WWII: Witness To War

The battle progresses from the ground to the sky as the British begin to face the Germans over the buildings of London and other British towns. Ep2: Battle of Britain

As the incredible stories of those at sea are heard, relentless attacks by U-boats push the British to develop new strategies to defeat the Nazi empire. Ep3: U-Boat Terror

We experience the event that changed the war's course and feel the momentum behind the attack that provoked the world's greatest superpower to join the Allied forces. Ep4: Pearl Harbor

Fall of France: The world had largely ignored the growing threat of Nazism during the late 1930s and now the appeasement of Hitler was about to have terrible consequences. (S1, ep 1)

Battle of Britain: This is the story of that battle, during which a handful of young pilots faced and eventually defeated the might of Goering's bombers. (S1, ep 2)

Devastation touches the civilians of Germany; with the US as a newly-engaged ally, Western forces bring the war to the Axis front but at extreme costs. Ep5: Bombing The Reich

Japan begins to conquer southeast Asia as the Allies attempt to block the empire's aggressive expansion, but ruthless tactics by Japan only help to further their war effort. Ep6: Road to Burma

The war takes root in Africa as an ambitious Mussolini expands the war into North Africa; he sends ill-prepared soldiers and forces Hitler to come to his ally's aid. Ep7: Desert War