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Countdown to War is a television film made in 1989 as a co-production by Granada Television and PBS. It recounts the events that occurred between 15 March 1939, when the German army commanded by Adolf Hitler invaded Czechoslovakia and created the Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia, and 3 September 1939, the date when France and United Kingdom ...
First televised 31 August 1989 on Granada Television UK. This drama - the true story of events, based on official records and private letters and diaries - reveals the arguments and political manoeuvres of Europe's leaders as they struggle to work out what their rivals and allies are up to.
A remarkable window on one of the most turbulent decades in British history captures a nation determined to remain stable in the face of economic and political chaos across Europe.
How will the British public react as the Second World War looms? BBC Select presents this innovative history documentary which looks at the days before war was officially declared. Panic sets in as Britain faces a conflict it is ill prepared for.
Countdown to War. 2022. TV-PG. Documentary · War. Experience the extraordinary 72 hours that led up to Britain declaring war on Nazi Germany on September 3, 1939. Subtitles: English. Starring: JJ Chalmers Raksha Dave. Directed by: Anna Thomson.
Based on a play, the story details the dramatic negotiations between the UK, France, Poland, Nazi Germany, and the U.S.S.R. from the day Czechoslovakia fell, until Britain's declaration of war on Germany, caused by Hitler's invasion of Poland.
On Friday 1st September 1939, Hitler’s Nazi forces invaded Poland. By Sunday morning, Britain had declared war. JJ Chalmers and Raksha Dave visit key locations, meet World War II historians and unearth startling archive material.
