa and Italy
With Benghazi and Tripoli in Allied hands, the North African campaign ends with defeat.
