Witness History: World War Two

Hear from one of the German prosecution lawyers who helped put Nazi war criminals on trial 20 years after World War Two ... Read more

Italy's great works of art were threatened by bombing and looting during World War Two. But a plan known as 'Operation R... Read more

In the last days of World War II, an American warship, the USS Indianapolis, was torpedoed in the Pacific. For days, no ... Read more

It is 70 years since German troops lost their battle to take the Soviet industrial city. They had spent a harsh Russian... Read more

In January 1946 a young woman was given Hitler's will to translate into English. She had been sent to post-war Germany a... Read more

In 1945, the allies dropped an atomic bomb over the Japanese city of Nagasaki. The explosion was bigger than the blast a... Read more

When Leningrad was cut off from the rest of Russia by German troops during World War Two, one third of its population di... Read more

On 7 December 1941, Japan launched a surprise attack on the US naval base at Pearl Harbour, Hawaii. Thousands of America... Read more

In June 1940, German forces, having swept across Belgium and Holland, and into France, were closing in on Paris. In the ... Read more

In December 1945, one of America's most famous miltary commanders, General George S Patton, died from injuries sustained... Read more

Over 10,000 Jewish children were brought to Britain from Nazi Europe in the months leading up to World War II. They trav... Read more

On January 25 1933 the last legal communist march was held in Berlin.Just a few days later Adolf Hitler became Chancello... Read more

Around 80 thousand women and girls volunteered to join the Women's Land Army during the Second World War. They helped p... Read more

In 1939 tension was growing in Europe, over Nazi Germany's expansionist plans. One young British camerman headed to Dan... Read more