Plot: Soldiers who fought in World War II have many stories to tell. This programme brings some of those stories to life using real bombs and ammunition. Among the topics covered are the D-Day landings, representing the first time many of the soldiers had been in combat. As one soldier describes the scene...
Plot: The story of the creation of the Nazi War Machine, tracing their origins from street thugs battling in the streets of Germany following the First World War.
Plot: Triggered by the assassination of just one man in 1914, World War I saw a death toll of millions upon millions of people, soldiers and civilians alike. The front line saw around 25,000 miles of trenches dug, the average life expectancy of a pilot was just 15 hours, and 70 million soldiers were mobilised...
Plot: Railways played an important part in World War I, shaping how the battle was fought and bringing millions of people to the trenches. Journalist Michael Portillo takes a trip down the historic tracks to take a trip back in time to explore how trains were used in the war - from early military planning...
Plot: Documentary telling the full story of World War II with the aid of rare and unseen archive footage, recently released official documents, modern colourisation techniques, state-of-the-art satellite-delivered terrain mapping and graphics.
Plot: Historical documentary featuring archive footage charting the First World War's aftermath. Traumatised by combat and the scourge of Spanish flu, demobilised soldiers returned home to the four corners of a war-shattered world.