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BBC's World War 2 Collection
More than 50 first-hand accounts of significant moments in WW2. Looking back at almost six years of global conflict, from Hiroshima to the Holocaust.
China and Japan at War
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Japanese troops reached the Chinese city of Nanjing in December 1937.
Release date: 14 Dec 2018
Duration: 9:00
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Edgar Feuchtwanger: Adolf Hitler's Neighbour
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The memories of a German Jew who grew up across the street from Adolf Hitler.
Duration: 10:00
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The rise of Hitler
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On 25 January 1933 the last legal communist march was held in Berlin.
Duration: 10:00
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Degenerate Art and the Nazis
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In 1937, the Nazis staged an exhibition to ridicule modern art - it was seen by millions
Release date: 04 Nov 2013
Duration: 11:00
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Scientists Flee Nazi Germany
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How the rise of Hitler forced great physicists such as Max Born out of 1930s Germany
Release date: 13 Aug 2013
Duration: 11:00
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German Re-Armament
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In the 1930s Hitler began to rebuild Germany's air force.
Release date: 03 Jul 2015
Duration: 10:00
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Appeasement
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In September 1938, Neville Chamberlain tried to negotiate with Hitler over Czechoslovakia.
Release date: 30 Sep 2013
Duration: 11:00
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Kindertransports
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In December 1938 the Kindertransports began, carrying Jewish children to safety in Britain
Duration: 10:00
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Kindertransport - Oliver's story
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The story of a boy who escaped Nazi Germany on a kindertransport train heading for Britain
Duration: 10:00
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Fleeing Hitler on the St Louis
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In May 1939 more than 900 Jews fled Nazi Germany aboard a luxury cruise liner
Release date: 13 May 2014
Duration: 11:00
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The Germans Occupy Prague
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In March 1939, German troops occupied Prague; hear the story of one young boy who escaped
Release date: 16 Mar 2017
Duration: 9:00
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The Scoop of the Century
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The scoop of the century on the eve of World War II.
Duration: 10:00
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The Buildup to World War Two
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In 1939 tension was growing in Europe, over Nazi Germany's expansionist plans
Release date: 10 Feb 2014
Duration: 11:00
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A Polish odyssey
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One girl's story of exile and soldiering during World War II.
Duration: 10:00
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The Katyn Massacre
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Tens of thousands of Polish officers were executed in the USSR during World War 2.
Release date: 11 Apr 2017
Duration: 9:00
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Finland’s Winter War
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Finland's desperate fight for survival against the might of the Soviet Union in 1940.
Release date: 10 Feb 2015
Duration: 10:00
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Retreat from Dunkirk
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One soldier's frank account of his chaotic World War Two retreat from Dunkirk
Duration: 10:00
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Left Behind at Dunkirk
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The story of the British soldiers who didn't get rescued from the beaches of Dunkirk.
Duration: 10:00
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The Sinking of the Lancastria
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We hear from one of the last survivors of a forgotten World War Two disaster
Release date: 16 Jun 2017
Duration: 9:00
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The Fall of Paris
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In June 1940, most of the residents of Paris fled as German soldiers occupied the city
Release date: 17 Jun 2016
Duration: 9:00
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Charles de Gaulle's rallying cry
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De Gaulle, the BBC and the birth of the French Resistance.
Duration: 10:00
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France under Nazi occupation
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A Frenchwoman remembers life under Nazi occupation during the Second World War.
Duration: 10:00
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Italian internees
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When Italy joined WW2 in June 1940, British-Italian men were rounded up and interned
Duration: 10:00
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Child Evacuees
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Children were evacuated from Britain's towns and cities at the beginning of World War Two.
Duration: 10:00
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