The story of World War II told through the intertwining fates of ordinary people from all sides of this global conflict as they grapple with the effect of the war on their everyday lives.
Peter Bowker
7 Episodes
2019
Series 1 tells the story of the first year of the war, starting with the German invasion of Poland in September 1939 and ending with the Battle of Britain.
6 Episodes
2023
Series two takes viewers from the streets of Britain into occupied France, Nazi Germany, and to the sands of the North African desert, where British troops struggle alongside Indian Sappers and Australian Diggers to adapt to a very different kind of combat.
Harry Chase
Lois Bennett
Nancy Campbell
Kasia Tomaszeski
Robina Chase
Webster O'Connor
Albert Fallou
Stefan Tomaszeski
David
Rajib
Jan Tomaszeski