Weeks of War

A look at the first weeks of a war that would disrupt the lives of so many, starting with the first shots fired by the Japanese in July 1937, China.

How, between September 1940 and November 1941, things intensified as Nazi Germany exerted its dominance over Europe.

A look at what it was really like to live and survive during one of the most devastating conflicts the world has ever seen.

By spring 1942, German armies had taken control. The battles of Midway and Stalingrad began and Americans achieved a ground-breaking milestone in the development of atomic weapons.

A look at what it was really like to live and survive during one of the most devastating conflicts the world has ever seen.

Halfway through its fourth full year, the fortunes of war were running increasingly in favour of the Allies. The bombing of Hamburg and the Allied Tehran Conference take place.

The events of spring 1944, when on the Eastern Front, the momentum was firmly with Allies as the Second World War moved into its final, violent act.

By January 1945, it seemed the end of the war was in sight, but challenges still loomed on the Eastern Front, in the Pacific and in Western Europe.